PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2017

EDITOUR PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 09/17 www.petpla.net 20 Tour Sponsors: “Nature’s Spring” purified water, is also available in four different flavours. The company is also undertaking lot of co- packing with other brands. Coca-Cola Femsa and its “Wilkins” water brand has also been involved in local markets for flavoured water for some time, with “Wilkins Delight”. Universal Robina Corporation leads the RTD tea market, with its “C2” brand. Drink trends that are expected to continue to gain market presence in the future are flavoured and func- tional water products, along with RTD coffee and milk-based drinks. As there is set to be new taxation on sugar, several brands are already reacting with various flavoured water products and waters with additives (vitamins). Milk-based products are currently still imported from overseas as they have better production conditions, including aseptic filling capacity, although it can be assumed that the first new filling plants for on-site production in the Phil- ippines could soon be established. Preform production is now pre- dominantly handled locally, meaning there is almost no need for imports. This is due to either local processors technically improving the necessary equipment to take on production over a number of years, or established foreign processors opening their own branches in the Philippines. Pepsi, who used to rely on imports from China and other South East Asian countries of preforms for hot fill and CSD, is now supplied by Manly Plastics from the Manila region, which also supplies sev- eral local brands for various applica- tions. Alpla Philippines Inc., Coca-Cola Femsa’s in-house preform producer, and Indorama Ventures Packaging Philippines Inc., the local branch of the Thai PET giant, have made huge investments in machinery and tools for manufacturing preforms in recent years. While Alpla produces exclu- sively for Coca-Cola, Indorama has a dedicated plant for Coca-Cola and a separate plant for other local brands. All graphs retail/off-trade unit volume in million units (Source: Euromonitor) Thin Wall Plastic Containers, HDPE Bottles, Brick Liquid Cartons < 80.0 Metal Beverage Cans, Glass Bottles, Brick Liquid Cartons, Flexible Aluminium/Plastic < 4.0