PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2021

Editour 13 PETplanet Insider Vol. 22 Michael Fink, Vice President Sales & Marketing at z-moulds 1) The pandemic itself did not affect our business directly - as a mould supplier we still had good projects to deliver. The only affecting part was that some of the new projects got stopped or delayed due to less man power in times of lock-downs and home- workers. 2) Definitely the Directive (EU) 2019/904 – Article 6. For us, the last two years were very inter- esting. We developed so many new designs with our customers to fulfil the tethered cap requirements. Now as the companies start introducing their solutions to the market, it’s even more exciting. I hope that the new solutions will be accepted by the customers and will help achieving the environmental targets in the upcoming years. 3) The years of plastic bashing harmed our business and the reputation of plastics. Now it’s important to act with responsibility. The way how the industry is driving innovations on circular economy solutions is terrific and will help recovering. www.z-werkzeugbau.com Christoph Wöss, Business Develop- ment Manager Appli- cation Bottle at Erema Group GmbH 1) During the pandemic we still had a very high demand from the PET market, espe- cially from the bottle-to-bottle segment. Problems arose from limited cash-flow in some countries (banks were partially closed) and extended start- up times due to quarantine, delayed deliveries etc. Also in Europe we could not be on site, especially at the beginning of the pandemic. 2) SUPD and PPWD but more than that the voluntary pledges from the brands. By doubling the manufacturing space, expanding the customer test centre at Eremas´s headquar- ters in Austria and increasing the number of employees involved in the specific bottle- to-bottle application, we are pre- pared for meeting the upcoming challenges. 3) On one hand the lagging col- lection rate, availability of input material; on the other hand the huge delay from Efsa side to grant positive Efsa opinions. I’m afraid with this delaying pro- cess it would become difficult to achieve the EU´s recycling regulations for 2025/2030. www.erema.com