PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2017

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 info@hbmedia.net EDITORIAL Kay Barton Heike Fischer Gabriele Kosmehl Michael Maruschke Ruari McCallion Waldemar Schmitke Anthony Withers WikiPETia.info petplanet@hbmedia.net MEDIA CONSULTANTS Martina Hirschmann hirschmann@hbmedia.net Johann Lange-Brock lange-brock@hbmedia.net phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 LAYOUT AND PREPRESS EXPRIM Werbeagentur Matthias Gaumann | www.exprim.de READER SERVICES Till Kretner reader@hbmedia.net 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. 18 No. 06/17 www.petpla.net Dear friends of PETplaner Insider, Summer has now begun in our part of the world. For us and for the beverage industry, we hope it will be warm and long! Almost the entire PETplanet team has flown to Spain, Italy, Thailand and Laos - and not just on holiday... The final of our Go with the flow Editour is almost upon us! In the fifth and last part of our South East Asia Roadshow, around 20 suppliers, machine manufacturers and bottlers are being visited in Laos and Thailand. The detailed interviews and market over- views will appear in future issues of PETplanet Insider, and you can follow our journey and all its challenges and excitements on our tour blog. The grand finale where we will be holding an exhibition featur- ing all companies we visited will be showcased this year at the most important trade fair event for our sector: Drinktec 2017 in Munich, which opens its doors from 11th to 15th September. The trade fair has grown since 2013 and new ideas have been incorporated in its pro- gramme. Not only has the world’s leading wine technology trade fair SIMEI been integrated; there are also numerous innovations, includ- ing the creation of a special area for new beverage concepts. Simi- larly, KHS and Sidel have stepped forward to sponsor a lecture series called 5 o’clock Theme, in which on three afternoons, stimulating talks will be presented on future scenarios and new market and business ideas. And beer-lovers are not forgotten either: the beer highlights will be showcased in their own appropriately named hall, place2beer. We will be keeping you up to date with all PET topics set to feature at Drinktec in the next three issues. In this issue, our special focus will be on preform production. We have researched the current state of the industry in extensive reports and interviews so we can provide you with comprehensive information about the latest developments and applications of multilayers, about creative mould design, the production of kegs and about transporta- tion options. Rounding off this summer edition are two interviews on the subject of packaging that came about in the aftermath of the Inter- pack trade fair, the second conference report from the Plastics Recy- cling Show Europe in Amsterdam, a first contribution on Cambodia and Vietnam and the first tour interviews from these countries. I hope you enjoy reading, perhaps whilst relaxing on the beach? Yours Heike Fischer