PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2019

BOTTLING / FILLING PET planet Insider Vol. 20 No. 03/19 www.petpla.net 13 Filling Special SIG Corpoplast, from 2008 KHS Corpoplast Krones Sidel Tech-Long Introduction of the SBM Series III Top Talk with Roman Boutellier, CEO SIG: He reports on the purchasing of various ele- ments from Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Corpoplast (stretch-blowing, Germany) and SASIB (filler, Italy) should free SIG from dependence on drinks cartons Top Talk with Volker Kronseder, CEO of Krones. Presentation of Conti- formS 2 nd generation with suspended preform heating. 1,600 b/h per cavity. Presentation of Contiform Bloc SBM filler block Top Talk: Francis Olivier, CEO Sidel. At that time, Sidel had 2,800 machines on the market Introduction of Plasmax interior coating Top Talk with Gerard Stricher, new CEO of Sidel. Sidel is taken over by Tetra Laval. Contiform H: first heat-set SBM Top Talk: Rolf-Dieter Rademacher, CEO SIG Holding reinforces the concept with acquisi- tion subsidiaries Corpoplast and Simonazzi as the direction for SIG in the PET world. SBM Blomax 24 Series III C with up to 1,800 b/h per cavity; KHS: launched third generation aseptic cold filling; cleanroom shrinks by 80% Top Talk Christoph Klenk, Krones. “We need facilities for the high-end market and also for the low-spec market.” Contiform S increases to 1,800 b/h per cavity TopTalk Olaf Weiland, CEO SIG Corpoplast: he reports on the 1,000 th SBM, SIG Corpoplast appears independently for the first time at Interpack, Top Talk Ralf Bajorat, Head of SIG Beverage; KHS presents plastics-only filler SBM Contiform creates OPP bottles at the same speed as PET bottles; Krones F1 filler table-free filler only for PET SBO Universal. 3 rd generation SBM 1,800 b/h per cavity. SBO first linear blower Top Talk: Rolf-Dieter Rademacher, CEO SIG: Sales increase, erosion of margins stops. KHS Till and Carlsberg launch the PET keg Krones reports a rapid rise in orders for blocked facilities Top Talk with Gerard Stricher, CEO of Sidel, about merger of Simonazzi and Sidel. Sale of 100 th SBO Universal: Publisher Alexander Büchler, together with Subba Bangera, plants his second tree in India on the Sidel factory site Introduction of InnoPET BloFill, the first SBM filler block Sidel sells 20 water lines at 36,000 b/h to Ting Hsin, China KHS expands capacities for Corpoplast in Hamburg. So Anker goes to India, Allfill to Bad Kreuznach Top Talk Marcel Krauth, "Mr. Beer" by Sidel: “Beer is the largest packaging market world- wide after water; PET has a good starting point to gain a significant market share there.” Introduction of InnoPET Blomax Series IV Contiform S with 2,000 b/h per cavity. Sale of 1,000 th Contiform. Presenta- tion of ErgoBloc L SBM with filler and labeller Sale of 500 th SBM Departure of Maternus Gemmel, CSO KHS, after 48 years in the company: “The takeover by Salzgitter was a sign for us” SBO Universal 2 2,000 b/h per cavity Sale of 100 th InnoPET Blomax Series IV. Presentation of the dual concept aseptic filler Innosept Asbofill Contiform 3. Third generation, now with 2,250 b/h per cavity. Introduc- tion of PET-Asept D Compact for low output range Awarding of the PETplanet After Sales Award Developing Countries for the categories "They know me" and "pricing and volume discount on aftermarket" Awarding of the PETplanet After Sales Award Developing Countries for the categories "Supplier addresses me", "friendliness", "effective training", "Competence" and "Responsiveness" Awarding of the PETplanet After Sales Award Developing Countries for the categories “Tech- nician close to my plant" and "Reachability". Liquiform, a JV between Amcor and Sidel to develop bottle forming and filling. Introduction of Sidel Matrix Hotfill filler from 200ml to 2 l Corpoplast celebrates 40 years of existence Contiform 3 Pro with 2,300 b/h per cavity. Volker Kronseder hands over operations to Christoph Klenk LiquiForm, the JV between Amcor and Sidel, is launched in USA Tech-Long presents 5 th generation SBM. 2,400 b/h per cavity Introduction of the Triblock FreshSafe FormFill SBM and filling in one process Contiform 3 Pro now with 2,500 b/h per cavity 3G technology (laser heating of preforms) gives previously unheard of freedom in bottle design Kai Acker as new CEO makes it his primary goal to bring more structure and order to the KHS Group. InnoPET Blomax V with 2,500 b/h per cavity Contiform 3 Speed with 2,750 b/h per cavity