PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2021

imprint EDITORIAL PUBLISHER Alexander Büchler, Managing Director HEAD OFFICE heidelberg business media GmbH Vangerowstraße 33 69115 Heidelberg, Germany phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 info@hbmedia.net EDITORIAL Kay Barton Heike Fischer Gabriele Kosmehl Michael Maruschke Ruari McCallion Waldemar Schmitke Anthony Withers WikiPETia.info petplanet@hbmedia.net MEDIA CONSULTANTS Martina Hirschmann hirschmann@hbmedia.net Johann Lange-Brock lange-brock@hbmedia.net phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 LAYOUT AND PREPRESS EXPRIM Werbeagentur | exprim.de Matthias Gaumann READER SERVICES Till Kretner reader@hbmedia.net PRINT Chroma Druck Eine Unternehmung der Limberg-Druck GmbH Danziger Platz 6 67059 Ludwigshafen, Germany WWW www.hbmedia.net | w ww.petpla.net PETplanet Insider ISSN 1438-9459 is published 10 times a year. This publication is sent to qualified subscribers (1-year subscription 149 EUR, 2-year subscription 289 EUR, Young professionals’ sub- scription 99 EUR. Magazines will be dispatched to you by airmail). Not to be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher. Note: The fact that product names may not be identified as trademarks is not an indication that such names are not registered trademarks. 3 PETplanet Insider Vol. 22 No. 09/21 www.petpla.net Dear readers, Here in Europe, the first significant trade fair is just around the corner in mid-October: Fakuma 2021 at Lake Constance. It is a plastics trade fair of transregional significance with a catchment area of around 1,000 km. We are anxious to see what the 1,900 exhibitors will be showcasing, what visitor numbers will look like and whether meetings will be intensive. We have found around 50 exhibitors from the PET sector at the trade fair. In light of the constantly increasing proportions of rPET, the topic of recycling is sure to be a key focus. Our Editour will also be setting off: from October, our reporters will be on the road again with the Editourmobil. The European Road Show has now attracted a great deal of attention – read the first part of our sponsors’ interviews on page 10ff. Another slice of normality is being offered by the leisure and sporting events now cautiously taking place once more with spectators. In recent months, the drinks industry has sorely missed these and missed out on a large proportion of single-serve bottle sales. The usual summer highs were never reached. Even if the coming autumn cannot make up for the drop in sales, the events that are taking place can at least sustain the low production levels of the summer. In regions where the virus continues to spread almost unchecked, such as South America, Africa and India, we will have to wait somewhat longer for markets to recover. Stay well. Yours sincerely, Alexander Büchler