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Publisher & Managing Editor: Martin Wells (martin@summitpub.co.za)

Blinky & Inky – This family of home pedal dustbins was a winner in the world’s largest and most diverse international ‘A’ Design Awards. We feature some of the best and most interesting of the plastics and composites entries on pages 62-64

Editor: Tessa O’Hara (tessa@summitpub.co.za) Editorial assistant: Heather Peplow (heather@summitpub.co.za) Financial manager: Lisa Mulligan (lisa@summitpub.co.za) Designers: Jeanette Erasmus Graphic Design (jeanette.erasmus@lateraldynamics.co.za) Bronwen Moys Blinc Design (bronwen.clarke@gmail.com)

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BEE spreads to Namibia THE haven of peace and quiet that has been Namibia for the past few decades was rudely interrupted when a New Equitable Economic Empowerment Bill was drafted recently. If the Namibian government passes this legislation into law, ‘white’ business owners will be obligated to sell 25% of their companies to ‘Previously Disadvantaged Peoples’. The proposed legislation also suggests that 50% of management positions at such companies go to PDPs too.

Although opinions on this form of legislation differ depending on one’s perspective, our view is that the only way to set the value of a business would be by the willing-buyer-willing-seller agreement. With previous arrangements such as this, in South Africa, payment was not made at the time of agreement but rather in the form of ‘deductions IURP IXWXUH SURÂż WVÂś )HZ EXVLQHVV RZQHUV RI DQ\ FRORXU RU FUHHG would welcome such a prospect.

The far-reaching proposed legislation includes the establishment of a council to preside over the process, and it would be empowered to shut businesses which do not comply. Bearing in mind that ALL at such businesses would thus lose their jobs, the Namibian government personnel are unlikely to pursue this course. It also suggests that white businessmen would not be allowed to sell their businesses to white males. Isn’t this reverse racism?

Currency devalution, eina!

ONE of our readers, Shaun Bouwer, jetted into Lagos earlier this year to take up a position as country manager for Nigeria for materials supply business Vinmar ‌ just in time to see the devaluation of the Nigerian currency, the naira. The 8% devaluation in November 2015 (which is probably not such a surprise as global player China resorted to a similar measure earlier last year) created huge challenges overnight for importers and exporters, but it was probably easier for Shaun to enter the market at exactly that point than have to counteract the effects. Spare a thought for manufacturers and traders in that part of the world and, since most of Nigeria’s polymer needs are imported, it’s having a major effect on convertors.

The perils of digital publishing AS the majority of our readers will know, we have been publishing our digital version of SA Plastics for some time now - available directly from our website or by visiting www.issuu.com and typing ‘SA Plastics’ into the search menu. It’s been an effective way of reaching our readers faster than the country’s extremely unreliable postal service!

However, what we didn’t realise is that the website which hosts our digital magazine can also ‘host’ any advertising it desires ‌including an invitation to ‘Date a Ukranian Woman’ in an apparent ‘dating paradise’ where one can ‘mix with scores of amazing Ukrainian women’! Our apologies if this invitation offended readers ‌ though admittedly, METHING HAVE SO it did provide a brief moment of ‌ IF YOU humour in the SA Plastics newsroom. : if you TO SAY bright side e Look at th wisdom to e gem of have som e to us at rit w se ea impart, pl com s@iafrica. saplastic

Volume 14 No 5

REGLOPLAS

OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2016

Contents Find out more at www.saplastics.co.za

High-performance temperature control units ‌ for large injection moulds, extruders, rollers, autoclaves and other processing equipment

New, more efficient Type 90 Smart INDUSTRY NEWS Safripol expected to join KAP family

