PETpla.net Insider 08 / 2014

PET news 6 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 08/14 www.petpla.net Mexican subsidiary of Corvaglia celebrates 10th anniversary The Mexican subsidiary of Swiss Corvaglia Holding AG celebrates ten years of operating in Mexico. Back in 2004 on the July 24th at 14:47 hours, the first closure left the conveyor belt. Today, more than 10 million closures per day are produced. Corvaglia Closures S.A. de C.V. located in Ixtlahuaca, State of Mexico, has over 100 employees and is meanwhile the third largest closure producer in Mexico. For the 10th anniversary event various activities for customers, suppliers and employees are planned. www.corvaglia.ch KHS receives ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 certification Protection of the environment, sustainability in the use of natural resources and social responsibility are major corporate objectives of KHS GmbH and KHS Corpoplast GmbH. This accommodates the wishes of customers in the beverage, food and non-food industries worldwide, as they often consider attaining these goals across their entire supplier chain and within their own companies to be part of their brand policy. Such customers therefore attach great importance to certification which confirms that their suppliers are acting responsibly. It is for this reason that in 2011 KHS had its Innofill Glass DRS/ZMS glass filler certified by Germany’s TÜV SÜD as energy-efficient plant technology. In the same year, KHS was certified in keeping with OHSAS 18001 (the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series). With a currency in over 80 countries OHSAS 18001 is one of the best-known standards for occupational health and safety management systems in the world. The next machines to be certified according to TÜV SÜD’s energy and media efficiency standard in 2012 were the InnoPET Blomax Series IV stretch blow moulder with its AirbackPlus system and the gas shrink tunnel for packing machines. Furthermore, in 2012 and 2013 KHS carried out ethical audits at various national and interna- tional production sites and was granted the appropriate certification. KHS customers can view the results of the KHS ethical audit on the Sedex database. At the beginning of 2014 the company was certified according to ISO 14001, the environmental management standard, and ISO 50001, the standard for energy man- agement valid worldwide, for all of its German production sites. www.khs.com Expansion of production capacity at Gneuss in Bad Oeynhausen In recent years, Gneuss has consistently transformed itself from a component supplier to a supplier of complete compounding and extrusion systems for recycling, fibre and sheet manufacturing. An important market is polyes- ter processing where recycled material is used. Earlier this year, Gneuss purchased an additional 13,000m² of land adjacent to the existing site to expand capacity. In addition to another 700m² storey to the administration building, a completely new building will be erected on the former car park which will increase the current production area for the extruders, filtration systems and measure- ment sensors by 50%. Gneuss plans to have the new building completed by the end of this year. www.gneuss.com Realignment of KraussMaffei and Netstal brands in France Since January 1, 2014, the KraussMaffei and Netstal brands in France has been brought together under one roof. According to the company, the reorganization of the two brands has been positively received by the custom- ers as they are now able to buy from a broader product range from a single source. Both brands will continue to have an independent market presence. Responsibility for the subsidiary KraussMaffei Group France is now with the former General Manager of Netstal France, Jacques Soc- quet. Faredh Djaziri, the former president of KraussMaffei France, is responsible for expanding business development of the KraussMaffei and Netstal brands within the injection moulding technology segment outside of France, primarily in French-speaking Africa, including the Maghreb countries. www.kraussmaffeigroup.com