PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2015

EDITOUR REPORT 12 PET planet insider Vol. 16 No. 06/15 www.petpla.net right at the start when a crane toppled over, nearly hit Mr Nourredine’s father who also works in the company. He himself also runs another small PET recycling for produc- ing flakes. Fortunately, father and machine escaped with- out damage. f.r.t.l.: Haj Nourredine, Si Mohammed, Rachid Nourredine and Kay Barton “This was something of a shock for us all which we shall never forget”, says Mr Nourredine reflectively. “At that time we started with three employees, manufacturing around 20 million preforms; now we employ 18 people in a 3 shift operation and run the line to the limits of its capac- ity with 100 million units”. Currently in operation are four moulds supplied by Otto Hofstetter. In the CSD sector, the preform types produced are the 28mm PCO 1810, 38g for 1l and 28g for 0.5l, plus, in the still water sector, 32g and 18g for 1.5l and 0.5l with 30/25 neck finish. “It was only a few months ago that Coca-Cola introduced the PCO 1881 Standard into Morocco, and preform manufactur- ers will soon be gradually moving over to them” says Mr Nourredine. f.l.t.r.: Rachid Nourredine, showing his PET Morocco logo on the Editourmobil, and Kay Barton Currently, PET Preforms Morocco keeps back less than 10% of its products for the local market. Its direct competi- tor here is APPE. The remainder (in excess of 90%) is made up of exports, e.g. to Mauretania, Senegal, Nigeria and Burkina Faso. As far as possible, the company obtains the necessary PET material from Asia. There are plans for a major expansion before the end of 2014. A new 3000m 2 workshop facility has already been constructed not far away and is waiting to be equipped. “We shall also be get- ting involved in closure cap production and be offering our customers complete packages in the future” explains Mr Nourredine. For this the company will be opting for a Net- stal Synergy machine in the future. In the preforms sector, too, the vision for the future is to build up the output rates with the help of new machines. “Our aim is to become a leading supplier for preforms and caps in West Africa, this is our ultimate goal”. www.petmorocco.com Multifunctional preforms APPE Morocco | June 18, 2014 We met: Mr Rachid Afelad, Plant Manager & Mr Houssam Slimi, Husky North Africa Representative f.r.t.l.: Rachid Afelad, Houssam Slimi and Kay Barton APPE Morocco has already succeeded in carving out a dynamic history for itself within the space of just a few years. Following an enquiry from Coca Cola Bot- tlers (Atlas Bottling Cie & SBGS), the German packag- ing company Schmalbach-Lubeca via its subsidiary in Spain Pet Containers Iberia set up a facility in El Jadida in 1999 with the aim of manufacturing preforms locally. The reason for this was Coca-Cola’s desire to be closer to the Moroccan bottlers, because until then, Coca-Cola was being forced to import its PET preforms from Europe and PET was slowly overtaking glass as the predominant material. Following a construction period of eighteen months and commissioning of two Husky XL300 preform machines initial deliveries commenced in 2001. In 2003 Schmalbach-Lubeca sold its PET Division to Amcor where it remained until, finally in 2007, when La Seda de Barcelona LSB Group in turn purchased Amcor’s PET unit.