6

Sheet extruder EBF saved at 11th hour

8

Temperature control units for water up to 90°C

Inkulu ... no more production scrap

14

• RT 70 control system

Plastics|SA, DTI on exports drive

16

Polar Plastics celebrates 20 years

18

Sun Ace celebrates 20yrs

20

EnvandĂŠ achieves ISO 9001

26

VescoPlastics expands capacity

28

Accolades for SA plastics co’s in AfriStar Awards

34

Ikusasa Green opens new injection moulding factory

38

Pipes X: the water problem’s getting worse

42

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• Solid-state relay (SSR)instead of heating contactor • Automatic phasechanger for pump

44

NEW

3.8 bar

Type 150 Smart

K2016 PREVIEW Plastics, rubber have excellent

direction (clockwise) • Alarm buzzer • Heating capacity 9 kW • Cooling capacity 24-90 kW • Pump capacity 60 litres/min,

50

global growth perspectives

64

Temperature control units for oil up to 150°C

DESIGN ‘A’ Design Awards 2016

62

Are our product designers being taken for granted?

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ASSOCIATION NEWS ARMSA implements own tank standards

78

Product of Year 2016 roto winners

79

Farewell to global roto guru Roy Crawford

81

Fine day boost KZN’s big day

84

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• Controller RT61 PID • Outlet temperature max 150°C • Heating capacity at 400V 6 kW • Cooling capacity 28kW @ 140°C • Pump capacity 60 litres/min, 3.8 bar

• Simultaneous readout of temperature set-point and actual value • Clear arrangement of operating and indicating elements • Solid state relay (SSR) instead of heating contactor

ON THE COVER KAP Industrial Holdings appears to be on track to complete its purchase of Safripol in what will be one of the biggest transactions ever in the regional plastics industry, for an estimated R4,1-billion. KAP, which is part of Steinhoff International Holdings, is to buy the Safripol SRO\ROHÂż QV PDQXIDFWXULQJ EXVLQHVV ZLWK LWV main manufacturing plant in Sasolburg south of Johannesburg, in a transaction which is expected to be completed by January 2017.

Read more on pages 6-7

• All components exposed to water are made of non-rusting materials, hence long service-life • Achieves estimated 24% reduction in rejects and 20% increase in productivity

JENOWILL SERVICES Contact – Willy Tschopp Tel: 021 551 7241 Fax: 021 551 7243 28C Lilly Park, Railway Rd Montague Gardens, Cape Town jenowill@iafrica.com www.regloplas.com

COMMENT Perhaps unexpectedly but with some relief, technology development in the industry has continued virtually uninterrupted. One of the causes for this impetus is the K (Kunststoffe) show in Germany. Many manufacturers – whether convertors or suppliers – will be showing new developments at the show from 19-26 October.

Perhaps of most interest will be evolution in the automation area, where the Electronic Age is creating what is being referred to as the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’. It should help us operate our business and factories more smartly

Are we being out-competed by global groups?

Unexpected international competitors make local companies sit up & pay attention

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KAP Industrial Holdings appears to be on track to complete its purchase of Safripol in what will be one of the biggest transactions ever in the regional SODVWLFV LQGXVWU\ IRU DQ HVWLPDWHG 5 ELOOLRQ KAP, which is part of Steinhoff International Holdings, LV WR EX\ WKH 6DIULSRO SRO\ROH¿ QV PDQXIDFWXULQJ EXVLQHVV with its main manufacturing plant in Sasolburg south of -RKDQQHVEXUJ LQ FDVK RQ D GHEW IUHH EDVLV IURP 5RFNZRRG Private Equity, Thebe Investment and certain members of the group’s management in a transaction which is expected to be completed by January 2017.

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6HSWHPEHU :LWKLQ PRQWKV RI UHJ istering, industry members need to prepare and submit their IWMP to the Minister for approval.

