PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2018

PET contents 04/18 4 PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 04/18 www.petpla.net INSIDE TRACK 3 Editorial 4 Contents 6 News 73 On-site 74 Products 76 PET bottles for Home + Personal Care 78 PET bottles for Beverage + Liquid Food 80 Patents EDITOUR 12 Don’t talk, listen! Interview with John Galt, CEO Husky MATERIAL / RECYCLING 15 U.S. PET Recycling 18 “Plastic packaging never returns into waste” MOULD MAKING 20 Less material, more content, lighter weight PREFORM PRODUCTION 22 Wherever possible, get ahead; make the competition follow 24 Automatic control of injection pressure BOTTLE MAKING 26 PET blow moulding machines made in Thailand 28 Machine details - Oven section Stretch Blow Molding, part 8 BOTTLING / FILLING 32 Something to eat or drink? Mastering liquid food manufacturing 35 UHT liquid dairy products in PET CAPS AND CLOSURES 36 Closures from Melbourne INSPECTION 40 Smart factories are becoming a reality PACKAGING / PALLETISING 42 Alamo Red Salsa in PET jars MARKET SURVEY 44 Suppliers of PET preforms TRADE SHOW PREVIEW 47 Chinaplas 2018 preview 52 Towards the circular economy in PET packaging 56 Drying on demand 57 2,000 caps per minute 58 Moulding live on stage 59 NPE 2018 Bottle Zone floor plan 60 NPE 2018 Technical Forum 61 NPE 2018 preview 68 Quality in plastics 69 Fastest neck change 70 SMI embraces Eco & Industry 4.0 72 Filtration, extrusion and measurement technology BUYER’S GUIDE 81 Get listed! Page 58 Page 36 Page 61