PETpla.net Insider 07+08 / 2018

9 NEWS PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 07+08/18 www.petpla.net Clariant breaks ground on JV production site in Cangzhou, China Clariant, a world leader in speciality chemicals, and Beijing Tiangang Auxiliary Co., Ltd (Tiangang), conducted a ground-breaking ceremony in Cangzhou (China), just over 200 km south of Beijing. The ceremony marked the start of the construction of a world-class production facility for stabilisers for plastics and textiles that will form the heart of the joint venture between both parties. The event was marked by a special event with representatives from both companies, as well as local officials. The joint venture between Clariant and Tiangang was established in September 2017, and combines the technol- ogy and production knowledge of both companies to provide even better process and light stabilisers for various grow- ing industries in China, including automotive and textiles. China is a key market for Clariant high-end process and light stabilisers, which include the state-of-the-art Nylostab S-EED chemistry – invented by the company – a unique multifunctional hindered amine light stabiliser, or HALS. Tiangang, which was founded in 1991, is already an impor- tant manufacturer of light stabilisers and UV absorbers, with two plants in China backward integrated with production of key intermediates. During the ceremony, Clariant Global Business Unit Head of Additives, Stephan Lynen, said “This new facility enables the successful implementation of our joint venture, and we are excited about the improved proximity to customers and raw material suppliers.” Mr Gang Liu, Deputy General Man- ager of Tiangang announced “We look forward to the facility coming on-stream in the first half of 2019 and start serving the growing demand for high-end additives solutions in Asia even faster. The Cangzhou National Coastal-Port Economy & Technology Development Zone is an ideal production base for additives, with very good access to necessary raw materials and other support.” The ground-breaking took place just one day after Clariant officially opened wholly-owned plants for Ceridust micron- ised waxes and AddWorks synergistic additive solutions in Zhenjiang, 1250km further south. Lynen added that “Clariant is committed to sustainable growth in China and therefore continues to invest across the country to increase its local production capability and competitiveness. I am proud to announce these two instances of the Business Unit Addi- tives making progress on this expansion strategy in such short succession and look forward to leveraging this new capacity towards achieving sales growth supported by new and sustainable developments.” www.clariant.com Brau Beviale 2018 Brau Beviale will open the exhibition halls in Nuremberg November 13-15, 2018. A comprehensive supporting pro- gramme aims to provide impetus for addressing all the chal- lenges that the beverage sector is currently facing. The Export Forum German Beverages with high-calibre speakers and networking opportunities at the forum will help manufacturers to make decisions about exporting their prod- ucts. The European Micro Brew Symposium hosted by the Berlin-based Research and Teaching Institute for Brewing (Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei, VLB) is intended for international craft brewers and brewpub operators. Another hot topic among brewers worldwide is heirloom brewer’s barley. This will be the focus of the Heirloom & Terroir Barley and Malt Symposium hosted by RMI Analytics. The Brau Beviale Forum will once again take place on all three days of the exhibition. The proven blend of talks, presentations, panel discussions and award ceremonies invites visitors to become informed about raw materials, technologies, entrepreneurship and marketing. The diversity of beverage specialities can be experienced in the Craft Drinks Area. With a total of around 7,500 participants over the three days of the last event, it rep- resents a logical development of the Craft Beer Corner from the last trade fair cycle. The European Beer Star, which has been part of Brau Beviale since it was “born” in 2004, will also be awarded again at the event. In 65 categories, breweries from all over the world can submit their beers for inclusion in one of the most important beer competitions worldwide. Various themed pavilions will present themselves as the focal point for certain issues tailored to specific groups of visitors, as the Artisan and Craft Beer Equipment and brau@home for micro-breweries and hobby brewers, or the “Sustainable Water Management in the Beverage Industry” pavilion - an issue that affects all drinks manufacturers and is becoming increasingly important at a time when raw mate- rial resources are becoming scarcer. At the Special Show Innovative Beverage Packaging interesting examples of packaging innovations will be pro- vided by the winners of the World Packaging Awards that will be presented from the World Packaging Organisation. PET continues to be a topical and important issue. The quality association Wertstoffkette PET-Getränkeverpackungen e.V. will cover various approaches and present ideas and solutions for PET recycling. www.braubeviale.de WikiPETia .info New contents at wikipetia.info