PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2020

PET news 6 NEWS PETplanet Insider Vol. 21 No. 09/20 www.petpla.net CBB 2020 to be held as scheduled On October 13-16, 2020, China Brew China Beverage 2020 will be held at Shanghai New International Expo Center. It will show diverse topics currently re fl ecting industry trends in these dif fi cult times; intelligent manufacturing, innovative packaging, food safety and health, energy ef fi ciency and sustainability. On display will be new products and technolo- gies with reference to alcoholic beverages (beer, craft beer, wine, spirit, etc.), as well as non-alcoholic beverages (water, soft drink, juice, coffee, etc.) and dairy, etc. The exhibitors will be featuring new products and tech- nologies in the beverage and liquid food industry, including the HyPET 5e from Husky aimed at the soft drink, water and tea sector, the Steinecker MicroCube from Krones for beer, or the Inno fi ll PET DRV PET fi ller from KHS for the soft drink and beer sector. The CBB supporting program will focus on sustainability, innovation and intelligence. It will include the China Food Industry Development Conference, Doemens Tasting Class, an International Summit of the Traditional Fermented Food Industry, The Forum of Intelligent Equipment Manufactur- ing and Technologies for beverage and liquid food in China, CBB Mutual Growth Awards, CBB Awards for craft beer, etc. From Budweiser Group, Wahaha Group, Zhejiang University, BICI, and leading companies from the manufacturing sector will be participating in The Forum of Intelligent Equipment Manufacturing and Technologies for beverage and liquid food in China. The organiser con fi rms that CBB 2020 will provide a strict Covid-19 protocol of protection and control. The safety and hygiene concept has been successfully implemented and proved in July when the fi rst international trade shows were held in Shanghai, according to the organiser. www.chinabrew-beverage.com Engel live e-xperience 2020 In a year that will not let the Fakuma show happen, Engel is presenting a new virtual and interactive trade fair concept. Live exhibits, an online specialist congress and one-on-one meetings with familiar local contacts and other experts ensure that the Engel live e-xperience (from 13 to 16 October 2020) is on a par with a physical trade fair. In order to present the innovations originally planned for Fakuma 2020 to its customers and prospects despite con- tact and travel restrictions, the injection moulding machine manufacturer and system solutions provider has come up with a completely new virtual trade fair and event format. Personal contacts are still the focus of the Engel live e-xperience. Visitors to the virtual trade fair can arrange appointments with their sales contact or a technology expert in the run-up to the event. Meetings take place via video conferencing. During a meeting, the trade fair visitor can be guided through the exhibits online. Engel has put all seven machine exhibits into operation in its technology centre at the company’s headquarters in Schwertberg, and will be pro- viding insights into the new machine concepts and process technologies via video recordings. In addition to the machine exhibits, there is an experience zone where visitors to the virtual event can join the action themselves. Tailored to the needs of process engineers, pro- duction managers or maintenance staff, for example, target group-speci fi c tasks are being presented that can be easily and ef fi ciently solved with Engel’s inject 4.0 products. This allows visitors to experience digitalisation at fi rst hand. Visitors can try out working in a smart factory in the experience zone. The fi ve expert talks are providing an outlook on the future of injection moulding. The talks focus on the smart machine control unit, data analytics, digital service concepts, innova- tive automation solutions and new processing technologies. The experts are exploring the current state of development and discussing the new opportunities that are opening up live with the participants. “The Engel live e-xperience is a live event”, emphasises Christoph Steger, CSO of Engel, which is also clearly re fl ected in the keynote programme. Engel experts are presenting their topics over the two days of the conference, and each day will be repeated once. The audience can use the chat function to ask questions during the presentation and join in the live discussion following each presentation. The four-day event programme is kicking off on the fi rst day with a keynote speech by Dr Stefan Engleder, CEO of Engel. All presentations and expert talks will be available for download in the media library after the show. Registration for Engel live e-xperience starts on 21 September. www.engelglobal.com PRSE postponed until 2021 The organisers of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) have announced the postponement of PRSE 2020, which had been scheduled to take place on 27 and 28 October 2020 at the RAI Amsterdam, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The next edition of the PRSE exhi- bition and conference will be held in 2021. A virtual PRSE event is planned instead, in the last quarter of 2020. Dates of both events will be announced in due course. www.prseventeurope.com