PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2020

PREFORM PRODUCTION PETplanet Insider Vol. 21 No. 10/20 www.petpla.net 25 set new standards in terms of speed and energy efficiency. When you look at the overall cost of preforms, the machinery investment is only a small part. And I believe that once this unit is on the market, customers will be able to see for themselves just how realistic the costs are for them. After all, they can now compare empirical values of their moulds from previous lines with the actual cost of the new Netstal PET-Line. This might be a good opportunity for you as editor to research on site. PETplanet: Has the market pushed you to enter the side entry technology? Renzo Davatz: Let’s put it this way: many of our customers have encouraged us to take this step. Even a technically good unique selling point such as removal from the top can be a limiting factor for market access if the market moves in a different direction. PETplanet: With the new system you want to reshuffle the cards in the market. What are your concrete goals? Renzo Davatz: Due to the lack of mould compatibility, we have had little access to the growing market for high-performance side entry systems. With the new Netstal PET-Line we provide a relevant alternative for many users worldwide. Accordingly we want to achieve significant growth in the coming years and double our sales of PET machines. www.kraussmaffei.com