PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2017

9 NEWS PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 09/17 www.petpla.net Drinktec @ WikiPETia Are you fully prepared yet for Drinktec? In WikiPETia you will now find many exhibi- tors who are active in the PET sector - clearly listed in the events section under “Drinktec”. www.petpla.net/wiki?title=Events The companies can be sorted alphabeti- cally, by booth number at the fair or by product category. A link to the respective company page on WikiPETia provides everything you need to know about the companies and their portfolio. So it’s quick and easy to find the exhibitors you want to see and plan your visit to Drinktec! In the online news section of the PETplanet homepage, we are also bringing together the Drinktec exhibitors who are active in the PET sector. Simply click on the news category “Drinktec”, and you will discover numerous exhibits connected to PET. The companies involved are also linked directly to their Wiki- PETia entries. www.petpla.net/news.php Krones and Erema are joining forces to progress PET recycling Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, and Erema Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen GmbH, Ansfelden, Austria, have agreed to collaborate in the field of PET plastic recycling. The aim of this alliance is to incorporate the technical expertise of both companies into the planning and design of PET recycling lines and complete factories, so as to be able to offer clients from both the beverage and PET recycling industries an optimal line or an entire factory. Erema contributes the expertise required for PET processing, and Krones the expertise as a leading manufacturer and vendor of filling and packaging technology. Krones’ product portfolio, however, comprises not only machines and lines for filling and packaging beverages and liquid foods, but also machines for producing PET bottles, plus modules and lines for the recycling process. The collaborative arrangement will also focus significantly on planning entire factories, which Krones is already offering to beverage bottlers and PET recyclers from the feasibility study stage all the way through to the finished factory. Krones’ product range, particularly the MetaPure W hot-wash technology developed specifically for PET and validated by perfor- mance in the field, combined with Erema’s Vacurema technology developed for PET, will enable the two companies in future to offer responsively customised job sections - for washing and/or decon- tamination technology all the way through to complete factories for PET plastics recycling, and handle them as a turnkey vendor. This means that the clients will soon be able to close the entire PET cycle, from manufacture of the PET plastic products all the way through to their recovery, and thus make a sustainable contribution towards the “circular economy”, with concomitantly reduced resource consumption and environmental impact. www.krones.com www.erema-group.com Plastic Technologies appoints Thierry Fabozzi president of global operations Thierry Fabozzi has been appointed president of Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI), a leader in package development and design, rapid proto- typing, and material evaluation engineering for plastic packaging. Effective immediately, Fabozzi will be responsible for global operations and will report to the company’s board of directors. In 2012, he joined the company as managing direc- tor of PTI Europe S.a.r.l., Yverdon, Switzerland. Fabozzi will report to Betsy Brady, chairwoman of the board, Plastic Technologies. Fabozzi has a 30-year track record of significant packaging technology and business development achievements. For the past five years, he has helped major European brand owners achieve their packaging objectives. Before joining PTI, he was the business stream packaging leader and rigid packaging specialist for Nestlé’s Nestec Product Technology Center Orbe, Vevey, Switzerland. Before that, he spent seven years in technical and business development positions with Milacron Plastic Technology Group. This included the Ferromatik injection moulding machine operation in Ger- many, as well as the Uniloy blow moulding business unit in Michigan, USA. His experience also includes eight years as a technical and research and development manager with Tetra Pak Plastics, Inc., Geneva, Switzerland. “Thierry’s multidiscipline experience in the packaging sector makes him uniquely qualified to lead PTI’s global initiatives,” said Brady. “Having spearheaded projects for brand owners, machinery manufacturers and material suppliers his entire career, he is ideally suited to take our busi- ness to the next level.” www.plastictechnologies.com