PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2016

PREFORM PRODUCTION 40 PET planet insider Vol. 17 No. 06/16 www.petpla.net We asked David González how important these trends are going to be for the future positioning of Novapet. “We respond with very well balanced resins to the lightweight requirements of the bottle market. But the mission of our R&D is not to push boundaries even further, but to create new mar- kets. We have more than 20 resins: crystallised PET for high temperature trays, we have resins for direct injec- tion which require no blowing at all, we have PET resins for extrusion blow moulding with which you can make bottles with handles for detergents or the edible oil market which usually are made from polyolefins (PE),” the Managing Director explains and iden- tifies four markets on which he sees good growth potential: detergents and household products, cosmetics and personal care, non-liquid food, and dairy products. “The dairy market is dominated by a single carton company but it is a very clear trend that customers ask for more consumer-friendly packaging nowadays. So the dairy market is of high potential in terms of growth and in terms of value,” González continues and admits that switching from a typi- cal carton line to PET requires a high level of investment. “But it is a very fast growing market and a very impor- tant development.” In 2005, Novapet launched its PET dairy resins. The light-blocking additive DCU (Dairy Concentrate Ultra) protects the prod- uct contained in monolayer PET bot- tles against degradation caused by light radiation. For the current year, González expects a turnover of €15m in the sector light barrier applications. This is accompanied by expected turn- overs of €190m in the polymers divi- sion and almost €30m in the packag- ing division. What exactly is Novapet expect- ing for the upcoming years apart from that? González has specific plans: “Right now, we are serving 30 differ- ent countries on four continents with David González, Managing Director Novapet Novapet, S.A. is a Spanish producer of PET grades for packaging appli- cations, preforms and bottles with three PET plants in Barbastro, Huesca and a total annual capacity of 260 ktn/year and more than one billion preforms for food and beverage containers. Its portfolio is characterised by its variety and adaptation for each of the applications in its final uses. The company offers packaging products for food, CSD, mineral water, still drinks, fruit juices, beer, carbonated drinks and dairy products. It also provides technical and industrial services. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Saragossa, Spain. Novapet operates as a subsidiary of the Spanish Grupo Samca SA, holding activities in mining, agricultural, energy, plastics, synthetic fibres and real state promotion, with an annual turnover of nearly €850m. Plant tour of the refitted injection site Juan Antonio Cejalvo, Industrial Manager Novapet Antonio Ramos, Head of Packaging Division Novapet our products. And we have concrete plans for expansion, not in the resin production which remains bundled in Barbastro, but for our packaging division with which we will expand in other European countries.” www.novapet.es