PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2015

NEWS 9 PET planet insider Vol. 16 No. 05/15 www.petpla.net Amcor announces acquisition of Nampak Flexibles Amcor announced the USD 22million (ZAR 250 mil- lion) acquisition of Nampak Flexibles, the market leader in flexible packaging in South Africa. Nampak Flexibles has extrusion, lamination and conversion capabilities across three plants, and generates sales of approximately USD 94 million per year. The business services multi-national and domestic customers in the beverage, food and home care end markets. www.amcor.com Netstal introduces 144 cavity preform system to the US Netstal has introduced the PET-Line 5000 to the US market. The preform production system is designed for moulds with 96 to 144 cavities and features an output of up to 100,000 preforms per hour. According to the company, high output levels are especially required in the US and Asia where the employ- ment of 144 cavity preform moulds is appropriate. Net- stal’s customers are generally large bottling plants that require a defined number of bottle variations. In these regions, the systems are horizontally integrated into the production process for example, the product is lining up directly alongside a blow-moulding machine. The PET-Line features several first-rate changes in the fields of energy consumption, control technology and machine control, such as an energy-efficient adaptive drive unit. It no longer operates with constant pump pres- sure, but rather adapts flexibly to the individual application and cycle requirements. In addition, all of the machine’s electrical drive motors are interconnected via an inter- mediate circuit to allow the braking energy being gener- ated during operation to be used elsewhere. Overall, the system reduces the power requirement by around 10% compared to the preceding model, or up to 20% in com- parison with the competition. The lock-to-lock time of the PET-Line 5000, from unlocking the mould to preform removal and locking, has been reduced by up to half a second. For standard appli- cations with cycle times of less than 10sec, this equates to an increased output performance of tens of thousands of units per day. This was made possible by the new con- trol technology: the exclusive use of digital controllers was combined with state-of-the-art valve technology. Shorter reaction times and increased oil displacement mean that the movement of the mould is swifter, while the dry cycle of the machine is reduced. wwww.netstal.com Full inspected! CHINAPLAS, 20/23.05.15 -#4.1 C41 - Guangzhou CHINA IRAN FOOD + BEV TEC, 26/29.05.15 - 38.01.10 - Tehran IRAN EXPOPACKMEXICO,16/19.06.15-#2636- CiudaddeMéxicoMEXICO PROPAK ASIA, 17/20.06.15 - HALL 1066G26 - Bangkok THAILAND ROSUPACK, 16/19.06.2015 - Moscow RUSSIA