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JUST BRIEFLY The polypropylene plant at the Safripol complex in Sasolburg was commissioned in 1996 and has a capacity of 85 000tpa

The HD plant at Sasolburg has been in operation since 1972 and been upgraded on a number of occasions; the plant management team has been successful at avoiding supply interruptions, which remain a reality for polymer manufacturers around the world. Current HD capacity stands at 160,000 tpa

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Sheet extruder EBF saved th at 11 hour

8 OCT / NOV 2016

Duo take over sheet business as a going concern NATHI Nkomzwayo and Thabo Sibutha are the new owners of EBF Plastics, the Meadowdale, Johannesburg, sheet extrusion business. The company, and the jobs of the 35 people employed, was literally saved at the eleventh hour – their offer was accepted just 11 days before it was due to go into liquidation.

Nathi, a chemical engineer (Natal University) and MBA graduate (Pretoria University’s Gordon Institute of Business Science) with extensive engineering and operations experience at executive level, and Thabo, who has spent his career to GDWH LQ PDQDJHPHQW SRVLWLRQV FKLHÀ \ LQ the food and beverage sector, formed a partnership after a chance meeting last

7KDER 6LEXWKD DQG 1DWKL 1NRP]ZD\R WKH QHZ RZQHUV RI (%) 3ODVWLFV À DQN Benito Piccoli, former owner of the Johannesburg sheet extrusion company.

The partners completed the purchase of the business earlier this year; Benito is to stay on for a period, managing production and assisting with staff training

year during a business management course.

Through their investment wing, Bismuth Holdings, they began the search for businesses in the manufacturing space they could take over and develop. (%) ¿ WWHG PRVW RI WKH FULWHULD EXW KDG been under stress and, in fact, on the point of failure. %\ GH¿ QLWLRQ PDQ\ RI WKH EXVLQHVVHV offered on the market are distressed sales, often with substantial debts, and EBF was no exception. But such situations also present opportunities – if the purchase price is attractive to the buyers and structures for the necessary recovery can be managed well. EBF

extrudes ABS, PP, PS and PET sheet.

Its Omipa extruder is a versatile system and capable of producing eight different types of sheet.

Now Nathi and Thabo have taken the plunge and the recovery is underway.

Benito Piccoli, who established EBF in 2004, is to remain with the company for a period to manage production and assist with staff training.

Not a job has been lost, meaning that there is continuity at the company and, among the staff, quite probably relief due to closure having been staved off – and one imagines determination to succeed this second time around.

Polymould now able to offer parts with shot weight of up to 400g POLYMOULD, the Benoni-based tool and die making company, has grown rapidly since its establishment 21 years ago, with its most recent installation being a Hysion HXM 218 ton injection moulding which can produce parts with a shot weight of up to 400g.

When the company opened in 1995, it started out with just a turret milling machine, a spark eroder and a CNC milling machine.

Polymould’s toolroom has grown to

now include three machining centres, two spark eroders, turret milling machines, a surface grinder, a universal milling machine, a drilling machine and lathe, as well as all related equipment.

In 2000 the company bought a 150 ton Nan Rong injection moulding machine and over years replaced older machinery with two Nan Rong 150 ton machines, a Nan Rong 100 ton, a Haixing 88 ton and a Hysion 218 ton machines. The Hysion, the newest addition installed in May this year, can produce parts with a shot weight of up to 400g.

The company can also offer its customers their expertise using state-of-the-art Cam-

Works design and machining software and can offer 3D printing for prototypes.

Polymould specialise in plastic injection moulds, blow moulds and investment casting lost wax dies. It offers custom injection moulding in a large variety of materials, as well as producing some of its own products.

