PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2017

Editour 36 Tour Sponsors: Go with the flow. South East Asia Road Show Vol. 18 No. 06/17 www.petpla.net over the previous year. The proportion of non-Asian companies responding to local demand is also high. Röders, a German company, has recently started blow-mould manufacturing here and now wishes to expand. Unfortunately, figures on local consumers or the distribution of PET across the differ- ent drinks segments have proven to be impossible to obtain, or lack the required level of detail and differentia- tion. But according to Euromonitor, PET bottles’ share of the retail market in Vietnam increased almost 48% over two years, from 2013’s total of 3.76bn units to 5.55bn in 2015. The packaging market in Cambodia Similar challenges apply to Cambodia. There is, basically, no data on the local packag- ing and drinks scene in the country – at least, there wasn’t when this article was written. Even well-known sources of business information do not have any reliable points of ref- erence on the situation here. Discussions with Coca-Cola (Cambodia Beverage Com- pany), frequently a depend- able source of good data, also failed to yield any specific figures or market information. Our visit to the giant brewery owned by the Khmer Brew- ery (Cambodia Beer), which has just finished installing its brand new Krones PET soft drinks system, provided some interesting insights into what is a brand new, high-end project for the company. During our interview, however, we were again advised that no his- torical values or solid data for fact-finding were yet available against which to compare the performance of new soft drinks, or PET. This murky situation makes it difficult or even impossible for small and medium sized companies to make investments in the drinks industry. We will continue to monitor develop- ments and hope to be able to provide some dependable data in the future. Beverages Packaging Vietnam: Retail/ off-trade in million units (Total Packag- ing 11.043,80 in 2015) Source: Euromonitor Beverages Packaging Vietnam: Retail/ off-trade in million units, year-over year growth in % (Total Packaging 10,10 in 2015) Source: Euromonitor