PETpla.net Insider 07+08 / 2015

PET news 6 PET planet insider Vol. 16 No. 07+08/15 www.petpla.net Dr. Frank Stieler appointed CEO of KraussMaffei Group The Supervisory Board of KraussMaffei Group GmbH appointed Dr. Frank Stieler as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Effective July 27, 2015, Dr. Stieler will succeed Jan Siebert, who has led the KraussMaf- fei Group since January 2012, and who is leaving at his own request. Dr. Stieler has more than twenty years of international experience in German industrial companies with a global presence, especially in machinery and systems engineer- ing. He held top management positions, including at Lurgi (now known as Air Liquide Group), Siemens and Hochtief. At Siemens, Dr. Stieler shaped the Oil & Gas business unit, which under his leadership developed from a loss-making entity to a fast-growing and highly profitable division. Before Dr. Stieler was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board (CEO) of Hochtief AG, he consolidated various business units as a member of the company’s board of directors. www.kraussmaffeigroup.com Gebo Engineering Solutions combines all flows within and around packaging lines The packaging industry is complicated and getting more complex by the day, and manufacturers have to deal with the challenge of constantly developing both productivity and flexibility. In this fast-moving environ- ment, the company Gebo Engineering Solutions takes a new approach in project management and plant design by combining and managing all flows within and around packaging lines including facility infrastructure, utilities, process, intralogistics, data management and industrial automation. The company provides project management (structured & standardised methods), plant design (pre- liminary & detailed studies) for both greenfield or brown- field projects. Gebo Engineering Solutions is an autonomous busi- ness unit of Gebo Cermex, a familiar name in the packag- ing industry with more than 50 years of experience in all aspects of packaging line design. Gebo Cermex has an extensive engineering expertise in terms of both design and project management. Gebo Engineering Solutions has four main centres based in France, Canada, Brazil and the Philippines and is supported by the international sales network of Gebo Cermex. www.gebo-engineering.com World Plastics Council supporting G-7 leaders marine litter action plan The World Plastics Council (WPC) welcomes that the leaders of the G-7, at their recent summit in Germany, have defined an action plan to reduce marine litter. The plastics industry is contributing several programmes to address this global challenge. One of these programmes is the Opera- tion Clean Sweep which is currently being rolled out globally and along the value chain. WPC also welcomed that the G-7 leaders underlined the importance of improving countries’ systems for waste management, reducing waste genera- tion, and encouraging reuse and recycling. Every kind of waste, regardless of the material it is consisting of, should be treated as a resource. Proper waste collection and manage- ment systems are indispensable. The newly formed World Plastics Council is a forum for industry leaders to accelerate cooperation and to deliver improved outcomes for the benefit of society and the global plastics industry. It contributes to solutions to the global marine litter challenge. For example, it is supporting action implementation initiatives like the global Marine Litter Solu- tions Coalition. Founded in 2011, this coalition is represent- ing 60 associations in 34 countries and supporting more than 180 projects. www.plasticseurope.org www.plasticsconverters.eu www.euromap.org 3rd Injection, Blow-Moulding & PET International Conference 2015 in Mumbai The 3rd Injection, Blow-Moulding & PET International Conference 2015 will take place in Mumbai, India, on August 20 - 21, 2015. On the first day the conference will focus on injection moulding and cover material and product trends, and also the latest developments in injec- tion moulding technology. The second day is dedicated to PET. Topics include innovations in PET packaging, oppor- tunities in PET machinery for packaging and the latest developments in blow-moulding technology. www.eliteplus.co.in