Over the years, Libcor have supplied 90% of the machine tools to Polymould, as well as the Nan Rong and Hysion injection moulding machines, both being Libcor’s agencies. • Michael Brewer, Polymould, mike@polymould.co.za John Silburn, Libcor Industrial Machinery, jsilburn@libcor.co.za

Mike Brewer of Polymould (left) with John Silburn, general manager of Libcor with the latest addition to Polymould, the Hysion HXM 218 ton injection moulding machine commissioned in May. The machine is used to produce, among other products, the well-known Stack-Cup for Vitri Designs

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15,000 jobs created in IDC-funded businesses 7+( ,QGXVWULDO 'HYHORSPHQW &RUSRUDWLRQ¶V UHVXOWV IRU WKH \HDU HQGHG 0DUFK show that it raised its funding approvals to a UHFRUG 5 ELOOLRQ D LQFUHDVH RQ WKH previous year. The corporation disbursed 5 ELOOLRQ LQWR WKH HFRQRP\ GXULQJ WKH SHULRG 2I WKDW IXQGLQJ 5 ELOOLRQ RI WKH 5 EQ ZDV DSSURYHG IRU EODFN HPSRZHUHG FRPSDQLHV ,Q DOO MREV were created during the year period, which has got to be an impressive result. Given the dire need to create work opportunities in South Africa, that’s a very necessary outcome.

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Dr Raymond Patel, CEO of the merSETA, said to maximize the continent’s manufacturing potential, Africa needed to nurture innovation and transformative design

Skills development at MerSETA colloquiums on More young people must be absorbed into the job market to gain experience at all levels 7+( 0DQXIDFWXULQJ (QJLQHHULQJ DQG 5HODWHG 6HWD 0HU6(7$ KHOG D VHULHV RI FRO loquiums around the country recently to stimulate discussion about the future of the PDQXIDFWXULQJ LQGXVWU\ LQ 6RXWK $IULFD 7KH RXWFRPHV ZLOO KRSHIXOO\ LQÀ XHQFH WKH MerSETA programmes and interventions in the economy and give stakeholders an opportunity to contribute to shaping these programmes in future.

SA Plastics magazine attended the Cape Town gathering RI DURXQG JXHVWV UHSUHVHQWLQJ LQGXVWU\ DQG EXVLQHVV ‘Africa has in the province who were treated to a three-course dinner, the ability to light entertainment and a panel discussion around issues become the affecting the manufacturing industry. “Africa has the ability to become the world’s strongest world’s strongest PDQXIDFWXULQJ FRQWLQHQW ´ VDLG 'U 5D\PRQG 3DWHO &(2 RI manufacturing the merSETA, who addressed guests. continent.’ +RZHYHU WR PD[LPL]H WKLV SRWHQWLDO $IULFD QHHGHG WR nurture innovation and transformative design, he added. +H HPSKDVLVHG WKH LPSRUWDQFH RI D VROXWLRQ WR FUHDWH DQ HQYLURQPHQW LQ ZKLFK PRUH DQG QRW IHZHU \RXQJ SHRSOH FDQ EH DEVRUEHG LQWR WKH MRE PDUNHW WR JDLQ H[SHULHQFH DW all levels.

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Wilvic opens plant in :,/9,& 3ODVWLFV RI .UXJHUVGRUS KDV opened a satellite plant in Australia where it is manufacturing conveyor components for the Aussie mining sector.

Wilvic had for several years been H[SRUWLQJ FRQYH\RU SDUWV DQG VHDOV WR Australia, where a number of the top global coal and iron ore producers are based. But lead times were long, with shipment via Singapore taking up to seven weeks, so the SA company EHJDQ WR H[SORUH WKH SRVVLELOLW\ RI PDQX facturing ‘Down Under’. Wilvic managLQJ GLUHFWRU 6WHSKDQ -DQVH YDQ 9XXUHQ ZHQW RYHU WR 3HUWK LQ SODQQLQJ WR H[SORUH RSSRUWXQLWLHV WR LQFUHDVH H[SRUW

VDOHV $OWKRXJK H[SRUWV ZHUH JURZLQJ Wilvic only had a small percentage of WKH PDUNHW WKHUH ,W DSSHDUHG WKDW WKH main cause of this was the long lead times, and not so much cost. :LOYLF VWDUWHG LQ DQG VWLOO UXQ E\ Bogdan Bogdanovic, is a world class operation building its own tools which is one of the SA injection moulding companies most committed to product GHYHORSPHQW ,W FRPHV DV QR VXUSULVH therefore that the quality of its products have proved popular in the Western Australian mining sector.

