PETpla.net Insider 11 / 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. 11/19 www.petpla.net Despite difficult conditions, the PET industry remains stable The K trade fair has closed its doors. We took the event as an oppor- tunity to ask exhibitors with machines and moulds for our sector about their economic state. Overview: while the entire plastics engineering sector is affected by very sharp declines in new machinery business, the PET sector remains robust and stable. In detail: Mould manufacturers for caps are reporting a small dip in orders at the start of the year. After the EU decision about new caps, converters are ordering once again at a higher level. The new caps only become obligatory in three years, cap manufacturers have presented initial ideas and the current demand here is as high as ever. This is in line with statements from providers of capping machines. While generally in plastics engineering – especially in the automotive sector – declines of up to 40% have been reported, engineering for caps has remained steady. Providers of PET moulds report a similar situation. Since the capping industry presented new caps and closures that fulfil the new EU stand- ards even on conventional neck geometries, business is continuing here as planned too, with lightweighting as an ongoing trend. So far, the sector has held its ground robustly in the face of Brexit, the US-China trade war and environmental activists, but there is uncertainty for providers as to whether the high level can be maintained into next year. Providers of bottling systems tell a different story. There are questions about how the plastics discussion affects PET bottles – perhaps more multi-use glass again or water from the tap. These are just a couple of issues that are unsettling bottlers. Even converting a bottling system to the new EU caps and closures in three years requires quite a substantial system conversion. This is why bottlers have put several projects on ice. We look forward to what we will hear at the Brau trade fair in November, where traditionally more bottlers than converters meet. Your PETplanet Insider Editorial Team Dear readers, 07+08 2019 www.petp la.net D51178; ISSN:1438-9452 29.07.19 PETplanet is read inmore than 140 countries MAGAZINE FOR BOTTLERS AND BOTTLE-MAKERS IN THEAMERICAS,ASIA, EUROPEANDALLAROUND THE PLANET MARKET survey Suppliers of compressors Page 24 Page 16 Page 26 INSPECTION www.petp la.net D 51178; ISSN: 1438-9452 No. 9 2019 PETplanet is read inmore than 140 countries MAGAZINE FOR BOTTLERS AND BOTTLE-MAKERS IN THEAMERICAS,ASIA, EUROPEANDALLAROUND THE PLANET 09.09.19 Page 52 Page 28 MATERIALS MARKET survey Suppliers of ¿lling equipment & inspection systems Page 35 Page 10 No.10 2019 www.pet pla.net D51178; ISSN: 1438-9452 01.10.19 PETplanet is read inmore than 140 countries MAGAZINE FOR BOTTLERS AND BOTTLE-MAKERS IN THEAMERICAS,ASIA, EUROPEANDALLAROUND THE PLANET MARKET survey Suppliersof caps& closuresand inspection s ystems Page 43 Page 47 Page 26 No.11 2019 www.petp la.net D 51178; ISSN: 1438-9452 04.11.19 PETplanet is read inmore than 140 countries MAGAZINE FOR BOTTLERS AND BOTTLE-MAKERS IN THEAMERICAS,ASIA, EUROPEANDALLAROUND THE PLANET MARKET survey Suppliersof palletising& shrink ¿OPPDFKLQHU\ Page 31 Page 10 MOULDMAKING Page 18