PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2016

PET news 6 PET planet insider Vol. 17 No. 04/16 www.petpla.net Amsler enters central American market Amsler Equipment Inc. has refurbished, retrofitted, and delivered its first PET blow moulder to Poliflex S.A. de C.V in San Salvador. Poliflex S.A. de C.V. is a custom blow moulder serving the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, beverage, household goods and food products industries. Founded in 1992, the company operates both injection-stretch moulding and two-step blow moulders to produce a wide variety of jars and bottles. Poliflex is currently updating their plant to meet ISO 22000 food safety standards. Poliflex needed a modern single-cavity PET stretch blow moulding machine to replace an older machine. Small footprint, machine performance, low tooling costs and easy supplier communication were the reasons in selecting a replacement. Amsler was able to supply a used single-cavity machine that was originally installed at a U.S.-based customer. The L12 had been outgrown and was traded in on a new three-cavity L32. The L12, which was manufactured in 2007, was retrofitted with a preferential heating oven, which was a Poliflex requirement. The machine was completely refurbished and full warranty was provided by Amsler. Poliflex was able to start up the machine and begin production in their plant themselves and it is currently running four days a week. The company is in the process of acquiring new moulds and converting their existing moulds to run on the Amsler L12. This small fully-automatic single-cavity machine can make bot- tles from 50ml up to 2l in capacity with neck sizes from 18mm to 63mm. The L15 version of the machine, is available to make bottle sizes up to 5l. The options for these machines include neck orientation, hot-fill and preferential heating. www.amslerequipment.net ■ www.poliflexsa.com New logo for PET Engineering The company PET Engineering presents a preview of the new logo which will gradually replace its current one over the course of 2016. The international company PET Engineering known for the design and industrialisation of PET packaging in the food, detergents and cosmetics sec- tors, founded 30 years ago by Moreno Barel is evolving its image. One of the main reasons behind PET Engineering’s decision to change its image is a desire for a logo capable of conjuring up the values which the company has stood for and its unrivalled know-how recognised the world over. “We decided to invest in rebranding because we believe it is time for us to communicate our identity more clearly and effectively, bringing out the distinctive features of our unique DNA: we are not only bottle designers but true PET packaging innovators, through a consolidated approach that integrates strategic design, engineering and research.” says the CEO Moreno Barel. The new logo features a human head wearing a special crown made up of an idealised neuronal network repre- senting a scientific mind with the intention, on one hand, of “chemically synthesise” PET Engineering’s talent and creative approach and, on the other, evoking the importance of the individual in reference to both the internal working team and the end users of each packaging designed and engineered. The human profile facing right, also describes an action of thought that looks forward, with projection towards the future, expressing a dynamic vision oriented to technological innovation. The whole of the new logo’s formal composition is high impact emotionally speaking communicating competence, strategy, specific creativity and results orientation, requisites which PET Engineer- ing international reference point in the sector for product expertise and Italian design, makes available to its clients to enhance brand performances. www.petengineering.com Erema Discovery Day 2016 Erema invites clients and interested persons to be part of the Discovery Day on June 1, 2016 at the headquarters in Ansfelden, Austria. This year’s focus will be on PET recycling, inline applica- tions and bottle-to-bottle. Visitors will be given first-hand information on how to save energy, time and costs. Erema will show solutions throughout the entire PET recycling value chain (washing, sorting, PET processing and downstream equip- ment). Visitors can look forward to live demonstrations including the new Multi Purpose Reactor (MPR) for the retrofit- ting of existing PET extrusion systems, Vacurema for food contact approved bottle recycling and the Erema plastics analysis laboratory. There is the opper- tunity to register online. www.erema.at