PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2018

imprint EDITORIAL PUBLISHER Alexander Büchler, Managing Director HEAD OFFICE heidelberg business media GmbH Bunsenstr. 14 69115 Heidelberg, Germany phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 info@hbmedia.net EDITORIAL Kay Barton Heike Fischer Gabriele Kosmehl Michael Maruschke Ruari McCallion Waldemar Schmitke Anthony Withers WikiPETia.info petplanet@hbmedia.net MEDIA CONSULTANTS Martina Hirschmann hirschmann@hbmedia.net Johann Lange-Brock lange-brock@hbmedia.net phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 LAYOUT AND PREPRESS EXPRIM Werbeagentur | exprim.de Matthias Gaumann READER SERVICES Till Kretner reader@hbmedia.net PRINT Chroma Druck & Verlag GmbH Werkstr. 25 67354 Römerberg Germany WWW www.hbmedia.net | w ww.petpla.net PETplanet Insider ISSN 1438-9459 is published 10 times a year. This publication is sent to qualified subscribers (1-year subscription 149 EUR, 2-year subscription 289 EUR, Young professionals’ sub- scription 99 EUR. Magazines will be dispatched to you by airmail). Not to be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher. Note: The fact that product names may not be identified as trademarks is not an indication that such names are not registered trademarks. 3 PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 11/18 www.petpla.net In all areas of beverage production and packaging, acquisitions are making the headlines. On one side of the coin, the process of concen- tration in the industry is continuing, on the other, acquisitions are being almost exclusively being made by strategic investors with a long-term vision, where the portfolio is meaningfully supplemented or strength- ened. The “wild west” spending spree in the PET sector is over. We are now in the era of normality. In the sector of natural food and beverage ingredients, Döhler has acquired the Swiss company Passina, noted for its passion fruits. In the area of packaging, Alpla has taken over the Greek company Argo. As a result, Alpla is strengthening its presence in Central and Eastern Europe in areas such as pharmaceutical and personal care. From India comes the news that private equity fund Advent Inter- national is set to acquire a controlling interest in packaging solutions company Manjushree Technopack, promising that Manjushree will be a major player in the fast-growing Indian market for rigid plastic pack- aging, with growth rates of 15% being forecast. Sidel, manufacturers of turnkey systems, has acquired PET En- gineering. The Italian company is known for its innovative bottle design and mould making. Krones is strengthening its microbrew division with two acqui- sitions. First in China, the Neutraubling-based company are taking over their former supplier Xiantong and in the States, the Wisconsin- based Sprinkman company, manufacturers of beverage processing equipment and also a manufacturer of microbrew systems. And yet another acquisition, this time from the US beverage sector, where Cott has recently acquired Mountain Valley Spring Co. Yours, Alexander Büchler Dear readers,