PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2014

NEWS 9 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 05/14 www.petpla.net KraussMaffei Group driving company growth in China The KraussMaffei Group has officially inaugurated the second production hall at its manufacturing plant in Haiyan, China. Around 400 of its customers and busi- ness partners attended this event. As part of the expan- sion of the plant, the production space has been doubled and now covers 22,000m 2 . By doing so the company is continuing its expansion strategy in China, where it sees considerable growth potential for its KraussMaffei, Krauss- Maffei Berstorff and Netstal brands. To strengthen the local injection moulding portfolio, Netstal has also opened a new Demonstration and Training Center, which is also available for customers to visit. It is home to a fully electric Netstal Elion machine with a clamping force of 2,200kN, which is demonstrating sample production of PET blood collection tubes, and a complete PET-Line system, which is acting as a demonstration machine for the beverage industry. This system, which has a clamping force of 3,500kN, produces PCO28 preforms. The 96-cavity mould is supplied by Swiss company Otto Hofstetter AG, while the cooling equipment is provided by local manufacturer Shini Plastics Technologies Inc. www.kraussmaffeigroup.com www.netstal.com Demand for PET packaging material to reach $60 billion by 2019 The market report “The Future of PET Packaging to 2019” from Smithers Pira gives an overview of the state of the PET packaging industry in 2014, alongside global market forecasts to 2019, including key definitions and details of specific geographic markets. According to this, the global PET packaging market will be worth $48.1 billion in 2014, amounting to almost 16 million tonnes. Demand for PET packaging is expected to increase by an average of 4.6% annually over the next five years, and will amount to 19.9 million tonnes worth $60 billion by 2019. Within overall PET packaging consumption of 15.4 mil- lion tonnes in 2013, PET bottles for beverages accounted for over 80% of overall sales at 12.5 million tonnes (up 3.7% on 2012). In 2013, bottled water became the largest category for PET packaging; sales of PET water bottles grew by 7.3% reaching 5.45 million tonnes. Sales of PET bottles for carbonated soft drinks by comparison rose by 1.8% to 5.17 million tonnes. Slower growth of the latter is attributed to high penetration rates in major markets and a growing consumer preference for healthier drink options. According to Smithers Pira, in the key remain- ing packaging sectors, non-food PET packaging sales reached 804,328t (a 4.4% increase on 2012 levels), with thermoforming packaging consumption up 4.7% to 1.04 million tonnes. During the period 2014-19, the fastest growing end-use sector will be bottled water bottles with 6% growth in volume terms, followed by pharmaceutical and medical packaging and PET bottles for other drinks, both increasing by 5%. Key market drivers include rising incomes in developing markets of Asia Pacific, South and Central America and Central and Eastern Europe, with Asia Pacific becoming the largest regional market for PET packaging during the period 2009-13. www.smitherspira.com Erema expands global trial centres and technical support Erema customers now have a total of 13 facilities at their disposal for trial runs with the test materials they choose to provide. The trial centres are said to feature the latest technology thanks to the installation of the new plant generation Intarema with patented Counter Current technology. The test runs on these systems are carried out in realistic production conditions and thus provide the results with which the customer’s machine configuration is optimised on an individual basis. Currently some 400 tests are already carried out every year with a wide variety of customer materials. This number of test runs will continue to increase with the expansion of the trial centres. Seven systems are available in the Erema Customer Centre and three more in the R&D Centre at the com- pany’s headquarters in Austria, two at the Erema North America (ENA) Trial Centre in Ipswich and one plant is at the trial centre in the Middle East. www.erema.at Avery adds Scottish recycling centre Avery Dennison has expanded its PET liner recycling programme with the addition of a new collection facility for brand owners in United Kingdom and Ireland. Waste PET liners can now be sold directly to PET Processors UK, Avery Dennison’s recycling partner in Dumfries, Scotland. PET Processors UK creates thermal forming sheets from the recycled liner, which are then used for food contain- ers and as compounds for industrial use in automotive and construction applications. Brand owners in this region can engage with the Avery Dennison recycling programme with quantities from two tons upwards. The company says that its service can help customers to meet sustainability targets and also be a source of revenue. One million m² of liner waste is currently worth anything from GB£5,000 to GB£8,000 (€7-9,600; US$8-12,500). www.averydennison.com