PETpla.net Insider 07 / 2017

PET news 6 NEWS PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 07/17 www.petpla.net Alpla acquires South African Boxmore Packaging Boxmore Packaging, with headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa, will become a fully owned subsidiary of the Austrian packaging specialist Alpla. Boxmore Packaging is specialised in PET preforms, PET bottles and closures, and currently employs around 1,000 members of staff at nine locations. “The African continent is an attractive growth market for us. With the purchase of Boxmore Packaging, we now also have a broad basis for entering the market in South Africa, in addi- tion to our activities with Alpla Taba in North Africa’, says Alpla CEO Günther Lehner. Alpla has acquired 100% of Boxmore Packaging. All employees and locations are being taken on by Alpla, although it has been decided that the management structure will remain the same. The current board, under the leadership of Len Engelbrecht (Boxmore CEO), will continue to manage the existing Boxmore business, and in addition, take on responsibility for the integration and management of the existing Alpla SA business. For the foreseeable future the company will continue to operate under the existing name as a member of the Alpla Group. Founded in 1995, Boxmore Packaging is seen as the market leader for PET preforms and bottles (ISBM technol- ogy), as well as closures, in southern Africa. Around 1,000 employees currently manufacture approximately 4 billion of the aforementioned products each year at nine production locations. The customers of Boxmore Packaging are situated in more than 20 African countries, as well as on the islands in the Indian Ocean. The takeover was signed on July 5, 2017; implementation remains subject to the required legal and regulatory approval by the competition authorities. The contract parties have reached a confidentiality agreement regarding the financial details. www.alpla.com NGR strengthens its sales organisation in China and Southeast Asia The Austrian company Next Generation Recycling- maschinen GmbH (NGR) develops and manufactures plastics recycling equipment for industrial and consumer waste. As part of the reopening of the three year-old Customer Care Center in Taicang, NGR is expanding its sales activities in China and Southeast Asia. With its move into the German Center Taicang, which is said to provide better infrastructure for customers and employ- ees, the Chinese NGR subsidiary is laying new groundwork for China and the entire Southeast Asia region. The sales office will be led by the new sales director Jeffrey Tan, a native of Singapore. Jeffrey Tan has developed a strong technical background over his years working in the plastics industry, and will take over the appointment books for our customers starting in July. With Sven Heine, CEO of Anhui Green Recycling and Environmental Protection Research Center Co., Ltd., NGR has added an authorised partner for customer trials and techni- cal support in Hefei. As a recycler of industrial plastic waste, Heine counts on NGR technology and also provides prospects the chance to carry out test series for customised recycling solutions with his company’s S:GRAN 85-70 V HD system. Technical support will be strengthened by a well-experienced service engineer. An expanded spare parts warehouse will provide more rapid customer support. www.ngr.at NGR recycling-line at Anhui Green Recycling and Environmental Protection Research Center for test runs Len Engelbrecht, CEO Boxmore (left), und Günther Lehner, CEO Alpla (right)