PETpla.net Insider 07+08 / 2018

INSPECTION 34 PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 07+08/18 www.petpla.net ADHESLEEVE © TECNOLOGY THE BEST SOLUTION FOR ROLL-FED LABELLING Labels application without hot melt glue. EASY LIKE SCOTCH-TAPE! EVEN MORE! Š‡ ϐ‹”•– ‡…‘Ǧˆ”‹‡†Ž› Ž‹‡”Ž‡•• Žƒ„‡ŽŽ‡” —•‹‰ ‹ •‡…–‘”• ’”‡Ǧ‰Ž—‡† ϐ‹Ž•Ǥ ͳͲͲΨ ‡…‘Ž‘‰‹…ƒ† ”‡…›…Žƒ„Ž‡ ’”‘†—…–Ǥ ƒŽ•‘ ˆ‘” ‡’–›…‘–ƒ‹‡”• †Š‡•Ž‡‡˜‡ Ϊ –Š‡”ƒŽǦ•Š”‹‹‰ •›•–‡Ǥ ‘”‡ –Šƒ ƒ ˜ƒŽ‹† ƒŽ–‡”ƒ–‹˜‡ –‘ –Š‡ •Ž‡‡˜‡ ƒ’’Ž‹…ƒ–‹‘Ǥ CHINA BREW CHINA BEVERAGE OCTBER 23 – 26, 2018 SHANGHAY, CHINA HALL W2 | BOOTH # 2-A62 PACK EXPO INTERNATIONAL OCTOBER 14 – 17, 2018 CHICAGO, USA BOOTH # S-3628 ProMachBuilt.com | PELabellers.com Three questions for Dr Gerd Fuhrmann, CEO of Intravis GmbH PETplanet: How was the NPE show 2018? Fuhrmann: “NPE 2018 was a huge success for Intravis. We generated hundreds of leads from our booth as well as from our partner booths at Engel and Sumitomo-Demag. Activity was high – we finalised purchase orders for five systems during the show, including inspection systems for bottles, preforms and closures (our major markets).” PETplanet: You displayed a new preform inspection machine – the Pre- Watcher 4. How was the resonance? Fuhrmann: “The PreWatcher 4 was the highlight of our display. Customers were really intrigued by such a compre- hensive number of inspections available within an affordable system requiring no change parts. One customer gave us a letter of intent to purchase immediately after seeing the system and followed-up with an order the next week. A number of projects became active and are expected to evolve into business in the third quarter.” PETplanet: Where do you see potential for inspection in the Ameri- can market? Fuhrmann: “Our major Ameri- can customers continue to invest in equipment to inspect bottles, closures, preforms and decorations, with no slowdown in sight. The market where we expect the most growth to emerge near term is preform inspection. The major suppliers are planning invest- ments for lab, offline sorting, and inline inspection equipment.” www.intravis.de F.l.t.r.: CEO Dr Gerd Fuhrmann and Scott Heins, Director of Sales & Marketing at Intravis, in front of the new PreWatcher 4 at NPE 2018.