PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2017

9 NEWS PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 05/17 www.petpla.net Greiner Packaging: joint venture in Russia Greiner Packaging is establishing a joint venture with the Russian company Plastic System which serves the market under the Souzpromplast brand. Under the name Greiner Packaging System, the joint venture – located in Noginsk – will be driven by a focus on IML, direct printing and larger packaging containers primarily in the food and non-food sector in Russia. Greiner Packaging will be holding the majority of the shares of the new company. The goal of the joint venture is to reinforce activities in Russia and to drive the market through new innovations. The offerings for the Russian market can be expanded through the site. In particular, the compe- tence in the IML and direct printing sector will be strengthened and the product portfolio expanded to larger packaging units. Syner- gies with the existing plant will be exploited and new options developed. “The Russian market offers great poten- tial and, together with our experienced part- ners, we expect a significant growth spurt. The joint venture will allow us to expand our product portfolio and strengthen our market position as well,” stresses Manfred Stanek, division head of Greiner Packaging International. The formal closing of the joint venture was in March, with both partners currently working on the implementation of the agreed-upon integration measures. www.greiner-gpi.com Amcor opens on-site PET bottle manufacturing at Campbell’s plant Amcor Rigid Plastics expands its relationship with long-time customer Campbell Soup Co. with the opening of an on-site bottle manufacturing opera- tion in Paris, Texas, USA. Amcor’s new in-line operation is expected to produce approximately 50 million hot-fillable PET bottles each year. Amcor invested $7 million to re-purpose 6,000 sq ft of the Paris manufactur- ing facility. The on-site operation will produce 46oz and 64oz PET containers for a variety of V8 vegetable juice products. At the Paris site, on-site produc- tion of hot-fill PET bottles will keep over 2,000 truckloads of containers off the road each year and eliminate over 376 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions which are equivalent to 901,246 miles driven annually by an average passen- ger vehicle, according to Amcor. Previously, Amcor supplied Campbell’s with PET containers from its Fort Worth, Texas manufacturing plant. Since 2004, Amcor has operated an on-site blow moulding operation at Campbell’s beverage production plant in Napoleon, Ohio where it produces 150 million hot-fill PET containers annually. www.amcor.com An April 20, a ribbon-cutting ceremony officially marked the opening of Amcor Rigid Plastics’ new on-site bottle manufacturing operation at Campbell’s bever- age production facility in Paris, Texas, USA.