39 BOTTLES ON SITE PETplanet Insider Vol. 23 No. 12/22 www.petpla.net Handy bottle for shower gel 250ml Energy Kick shower gel by Adidas is filled in a handy bottle made of 100% recycled material. The product, which is combined with essential orange oil, promises fast skin regeneration, especially after sports. The bottle has grippy nubs in parts, while the right area of the bottle is rounded and smooth. The label is one-piece and wrapped around the rounded edge to provide more and easier-to-see information. The hinged lid with dispensing opening and embossing can be operated with one hand. www.dm.de Eye-catching bottle for dishwashing liquid The I tal ian supermarket chain Esselunga sells 500 ml each of a concentrated dishwasher detergent under the name Piatti in a bottle with recognition value. The transparent bottles have a constriction in the neck area that makes it easier to grip and handle the bottle. They are made of 50% recycled material. Colourful sleeve labels emphasise the shape of the bottle and echo the colour of the contents. A hinged lid with dosing function that can be operated with one hand rounds off the pack appearance. www.esselunga.it Alpla starts production at the new plant in Lanseria near Johannesburg In the new headquarters for Sub-Saharan Africa, Alpla is merging five previous locations in South Africa under one roof. All Alpla technologies, processes and materials are combined in the Lanseria plant and the first apprenticeship programme of Alpla in Africa will start at the beginning of 2023. 35,000m2 of covered production, administration and storage space, another 12,500 for future expansion, and 30,000m2 of roof area equipped with solar panels: with the new plant in Lanseria, Alpla is setting the course for further growth in SubSaharan Africa. After around two years of construction and relocation, the international Alpla celebrated the opening of the ultra-modern location in October 2022. The new location in the industrial area north of Johannesburg combines and builds on the five previous plants in Harrismith, Denver, Isando, Kempton Park and Samrand. The departments, employees and machines were relocated step by step. Around 350 employees will start working in Lanseria and their number is subject to further growth. The new plant will produce bottles, closures and special packaging for the food, personal and home care, chemical, cleaning agent and pharmaceutical industries – a total of around 3.5 billion pieces per year. Alpla uses six different technologies, including injection and compression moulding, injection stretch blow moulding and extrusion blow moulding. In addition to international corporations, Alpla supplies smaller local companies with plastic packaging solutions. The new plant with its modern equipment meets all international quality standards, is operated efficiently and increases flexibility. The company’s customers in the region are claimed to benefit from this service in the long term. With the new plant in Lanseria, Alpla is promoting its own training of specialists and has established a dual education and apprenticeship programme. This dual system of practical and theoretical training based on the Austrian model is already in operation at the Alpla locations in Germany, Mexico, India, Poland and China. From 2023, the first 12 South African apprentices are to begin their training in the plastics technology and machining technology trades in the ‘Future Corner’ training centre in Lanseria. www.alpla.com ONsite
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