PETpla.net Insider 07+08 / 2018

PET news 6 NEWS PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 07+08/18 www.petpla.net Alpla and Fromm cooperate in PET recycling Alpla, the Austrian packaging solutions specialist, and Fromm (Switzerland) have agreed on a collaboration in relation to PET recycling. Both companies operate recycling plants for PET bottles, thus ensuring the necessary supply of materials for their own production facilities. The goal of the collaboration is the further optimisation of the recycling rates for PET as well as a significant reduction in CO 2 emissions through saved transport. There are also further benefits for the partners, such as simplified access to markets in the respective countries. “The requirements at our production sites complement one another very well. At Alpla, we mainly need clear, food-grade pellets. Fromm processes coloured flakes for the strapping bands,” explains Georg Lässer, Head of Corporate Recycling Services at Alpla. “The collaboration between our recycling facilities will ensure the necessary quantity and quality of materials for production for both sides.” “The three recycling plants are integrated in various pro- curement markets and complement one another ideally in the procurement of raw materials,” highlights Reinhard Fromm, owner of the family-run Fromm Group. The PET recycling team plants in Wöllersdorf (Austria) and Radomsko (Poland) are part of the Alpla Group. These recycling facilities have an annual capacity of approximately 45,000 t of food-grade rPET produced from post-consumer materials. The PET recycling company Texplast in Wolfen (Germany) has been a subsidiary of Fromm Plastics GmbH since 2004. Texplast produces PET pellets and PET flakes. Fromm uses these for its own production of strapping bands and also supplies manufacturers of beverage bottles, ther- moforming sheets and fibres. The contract partners have agreed not to disclose the details of the cooperation. Further possibilities to extend the cooperation are to be explored. www.alpla.com www.fromm-pack.com www.texplast.de South Africa: beverage and food industry focuses on resource conservation and energy efficiency The Food & Drink Technology Africa (FDT) positions itself as a forward-looking platform for the industry. Water is the decisive element in the food and beverage industry, whether as an ingredient or in production and cleaning. The demand is correspondingly high while at the same time the scarcity of this precious raw material is steadily increasing. At FDT Africa, the focus will therefore be, among other things, on solutions for water and energy management. Companies are looking for new approaches to an effi- cient resource and energy management, from reliable, environmentally-friendly and energy efficient pumping of water from company-owned wells to appropriately treated process water that can be used for irrigation or equipment cleaning the starting points for solutions are many and varied. Local and international exhibitors such as Dematech, Ecolab, Ningbo Lehui, Pall and Praj Industry will present their ideas and products from this field at FDT, taking place from September 4-6, 2018. Visitors will receive a compre- hensive overview of water treatment and water recycling as well as possibilities for reducing water consumption. Water and energy management will also play an important role in the supporting programme. The FDT speakers corner offers a three day platform for the exchange of experiences and practical solutions for the food and beverage industry. In her presentation, “How technology contributes to saving water and energy in beverage production, food processing and packaging”, Vera Fritsche from the VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association, will give an initial over- view of the respective technologies. Further presentations on hygiene and energy saving are currently being planned. The supporting programme thus responds precisely to the needs of the local industry, creating a definite added value, both for exhibitors from the segment and for exhibition visi- tors. Consequently, FDT Africa 2018 will once again show what is technically feasible for local industry today and what could be possible tomorrow. www.fdt-africa.com Avery Dennison Label and Graphic Materials names Pascale Wautelet Global Vice President, R&D Ave r y Denn i son Co r po r a t i on announced the appointment of Pascale Wautelet as the Global Vice President of Research and Development (R&D) for its Label and Graphic Materials Group, effective immediately. She succeeds Hassan H. Rmaile, who was promoted earlier in the year as Vice President and General Manager for Global Graphics and Reflective Solutions and Vice President, Global Technology and Ventures for Avery Dennison. As Global VP for R&D, Pascale will lead Label and Graphic Materials’s global R&D network, including oversight of the seven regional R&D centres and teams. Along with a team of 300+ scientists, Pascale will continue to build the future pipeline products and solutions for this materials science company. Pascale joined Avery Dennison in July 2017 as Vice President, Label and Graphic Materials for Europe, Middle East and Africa. She has more than 20 years of domestic and international experience across multiple functions in the chemi- cal, petrochemical and plastics industry, including flexible packaging and labelling. Prior to joining Avery Dennison, Pascale was Global Technology Director at Jindal Films, overseeing corporate innova- tion and research and development across Europe and North America. Pascale earned her PhD in Materi- als and Polymer Chemistry and Phys- ics, and received a Masters degree in Polymer Chemistry from the University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg, France. She graduated with a Bachelor of Sci- ence, Chemistry from the University of Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium. www.averydennison.com