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Preparing to take part in the colloquium were Isabelle Brettenny, Plastics/SA regional training manager, Western Cape and Port Elizabeth, with Melanie Venter, Shamilah Abrahams and Ingrid Painczyk of Spicoly Plastics, situated in Kraaifontein Industria

a hot topic manufacturing industry and apprenticeship should be made mandatory for business because, GHVSLWH LW EHLQJ DQ REYLRXV EULGJH WR GHDO ZLWK WKH VNLOOV GH¿ FLW ³LW GRHV not occur naturally for companies to make it an essential part of their DNA.� )ROORZLQJ WKH FROORTXLXPV 0HU6(7$ LV ¿ QDOLVLQJ D UHSRUW WKDW FDQ EH presented to its board and also management to be taken into account when future planning is done. ³:H ZDQW WKHVH FROORTXLD WR FRQWULEXWH PHDQLQJIXOO\ WR WKH HFRQRPLF debates and actions in South Africa - for that reason these cannot end in mid-air but will be made to count in the bigger scheme of ensuring that the future of manufacturing is bright. Key to this is to see a follow through especially in provinces where there was a huge emphasis on public private partnerships,� MerSETA said in a statement. ,VDEHOOH %UHWWHQQ\ 3ODVWLFV 6$ UHJLRQDO WUDLQLQJ PDQDJHU :HVWHUQ Cape and Port Elizabeth, who attended the Cape Town event, said that LQGXVWU\ ³KDG LWV ZRUN FXW RXW IRU LW´ LI PDQXIDFWXULQJ ZDV WR EHFRPH sustainable in the future. ³+RZHYHU ZKDW EHFDPH FOHDU DW WKH FROORTXLXP LV WKDW WKH :HVWHUQ Cape Government is fully committed to skills development. Though WKH\ QHHG WR EURDGHQ WKH EHQH¿ FLDULHV RI WKHLU VNLOOV IXQGLQJ EXW , GR believe that this is in the pipeline�, she added. ³$V 6RXWK $IULFDQV ZH KDYH WR VWDUW QRZ WR HQVXUH WKDW DOO WKH relevant skills in manufacturing are implemented and that we therefore have a sustainable workforce. In short, if we have the correct skills VHWV LQ PDQXIDFWXULQJ WKHQ SURGXFWLYLW\ LV LQFUHDVHG DQG ZH FDQ ¿ QDOO\ manufacture for ourselves and can also export,� said Brettenny.

Western Australia LQYLWDWLRQ RI :LOYLFÂśV PDLQ FXV tomer in Perth, the aptly named Conveyor Products & Solutions. CPS in fact proposed a joint-venture between the companies and, once the sums matched the needs, a deal was reached earlier this year. :LOYLF $XVWUDOLD LV QRZ RSHU ating from premises adjacent to the CPS plant in Perth. Moulds are supplied from Krugersdorp, with a large shipment of current moulds have gone over to :HVWHUQ $XVWUDOLD HDUOLHU WKLV year, and Chinese injection

machines are being used. :LOYLF $XVWUDOLD KDQGOHV DOO SUR duction and sales are managed

by CPS, the advantage for the latter is that it is now able to supply the components and seals at lower prices, which was necessary in the current ultra-competitive mining sector.

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Coca-Cola upgrades Phoenix line COCA-COLA Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) is busy with a R205-million upgrade of its Phoenix Industrial Park SODQW ZKLFK LW VD\V ZLOO VLJQLÂż FDQWO\ ERRVW production capacity and speed up turnaround times. The overhaul of the former ABI Bottling facility is centred around a major upgrade of one of the production lines and also entails an expansion of the on-site warehousing and truck staging.

The aim is to position the company to take advantage of the increasing consumer demand for PET bottled products.

