PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2015

imprint EDITORIAL PUBLISHER Alexander Büchler, Managing Director HEAD OFFICE heidelberg business media GmbH Häusserstr. 36 69115 Heidelberg, Germany phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 [email protected] EDITORIAL Heike Fischer Gabriele Kosmehl Kay Barton Michael Maruschke Ruari McCallion Waldemar Schmitke Wolfgang von Schroeter Anthony Withers MEDIA CONSULTANTS Martina Hirschmann [email protected] Johann Lange-Brock [email protected] phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 France, Italy, Spain, UK Elisabeth Maria Köpke phone: +49 6201-878925 fax: +49 6201-878926 [email protected] LAYOUT AND PREPRESS EXPRIM Werbeagentur Matthias Gaumann | www.exprim.de READER SERVICES Till Kretner [email protected] PRINT Chroma Druck & Verlag GmbH Werkstr. 25 67354 Römerberg Germany WWW www.hbmedia.net | w ww.petpla.net PETplanet insider ISSN 1438-9459 is published 10 times a year. This publication is sent to qualified subscribers (1-year subscription 149 EUR, 2-year subscription 289 EUR, Young professionals’ sub- scription 99 EUR. Magazines will be dispatched to you by airmail). Not to be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher. Note: The fact that product names may not be identified as trademarks is not an indication that such names are not registered trademarks. 3 PET planet insider Vol. 16 No. 03/15 www.petpla.net dear readers, As previously mentioned by Alexander Büchler in issue 01+02 of 2015, we face major challenges in the course of our 2015 North American tour. At time of writing, we have already successfully completed two of our appointments in the Toronto region, but other unexpected and unpredictable setbacks have occurred. This has a little to do with the very cold weather, but a great deal to do with problems with the Editourmobil. The situation is requiring some flexibility and a lot of ingenuity. Notwithstanding all the difficulties, we will be continuing the tour as planned, temporarily without the Editourmobil. Our reports will continue in the usual way. We have finished our tour of Canada and we are now heading for the US, where we are looking forward to visiting new destinations in Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin. An interview from the tour in Canada with Husky, the world leader in PET preform systems will be published in this issue. On March 23 2015, the doors will open on one of the world’s largest plastics exhibitions, the NPE in Orlando, Florida. Cover- ing an area of about 1 million m 2 , the exhibition will be showcasing the market leaders in the industry. In addition to about 600 items of equipment, 400 exhibits will be showing off their paces. With 60,000 industry professionals expected, the exhibition is some- thing of a barometer for the recovery in the US economy and for Orlando, hosting the NPE for the second time. We will be delighted to welcome you to the Editourmobil, where we will present information on the visits we have made, giving you the opportunity to take part in the tour. Also in this issue, you will find a new 2015 market survey on bottle-to-bottle recycling plants. PET recycling the number one issue in the PET world. Yours Waldemar Schmitke