PETpla.net Insider 12 / 2020

CAPS & CLOSURES 35 PETplanet Insider Vol. 21 No. 12/20 www.petpla.net Alongside the folding and slitting machines for plastic caps, PackSys Global manufactures complete lines for plastic and laminate tubes for the oral care, cosmetics and pharma- ceuticals segments. Madag Print- ing Systems AG is a specialist in hot stamping machines for the packaging, machinery and automotive industries. Texa AG adds value to the portfolio by developing and building packing machines for tubes, cans and car- tridges. Both companies are subsidiar- ies of PackSys Global AG. One year ago the construction of a new, com- pany-owned, 15,000m 2 facility started in Rüti, Switzerland. It is only 500m from the current headquarters away. CEO Beat Rupp is clearly proud that, despite coronavirus, they are keeping to plans and will move in a year’s time. “Whether it is fi nished or not, we have to be out of the old premises on October 1, 2021. The way things are going at the moment, I’d like to think we will not be moving to a building site.” PackSys: We certainly look forward to increased sales but many customers who already use our technol- ogy will be able to implement tethered solutions without buying new machines. Our systems have a machine bed with two stations; slitting is made at the fi rst station and folding at the second. The customer must therefore only exchange the parts that touch the product at the slitter. For oriented tethered caps new machinery will required. We look forward to around 30 additional systems per year. Covid-19 impact on developments In normal times our com- mercial and R&D teams travel the world to listen to custom- ers explaining their needs and visions of the future. The Covid imposed limitations on travel have meant that we had to stay close to home. While this has been a boost to our development partnerships with Swiss companies, the new communication and informa- tion sharing technologies which have boomed during 2020 have also enabled new methods of cooperation and joint developments with partners outside of Switzer- land. We have developed some new solutions for the closure market which will be presented in 2021, either in traditional forums, using new digital presentation methods or some combination of both. PETplanet: Many thanks. Mr Beat Rupp CEO PackSys Global