PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2014

PET news 6 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 03/14 www.petpla.net Avery Dennison launches PET liner recycling Avery Dennison has expanded its PET recycling program with the addition of two new collection facilities in Europe. Waste PET liners can now be sold directly to Morssinkhof Rymoplast, Avery Dennison’s recycling partner, at its main plant in Zeewolde, Netherlands, or at collection facilities in Lichtenvoorde (Ned) and Przeczno, Poland. Recycled liner material is converted to rPET granules, which are then used in applications such as textile production and manufactur- ing. The company claims that the expansion of its recycling program offers brand owners the opportunity to generate additional income from liner recycling and to avoid the need to pay for landfill or incineration. It says that 5 million m² of release liner waste is currently worth €16,000 to €26,000. Quantities as low as 500kg are accepted, well below the current 5t minimum quantity for waste pickup. Morssinkhof Rymoplast will reimburse brand owners directly with the material’s value. www.averydennison.com Fabian Neumann new Chairman of the PET Forum On the occasion of the last meeting of the PET Forum on September 11,2013 in Munich, Fabian Neumann of Mit- teldeutsche Erfrischungsgetränke GmbH & Co. KG (MEG), Germany, was elected Chairman. In assuming this position he took over from Karl-Heinz Achhammer of Krones AG who has now retired. Fabian Neumann is the Divisional Leader responsible for Publicity and Sustainability in the Mittel- deutsche Erfrischungsgetränke (MEG) Group of Companies and has been with MEG since 2008. The company is a sub- sidiary of the Schwarz Group and has specialised in the pro- duction of high quality commercial brands for the retail food- stuffs trade. In addition to the Chairman, Fabian Neumann, who represents the beverages bottlers, the following were also appointed to the Board: André Graichen (Equipolymers) for the PET processors, Dr. Thomas Friedlaender (Krones) for the machine manufacturers, Oliver Wiegand (PET pack- aging) and Uwe Röhn (Vogtland PET) for the PET recyclers. As a packaging manufacturer, Oliver Wiegand will continue to represent the PET Forum on the IK Board. www.kunststoffverpackungen.de Krones acquires upgraded technology Krones AG has announced that it has acquired a 100% holding in HST Maschinenbau GmbH, a German company that designs and manufactures homogenis- ers and reciprocating pumps for the food and beverage industries. The acquisition price was not specified but was described as being “in the mid-single-figure-million range”. HST employs around 25 people and has been trading profitably; turnover in 2012 was reported at nearly €5 million. With this acquisition Krones intends to upgrade its future corporate capabilities in process technology designed for producing juices and milk, and to expand its global service and maintenance business in this sector. The agreement is subject to approval by antitrust regula- tors. www.krones.com Petainer rushes in Petainer, the British plastic container supplier, has opened a new site in Russia that is producing recy- clable PET beer kegs and water cooler bottles for the local market. The factory, which is in Klin, 40 miles from Moscow, is equipped with a Side blowing machine that is capable of manufacturing 700 kegs/h, up to a maxi- mum size of 50kg. The facility is currently supplying 20 and 30l Petainer kegs to customers in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The kegs are lightweight beverage contain- ers manufactured in recyclable PET. They are available with one-way, low cost fittings that enable them to be connected to existing tapping systems for draught beer. PetainerCoolers are also made out of PET and con- tain zero bisphenol-A (BPA). Petainer says that they are environmentally friendly, returnable and refillable, and designed to be compatible with major water cooler dis- pensers or dispensing systems. www.petainer.com