PETpla.net Insider 12 / 2018

PET contents 12/18 4 PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 12/18 www.petpla.net INSIDE TRACK 3 Editorial 4 Contents 6 News 45 Products 46 PET bottles for Beverage + Liquid Food 46 PET bottles for Home + Personal Care 48 Patents TOP TALK 10 Structure and order - Interview with Kai Acker, Chairman of the Executive Management Board at KHS GmbH EDITOUR 12 Knowing how to grow - Retal’s expansion into the US market PREFORM PRODUCTION 14 Boundaries becoming blurred - Interview with Gianfranco Zoppas at Sipa’s Open House 17 Step up investment in preform technology 18 Safe and hygienic storage 19 Turn up the volume - 20% larger container but keeping the same weight CAPS AND CLOSURES 20 UV light barrier caps in all colours - Closure solutions for the dairy industry BOTTLE MAKING 21 Starting from scratch - German start-up Share launches 100% recyclate water bottle 22 Virtually engineering bottles of the future BOTTLING / FILLING 24 From hand bottling to 76 million fills 31 Booming juice market in Saudi Arabia MARKET SURVEY 27 Suppliers of recycling machinery INSPECTION 33 Vision systems for the US market MOULD MAKING 35 Keep up with your customer needs - Moldintec has developed an App for their PET customers TRADE SHOW REVIEW 36 China Brew China Beverage 2018 40 “Modularity and service are key” - Sidel presents solutions for a fast-changing market environment 42 “Large emerging markets with large potential” - Petra Westphal, Exhibition Group Director for Messe München, on DTI India and FDT Africa exhibitions BUYER’S GUIDE 49 Get listed! PREFORM special Page 36 Page 14 243621 Page 36