PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2016

SERVICES 42 PET planet insider Vol. 17 No. 03/16 www.petpla.net WikiPETia: the new PETplanet online service Search, create and contribute! With WikiPETia, PETplanet is providing a new online service for the PET industry. WikiPETia is a moderated knowledge management system that will bring together in a single tool people and companies, technologies and events throughout the PET value chain. Launched on the occasion of the Petcore Europe Conference on 23 rd February, the project began with the topic of PET recycling. WikiPETia is integrated on the PETplanet website, so it is easily accessible. WikiPETia provides an interac- tive component for network building and knowledge sharing within the PET value chain. This has not been available until now, and will keep you abreast of the latest developments. In addition to our push-services PET- planet insider and PETplanet Pulse where we pre-select relevant topics for you, pull-medium WikiPETia en- ables a search and selection process that is individually adjusted to your needs. The basic idea of WikiPET- ia is that different PET sources can keep their knowledge up to date and network with one another, creating a networked knowledge structure. We prepare the different subject areas along the PET value chain in a structured manner and then invite different participants to add their fac- tual know-ledge regarding the topics concerned. We began with PET recycling, as one of the current key topics in the PET industry. The next area to be addressed will be resins and additives for the manufacturing of PET preforms and bottles. All manufacturers are now invited to showcase themselves and their products. allow technologies and their manufac- turers to be consulted. Central to this cluster of topics are our market sur- veys that are now available in WikiPETia. For example, for PET bottle recycling, a market overview will dis- play relevant companies (such as Star- linger and Erema). Links to the compa- nies will take the user to their company profile and display links to technologies that introduce certain processes. Companies, people, tech- nologies and applications This structured approach along the value chain means that both compa- nies and technologies can be searched for and found in a targeted manner. Individual company entries enable detailed information to be given about companies and players in the PET industry. Inputs into higher-level topics