PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2014

NEWS 9 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 01+02/14 www.petpla.net motan-colortronic opens Brazilian subsidiary During the K 2013 fair in Düsseldorf, motan-colortronic announced that it has established a new subsidiary. motan colortronic do Brasil LTDA is headquaretered in Piracicaba, São Paulo region. Contracts were signed by Beat Amrein and Jefferson F. S. Macedo for motan-colortronic do Brasil, and by Ulrich Eberhardt and Frank Medgyesy for motan- colortronic AG at the company’s stand at K 2013. The new sales and service subsidiary is equipped with up-to-date equipment and systems to enable it to provide direct sup- port to the plastics market in the region. www.motan-colortronic.de PE Labellers scores 40 not out In 2014, PE Labellers is celebrating its 40 th anniversary in business. The company has focused on the produc- tion of automatic labelling machines since it was founded in 1974. It currently employs almost 400 people and has manufacturing facilities in the United States, Brazil and Algeria as well as sales offices, including after-sales and spare parts services, in China, the UK and France. During its Ruby Anniversary year, the company will participate in a number of trade fairs around the world, including Interpack (Dusseldorf), Cibus Tech (Parma), Pack Expo and Pharma Expo (Chicago), Brau Beviale (Nuremberg), and Emballage (Paris). www.pelabellers.com Uhde Inventa-Fischer completes new MTR plants for Octal Uhde Inventa-Fischer and Octal Petrochemicals, the largest PET resin manufacturer in the Middle East and the largest integrated PET sheet manufacturer in the world, have announced the successful commissioning of a poly- condensation plant for the production of PET for bottle and packaging applications. The two production lines, which are located at Octal’s headquarters in the city of Salalah, in the Sultanate of Oman, have a total annual capacity of 550,000t. The plant uses Uhde Inventa-Fischer’s patented Melt-To-Resin (MTR) technology to produce PET resin for local and global markets. The new plants are in addition to the existing production facility, which was built by Uhde Inventa-Fischer at the same site in 2009. Octal Petrochemi- cals now has one of the world’s biggest single-site produc- tion capacities of 1,000,000t/a. Uhde Inventa-Fischer sup- plied the licence for the MTR technology, basic and detail engineering, all plant components including utilities and offsites, and supervised the construction and commission- ing activities. www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com food & drink technology premiers in Africa The inaugural food & drink technology Africa trade fair and conference (fdt Africa), organised by Messe München International (MMI) and its subsidiary MMI South Africa, will be open March 18-19, 2014 at Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. The organisers report that the trade fair is almost filled to capacity. Exhibitors include businesses such as Bruke SA, a non-destructive testing company; GEA process solutions design and development, beverage dispensing company Metro Dispenser; packag- ing company Multivac; Siemens AG; and brewing technol- ogy provider Ziemann International GmbH. The advisory board for the trade fair is made up of Bosch Packaging, GEA, Krones and Multivac. MMI says that fdt Africa marks a further phase in the internationalisation of drinktec Munich, with events now up and running in India and China. The conceptual sponsor of fdt Africa is the Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association of the VDMA (German Engineering Federation). Visitor registration for the event has opened and can be completed online at www.fdt-Africa.com, which also hosts with a full list of registered exhibitors. Addi- tional information such as travel and accommodation details can also be found online. www.drinktec.com www.fdt-Africa.com P.E.T. Engineering picks up global prize P.E.T. Engineering’s Evolight 1.5l PET bottle has been recognised with the top prize in the “Best Packaging Inno- vation” category at the Global Bottled Water Awards 2013, held during the 10th Global Bottled Water Congress in November in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The citation high- lighted Evolight’s record weight, mechanical performances and that it could be used for both still and sparkling water. www.petengineering.com G’s Fresh and Amcor pick up prizes at UK Packaging Awards The UK Packaging Awards 2013, held in London, Eng- land, saw G’s Fresh M&S (Marks & Spencer) beetroot range sealed with Amcor ReClose win First Prize in the ‘Consumer Convenience’ category, along with a Highly Commended prize in the ‘Flexible Plastic Pack of the Year’ category. The G’s Fresh M&S Beetroot range is packed in a punnet, sealed with Amcor’s ReClose lidding film. Amcor ReClose technol- ogy allows film-lidded trays to be opened and reclosed up to 15 times; it seals to PE, PS, PP or directly to APET trays. Amcor Flexibles Europe & Americas, a division of Amcor, is the world’s largest supplier of flexible packaging. G’s is a vertically-integrated supplier of produce that operates farms and production facilities throughout the UK. www.amcor.com www.gs-fresh.com