news Coca-Cola invests in bio
Coca-Cola has announced it is partnering with Indian company JBF Industries to expand production of bio-based mono- ethylene glycol (MEG) used to produce its PlantBottle PET resins. Under the agreement, Indian PET
resin and yarn producer JBF Indus- tries will build a 500,000 tonne/year plant at Araraquara, near Sao Paulo in Brazil, for production of MEG from locally-sourced sugar cane and cane processing waste. Work will begin on the facility at the end of this year with production of bio-based MEG expected to begin in around 24 months. Coca-Cola says it has sold more than 10bn PlantBottle packages since
the partly bio-sourced resin was intro- duced in 2009. The company has not officially identified the source of the MEG used for the polymer at present, although Indian media has reported leading bio-MEG producer India Glycols as the current supplier. PET is made up of 30% MEG and 70% purified terephthalic acid (PTA). In January this year, Coca-Cola announced development agreements with Virent and Gevo aimed at developing routes to bio-based PTA. ❙
www.coca-cola.com ❙
www.jbfindia.com ❙
www.indiaglycols.com
Chinese slowdown hits Haitian
Chinese injection machinery maker Haitian International posted a 14.3% fall in sales for the first half of 2012 to RMB3.18bn ($503m), com- pared to its all-time record result for the first half of 2011.
The company attributes the
decline to the marked slowdown in the Chinese manufacturing industry, which followed a period of “overheat- ed” investment activity. While domestic sales for
the first six months of 2012 were down by 21% on the same period in 2011 to RMB2.1bn ($332m), export sales were up by 2.4% to RMB1.01bn ($160m). ❙
www.haitian.com
People on the move
Engel has announced the appointment of Dr Stefan Engleder to the post of head of technology and production at Engel Holding from 1 October. Engleder worked in technical roles in Germany and Canada before joining
Engel in 2008, initially with the task of developing and launching the company’s Viper range of beam robots. Prior to his appointment to the current role he was manager of the Engel Automatisierungstech- nik plant at Dietach in Austria. Engleder is, like CEO Dr Peter Neumann, part of the family that owns Engel Group.
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Ferromatik Milacron has appointed Sven Engelmann as head of applications and systems, a role that involves supporting customers with advice on materials, part
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design and systems solutions. Engelmann joins from the packaging machinery industry and has more than a decade of experience in plastics processing systems develop- ment and technology. He reports to Ferromatik Milacron managing director Gerold Schley.
Teknor Apex Europe has promoted Christopher G Smith to the position of head of business development and technical project manager for non-automotive TPE markets. Smith has spent the past four
Smart purchase by Faurecia
French automotive components group Faurecia has bought Plastal France, the supplier of plastic body parts for Daimler’s Smart car.
The purchase includes
the Plastal manufacturing and assembly plant at Hambach in France, which
generates sales of around €50m.
The acquisition extends
Faurecia’s expertise in plastics exterior body part production; Smart parts are produced in five shades using coloured PP resins, which are subsequently lacquered prior to final assembly. In 2010, Faurecia bought the German and Spanish Plastal operations. ❙
www.faurecia.com
Christopher G Smith
years as an application development specialist with the company. He has previ- ously held design engineering and project management roles with Husky Injection Molding Systems, Magna Automotive and Synventive.
www.injectionworld.com
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