PETpla.net Insider 07+08 / 2020

PET contents 4 PETplanet Insider Vol. 21 No. 07+08/20 www.petpla.net 7+8/2020 INSIDE TRACK 3 Editorial 4 Contents 6 News 51 Products 54 PET bottles for Beverage + Liquid Food 55 PET bottles for Home + Personal Care 56 Patents TOP TALK 10 “More intelligent elements will be incorporated in future plant designs” - Interview with GDXL INSPECTION 12 What to expect when you are inspecting 15 Preform quality control - Sacmi presents four AI-equipped preform vision systems 16 Digital control system for PET bottle production 17 Detecting pre-effects - Inline leak testing of colourful PET bottles 18 Today’s next bottle inspection - The IMDvista Boco Scan 20 Automated pressure testing on PET containers 22 Meeting on-line rPET inspection challenges when producing PET bottles 24 Automated pull-off tester 25 Closing the PET cycle with sorting and material analysis systems MATERIAL / RECYCLING 26 A new UV blocker for PET - Cyanoacrylate UV blocker promises good processing features and long wavelength coverage 28 Is this the end of high quality plastic recycling? Demanding financial incentives and commitment from German government MOULD MAKING 30 Production of moulds accelerates - Expansion of established two-stage business with single-stage moulds 36 Label-less design - High resolution 3D bottle sur- face decoration via laser machining MARKET SURVEY 32 Suppliers of compressors 34 Russian PET market - Focused on feedstock affordability and low-margin converting PREFORM PRODUCTION 38 Preform production solution BOTTLE MAKING 39 Fruit juices for India and further afield 42 The first PETinar attracts more than 200 participants - rPET in stretch blow moulded bottles 43 The man behind the seams BOTTLING / FILLING 44 The Mega Factory - Edible oil in PET 46 There is a place in Amazonia... 47 New filling technology for ESL beverages CAPS & CLOSURES 48 PETinar: Tethered caps - An opportunity for compression and injection moulding? 50 Closures that flip, click, switch and flow BUYER’S GUIDE 57 Get listed! Page 18 Page 44 Page 56 INSPECTION