PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2016

imprint EDITORIAL PUBLISHER Alexander Büchler, Managing Director HEAD OFFICE heidelberg business media GmbH Bunsenstr. 14 69115 Heidelberg, Germany phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 [email protected] EDITORIAL Kay Barton Heike Fischer Gabriele Kosmehl Michael Maruschke Ruari McCallion Waldemar Schmitke Anthony Withers WikiPETia.info Doris Fischer [email protected] MEDIA CONSULTANTS Martina Hirschmann [email protected] Johann Lange-Brock [email protected] phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 LAYOUT AND PREPRESS EXPRIM Werbeagentur Matthias Gaumann | www.exprim.de READER SERVICES Till Kretner [email protected] PRINT Chroma Druck & Verlag GmbH Werkstr. 25 67354 Römerberg Germany WWW www.hbmedia.net | w ww.petpla.net PETplanet Insider ISSN 1438-9459 is published 10 times a year. This publication is sent to qualified subscribers (1-year subscription 149 EUR, 2-year subscription 289 EUR, Young professionals’ sub- scription 99 EUR. Magazines will be dispatched to you by airmail). Not to be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher. Note: The fact that product names may not be identified as trademarks is not an indication that such names are not registered trademarks. 3 PET planet Insider Vol. 17 No. 11/16 www.petpla.net Dear friends of PETplanet Insider, A short pause between the autum trade fairs I’m in Shanghai, sitting on my packed bags. The China Brew and Beverage exhibition is over, and with it our China road tour. Our Editourmobil occupied centre stage on our stand, next to the photographs taken during our visit. The tour gave us a great deal of insight into China’s PET industry, which is currently in a consolidation phase. The talks at the exhibition indicated that this is probably a temporary situation. While most exhibitors at the fair expressed caution, some companies reported growth rates typical for China. I can’t judge the extent to which that is a matter of wishful thinking as opposed to real numbers. What is certain, though, is that looking forward, everyone takes a positive view of the future. That is true of both foreign and Chinese exhibitors. The local exhibitors in particular used the China Brew and China Beverage fair to present new machine designs to visitors for the first time. These designs were entirely their own. The days when the Chinese just copied others’ work seem to be over. The successful Chinese suppliers are now showcasing their own technology. The new exhibition grounds are impressive for the quality of their infrastructure and their excellent connections to Shanghai. The city itself is worth a visit, and it does not cost much to get there. I wonder how my impressions from China will compare with those at K 2016. I don’t have to completely unpack my bag, as BrauBeviale starts in Nuremberg in just a few days. See you at our booth 7A 203. Yours, Alexander Büchler