PETpla.net Insider 08 / 2014

ITALIAN SUPPLIER 10 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 08/14 www.petpla.net Three ratings, two cylinders by Waldemar Schmitke The first visit of our Go to Brau Beviale 2014 tour in Italy takes us to Siad Macchine Impi- anti in Bergamo. The company, founded in 1927, is active throughout the world with plants for the manufacturing and separation of industrial gases; it has 34 service centres and 40 country-specific sales agencies spread across the globe. In total the Group has some 1500 employees and recorded a turnover of approximate € 470 million in 2013. We find 228 people working here at the site in Bergamo. The Vito team complete with Head of Company f.l.t.r: Giovanni Brignoli, Luigi Manenti, Compressor Division Technical Office Manager, Manuela Teocchi, Market Analyst & Projects Development Leader, Paolo Ferrario, President & CEO, Alexan- der Büchler, PETplanet, Anna Roggeri, Compressor Division Executive Assistant, Paola Piccinelli, Marketing Communication & Public Relations Vito One of the Group’s business units is involved in the development and manufacture of piston compres- sors for PET stretch blow moulding machines, based on Siad’s industrial gas plant concept. A new genera- tion of compressors is now being specially developed under the Vito brand name for use in conjunc- tion with PET stretch blow mould- ing machines. Particular features of the new oil-free air PET compres- sor generation include two pressure cylinder lines with three pressure ratings and an elegant design. According to Giovanni Brignoli, Product Leader Compressor Division Food&Beverage,“ this has enabled us to cut our energy usage by 16%. The first model covers five capacity ratings from 1,210 up to 1,920m 3 /h at 42bar. Having said that, the actual basic compressor is always the same. The individual capacity rat- ings are achieved solely by replac- ing the drives“. The model is thus able to cater for 60% of PET applications. Two further models are planned, both up and down the scale, one of which will handle capacities of 300 to 1000m 3 /h (20% of the market) whilst the other will address capacities ranging from 2000 to 3000m 3 /h (20% of the market). The first prototype supplied fol- lowing 1500h of testing at the plant in Bergamo is already installed at Fonti Pineta in Clusone (an hour away from Bergamo in the Editourmobil). A further prototype is being prepared for delivery to the Sem Group in Italy. Today’s target markets are the Far East, China, Mexico and Russia. According to Giovanni Brignoli “it is here that the growth markets are to be identified and we are very well placed with our service centres. In addition, it is our aim, with the new Vito models, to get more involved with the PET line manufacturers than has been the case in the past. Up to now the proportion of direct custom- ers has been between 60 and 70%“. After a tour of the plant we take our leave of the company, intending to visit Fonte Pineta in Clusone (Bg) the following day. The Ladies Power Team from Vito will be accompanying us at this meeting. This is made up of: Manuela Teocchi (Market Analyst & Projects Development Leader), Anna Roggeri (Compressor Division Execu- tive Assistant) and Silvia Sangiorgi (Customer Relation Manager). We are looking forward to this occasion. www.siadmi.com A first glance of EDITOUR 2014