PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2019

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. 20 No. 01+02/19 www.petpla.net The planned EU-wide planned ban on the most common disposable plastic packaging continues to create shockwaves throughout the sector. Following the major corporations Coca- Cola, Danone, Pepsi and Nestlé’s rejection, in a joint statement, of the introduction of the mandatory tethered caps on certain beverage containers and instead rely on an upgraded with- drawal policy, the Verband Deutscher Mineralbrunnen (VDM) has even commissioned a legal opinion. According to this legal opinion, the Brussels design rule violates EU law. Plant manufacturers and fastener producers are still prepar- ing for the fight and working on solutions to ensure that the cap remains firmly attached to the bottle. We have captured some of the current thinking of closure and mould manufacturers for you on pages 18-21. A retrospective of successful developments in the caps and closures segment also marks the start of our series of anniversary contributions, with which we are intending to celebrate our 20 th anniversary! In each issue, a technologi- cal area is put under the microscope, questions asked about its development and commented on by up to date industry voices. Our Jubilee Year is already upon us! Over more than 10,000 pages, we have reported continuously on innovations, proce- dures and players in the PET sector since 1999. But we are also looking forward, for example to an update on the EU plastic strategy at the Petcore conference in Brussels (February 6-7 2019). The Drink Technology India trade shows in Bangalore (April) and New Delhi (December) provide the setting for this year’s India Road Show roundtrip. In May we will be meeting you at Chinaplas and the year will be rounded off with the K fair in Düsseldorf and the BrauBeviale in Nuremberg. We look for- ward to sharing an exciting 2019 with you, and take this oppor- tunity of thanking you for 20 years of loyal support and encour- agement, and for the trust you have continued to place in us! Yours, Alexander Büchler Dear readers,