PETpla.net Insider 12 / 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. 12/19 www.petpla.net Amidst all the talk about the environment, it is sometimes easy to forget what we in the PET industry have managed to achieve over the years. By looking at our review of the preform process, people can see the rate at which we have been able to save material. In saying that, we are not just referring to lightweight discount bottles currently on the market, but we also mean bottles of the mul- tinational brands. Otto Hofstetter illustrated this very clearly in their in-house magazine with the 2-litre Coca-Cola bottle from 1977. The same-sized Coca-Cola container can still be found on the market today, and you can see how innovation has led to reduced bottle weight over time.  The bottle weighed 62 g in 1977 and had a cycle time of 30 sec- onds. The bottle had a cup base;  1990 saw the introduction of a new base without the cup, and a reduction in weight to 58 g;  Improved stretch-blow moulding in 2000 was key in reducing bottle weight to 52 g and  a further reduction to 47 g in 2004;  In 2009, the 2-litre container acquired the 1881 neck, resulting in its current weight of 45.5 g. Over a period of more than 40 years, bottle weight has fallen from 62 to 45.5 g, i.e. a more than 25% reduction in weight. With today’s 13-second cycle time and 96-cavity mould, this amounts to more than 10 tonnes of PET saved per mould, per day. And on that note, we wish you all a peaceful holiday season. Your PETplanet Insider Editorial Team Dear readers, 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 Suppliers of caps& closuresand inspection sy stems 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 surv ey Suppliers of palletising& shrink ¿OPPDFKLQHU\ Page 31 Page 10 MOULDMAKING Page 18 D 51178; ISSN D No.12 2019 www.petp la.net D 51178; ISSN: 1438-9452 09.12.19 PETplanet is read inmore than 140 countries MAGAZINE FOR BOTTLERS AND BOTTLE-MAKERS IN THEAMERICAS,ASIA, EUROPEANDALLAROUND THE PLANET MARKET survey Suppliers of recycling plants and washing units Page 27 Page 10 PREFORM Special Page 14