PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2016

NEWS 9 Development of the Italian plastics machinery market before K 2016 The Italian Plastics and Rubber Pro- cessing Machinery and Moulds Manu- facturers’ Association Assocomaplast reported that foreign trade data for plastics and rubber machinery, equipment and moulds, in the first half of 2016 compared to those for the same period in 2015, show imports at nearly EUR 390 million, with a new peak (+9.7%) (source: ISTAT). This would seem to reaffirm the signs of recovery in the domestic market that had shown up on the radar last year. The trend in exports this year, on the other hand, was much less impres- sive: the bottom of the trough was seen precisely last June at -2.3%, following months of foreign sales dropping by 0.5% to -1.0%. Regarding the key geographical macro-areas for sales abroad – which are again the strong point for the sector – particular increases were seen in sales to the NAFTA countries. Specifically, there was a strong increase in exports to Mexico. Asia is also said to be a bright spot, thanks to increased sales in the Far East – China, India, South Korea and Vietnam – and, as regards the Middle East, to the much anticipated recovery of sales in Iran. The ISTAT data are confirmed also by the recent Assocomaplast sentiment survey of a sample of processors, who report a recovery in domestic and a slow- down in foreign demand, and among its members, where there is a trend toward stability in orders, especially from foreign markets, a situation that is expected to continue to the end of the current year. In parallel, they observed that competing German manufacturers closed out the first half of 2016 with substantial stability in imports and exports, recording positive variations in the order of tenths of percent. In effect, for years various Italian and German manufacturers have been record- ing a slowdown in orders in the months leading up to K trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany. Interested buyers probably prefer to get an idea of the new technolo- gies exhibited at the fair before planning and committing to their investments. www.assocomaplast.org PET 2020 - The future of the PET industry Petcore Europe has announced that its next annual conference will be held in Brussels on Feb- ruary 1, 2017. Building on the success of its 2016 edition, this major event will bring together around 200 experts and leaders from the complete PET value chain in Europe and beyond. The conference will include two interactive sessions on the future of PET packaging and sustainability. Each session will consist of key note presenta- tions, followed by an extended panel debate with experts from the PET value chain, the EU institutions and other leading organisations. www.petcore-europe.org AN EVOLUTION SIMPLY WASN‘T ENOUGH FOR US. The KHS system for the best freshness protection: FreshSafe-PET ® . With FreshSafe-PET ® YG JCXG PQY EQODKPGF VJG DGPGƂVU QH 2'6 CPF INCUU 6JCPMU VQ CP WNVTC VJKP INCUU DCTTKGT QP VJG KPUKFG VJKU DQVVNG MGGRU DGXGTCIGU HTGUJ HQT NQPIGT CPF OCKPVCKPU VCUVG CPF XKVCOKPU ;GV YGnTG UVKNN PQV UCVKUƂGF s CPF YKNN EQPVKPWG VQ MGGR TGKPXGPVKPI VJG 2'6 DQVVNG YYY HTGUJUCHGRGV MJU EQO PET BOTTLE. THE REVOLUTION OF THE November 8 –10 Hall 5 | Booth 147 14.-17. November 6 F 029 PET planet Insider Vol. 17 No. 11/16