PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2015

EDITOUR REPORT 17 PET planet insider Vol. 16 Q Preform sterilization in the heating tunnel Q Protected conveying of preforms and bottles Q %QORNGVGN[ J[IKGPKE ƂNNKPI CPF ECRRKPI RTQEGUU The UCF BloFill monoblock from KHS – with fully enclosed hygiene housing Give your sensitive beverages more private space. Learn more at www.khs.com or scan the QR code. Entering the International market PTD Plastique – Transformation & Distribution Sarl | February 14, 2015 We met: Mr Djamel Ouadah, General Manager Mrs Habiba Ouadah, Sales Manager Mr Yacine Menguellat, Financial Manager My trip took me from Algiers to Blida, some 50km away. This is where the head office of PTD, Plastique – Trans- formation & Distribution, is located; the company is the second largest preform manufacturer in Algeria with an associated caps production facility. They are a direct competitor of SGT. My dis- cussions are with Djamel Ouadah, General Manager, Yacine Menguellat, Financial Manager and Sales Manager Habiba Ouadah. As is so often the case, the link with plastic here has its roots in the family. Djamel Ouadah‘s father had, along with his brother, already been playing an active part in the Algerian polystyrol sector since 1965. In 1978 the two businesses were split and, because Mr Ouadah Senior was anx- ious to avoid entering into competition with his brother, he launched a new business in the packaging sector for cleaning materials and cos- metic items. By 1997 PET was gaining an increasing foothold and subsequently, Mr Ouadah Senior made the decision to invest in PET injection moulding technol- ogy. From that moment on, the focus was on establish- ing the strategic direction of PET as the company’s main product within the plant. The original plastics production facility continued to run in parallel right through until 2006, but without any new investments. Djamel Ouadah took over the PET produc- tion-related businesses fol- lowing the death of his father in 2008 and has consistently continued to develop these further. “Our first injection moulding machine in 1997 was an Aoki“ Djamel Ouadah recalls. “At the time it was the very first PET installation on the Algerian market”. I subsequently learned that, in 1999, PTD purchased another machine namely a Krupp Premax with 48 cavities. The years that followed saw PTD opting for Husky and Netstal machines. In 2002 the first Husky G-Line with 56 cavities was commissioned, in 2004 two Netstal PET Line machines, each with 96 cavities, were added and in 2007 the third 96-cavity machine came on stream. In 2011 and