PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2016

NEWS 8 PET planet Insider Vol. 17 No. 10/16 www.petpla.net Label Industry Global Awards 2016 The winners of the 2016 Label Industry Global Awards were announced at a gala ceremony which took place after the open- ing day of Labelexpo Americas. Held at the Rosemont Theatre, Chicago, USA the awards recognize the notable achievements and commercial creativity of label industry manufacturers, sup- pliers and converters over the last twelve months. In addition to the Lifetime Achievement Award, paying trib- ute to Belmark’s Bruce Bell, three other category winners were unveiled. The Award for Innovation (for companies with over 300 employees) was presented to Jindal Films Americas for its development of Platinum Thermal. A white surface-printable polyolefin film, Platinum Thermal looks set to revolutionise ther- mal/bar code printing, replacing both coated and direct thermal substrates and thermal transfer ribbons in many thermal label applications. It is said to be one of the few ‘breakthroughs’ that come once every 20 years. Eshuis BV collected the Award for Innovation (for compa- nies with less than 300 employees). Eshuis was requested by Coca-Cola to develop an industrial 3D bow label which, after a year and half of research and development, resulted in a three- layer bow which could be applied at 40,000 bottles per hour as a standard Coke wrap-around label (see photo). In association with Constantia Flexibles, more than 130 million labels were produced, divided over 21 different sizes of bow label. Dow Chemical Company received the Award for Sustain- ability for its Chemical Sustainability Tool initiative, designed to enable teams to quickly evaluate sustainability challenges and opportunities, document their thoughts and create an effective visual way of communicating the results. www.labelawards.com Krones acquires Trans-Market to strengthen process technology footprint in the U.S. The manufacturer of filling and packaging technology Krones has signed and completed the purchase of 80% of the business of Trans-Market Sales & Equipment Inc. Trans-Market is based in Tampa, Florida, USA and is a proven leader in providing process engineering and automation solutions for the liquid food industry. The company has revenues of approximately $30 million and has a workforce of more than 50 employees. The previous owners of Trans-Market will retain a 20% ownership. Krones is financing the acquisition with available funds.This acquisition is regarded as a further step in the implementation of Krones’ strategy to build-up local engineering and sourcing capabilities. By acquiring Trans-Market, Krones enhances its process technology capabilities in the U.S. and expands its geographical footprint in North America. Besides Tampa, Florida, Trans-Market operates two locations in Texas. Together with the capabilities of Trans-Market Krones can offer its customers in the liquid food segment in North America the complete product portfolio ranging from process technology solutions, filling and packing equipment to logistical solutions, thereby covering the entire plant of its customers. Trans-Market will be part of the “Machines and Lines for beverage production/Process Technology” segment. The headquarters and management of Trans-Market will remain in Tampa, Florida. www.krones.com Erratum In issue 09/2016 incorrect subheadings were given in the market survey on pages 41-43. The market survey was about bottle-to-bottle recycling plants. In the survey the questions related to three different types of converting: bottle to granulate, flakes to granulate and bottles to flakes. The first subheading “bottle to granulate” is shown, the next one should have been “flakes to granulate” in line 14, and “bottle to flakes” in line 23. The lines 14 and 23 contained just the word “question”. This was an error, for which we apologise to our readers. You will find the cor- rected version online.