PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2019

PACKAGING PET planet Insider Vol. 20 No. 10/19 www.petpla.net 16 Different types of foamed bottles by PTI In the early summer (issue 06/10), Henkel in Vienna used a KHS Cor- polast InnoPET Blomax8 CL PH to manufacture PET bottles of 1-3 l, with recessed grips for detergents and cleaning products. The bottles were destined for the Austrian market and another 18 markets in Eastern Europe. The long-standing cooperation between Henkel and KHS in determin- ing the right designs and usability led to increased sales in certain countries, such as the Czech Republic, especially with large-volume bottles. A little later in the year (issue 10/10), PTI-Europa, Sidel and P&G presented the results of their collaboration in developing “Deep Grip Packaging”, an ISBM-moulded bottle with up to 25mm deep grip recesses, and challenged the extrusion blow moulding process previously used for this purpose. The bottles could have a diameter of up to 220mm. This allowed for a higher output per cavity – the target was up to 1,200bph – at the same time as lower material input in the manufacturing process, while the geometry of the recessed grip provided additional stability. The design made it possible for production to take place directly in-line within the filling line. Design of a deep grip bottle 2011 - 2015 In an interview in mid-2011 (issue 6/11), Procter & Gamble praised the possible material savings and higher outputs of PET ISBM bottles with comparable mechanical character- istics to HDPE bottles in home care products. In the long term, the propor- tion of ISBM – roughly 20% at the time of the interview – was to increase significantly. For this purpose, the company worked closely with Sidel to develop new packaging strategies. In the next issue of PETplanet Insider (7+8/11) we visited top ten European single-stage converter, PET Power. They were then serving only the pharmaceutical (clean room), cos- metics and food packaging sectors, with pharmaceuticals as their main area of business. At that time, the company had 52 single-stage systems from Nissei-ASB and Aoki and was able to manufacture 1,200 different products, with an annual output of up to 500 million containers. PET Power’s Managing Director Marcel Schröder A step forward to 2015 (issue 07+08/15) took us to Farmaplás in Madrid, Spain. The visit shed some light on the consumer behaviour in the country where, according to company statements, changes in packaging required a longer acceptance period. Despite this, the PET trend arrived in the southern European country as an alternative to other plastics and glass, with the processor adding PET to its portfolio from then on. At that time, Farmaplás already processed 50% PET for food applications and 25% for non-food on two-stage machines from Sidel, and single-stage machines from Aoki and Nissei ASB. F.l.t.r.: Waldemar Schmitke, PETplanet and Justo Antonio Yanez Vega, General Manager Farmaplás Towards the end of the year (issue 11/15), we visited PTI (Plastic Tech- nologies Inc.) in Ohio. The meeting provided us with information about the market developments in the USA. The company, which accompanied customers through the entire product development process of beverages, food and non-food packaging, was able to closely follow PET packaging trends. Although there were already a number of applications in the non- food segment at the time, we were told that change would only take place very slowly, as the US market was still too strongly based on PP and HDPE in the extrusion sector and, in most cases, the price of the raw materials, compared with PET, would not make a technical change worthwhile. The trends for these areas included the in-house development of the foamed oPTI bottle. Scott Steele, President and COO at PTI 2016 - today In an interview with masterbatcher Clariant in West Chicago in early 2016 (issue 1+2/16), the company revealed that it saw its growth market for PET applications lay clearly in the cosmet- ics sector. The company and its team had researched the current colour trends, created sample packaging on site using local equipment for bever- ages, food and non-food, and tested it for effectiveness under typical super- market conditions.