The upgrade will transform the facility’s 1970s-era Line 3 into a state-of-the-art line, increasing the production capacity by 150% from the current 2167 cases per hour to 5500 cases per hour. This

equates to an increase from 13,000 bottles per hour to 33,000 bottles per hour. “The warehouse expansion will give XV DQ DGGLWLRQDO PĂ° Ă€ RRU VSDFH DQG create an additional three dock loading bays for our tail vehicles,â€? said CocaCola’s regional communications manager Nosihle Mthethwa.

The chilling system is being upgraded along with the production line, which has entailed the installation of a new 1600 KVA transformer.

The Line 3 upgrade was due for completion at the end of August, with production capacity ramping up in stages over the coming weeks. The entire project is scheduled to be complete by next May. Project engineer Steve Cook said

speed wasn’t the only advantage of the new line. “It also gives us a lot more Ă€ H[LELOLW\ LQ WHUPV RI FKDQJLQJ ERWWOH VL]HV DQG Ă€ DYRXUV ,W PHDQV ZHÂśUH PXFK more responsive to just-in-time orders.â€?

Mthethwa said the upgrade would also help the plant maintain its reputation within the Coca-Cola global system IRU HQHUJ\ DQG UHVRXUFH HIÂż FLHQF\ Âł:H have done remarkable work in decreasing our water and electricity consumption over the years. “The Phoenix plant has the best water ratio usage in the global CocaCola system of 1,13 litres of water for every 1 litre of product we produce. The improvements will help us maintain and, hopefully, improve on that track record.â€?

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Technical and product manager Renier Snyman explained that this represents the latest addition to the 630mm diameter range from Renier Snyman, technical manager, DPI Plastics, with WKH 8OWUDĂ€ R mPVC 630 mm pipe

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DPI Plastics produces mPVC pipe in pressure classes from six to 25 bar and in standard 6m lengths, complete with spigot, integral socket and rubber ring seal for ease of installation. All mPVC pipe is manufactured in accordance with the SANS 966 quality standard.

The increased demand for mPVC piping systems is due to its applicability for largebore water infrastructure projects.

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products. It is ideally suited to bulk water supply projects due to the fact that mPVC is considerably more ductile than industrystandard unplasticised polyvinyl chloride (uPVC).

Managing director Juan Muller notes that the manufacture of this new 630 Class 16 mPVC pipe has allowed DPI Plastics WR PDNH VLJQLÂż FDQW LQURDGV LQWR WKH EXON water infrastructure segment. “In terms of what is happening in the market right now, there have been a lot of large-bore orders coming through. “The government is certainly investing in major water projects. The building industry is very stagnant at the moment, but when one looks at infrastructure and the provision of bulk water, it has been active for the last eight months at least, which has been very good for us,â€? Muller concludes.

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Revenue up 15% at Astrapak, may have turned corner ASTRAPAK, slimmed down from 26 to just 9 operations, declared improved results for the six-month period to the end of August. Revenue for the interim period grew 15.2% to R734-million (from 5 PLOOLRQ ZKLOVW JURVV SUR¿ W ZDV 14.0% higher at R164-million (compared to R144-million).

It appears that, three years into a 5-year turnaround programme, the group may have turned the corner.

“The group has substantially exited non-core businesses and surplus assets and has been methodically eliminating high corporate costs in line with the longterm strategy,” it said in a statement.

Astrapak has exited two of its former strongholds, Bronkhorstspruit and Denver (Johannesburg), and relocated capital equipment mainly to the coast, VSHFL¿ FDOO\ 'XUEDQ 7ZHQW\ HLJKW PDFKLQHV ZHUH PRYHG GXULQJ WKH ¿ UVW

half of the year.

Tonnage of polymer converted increased by three percent to 14,442 tons and average selling prices increased by 8% to R55,27 per kilogram (R51,07).

Debt-to-equity ratio has decreased to 12 percent. The group is meanwhile considering the sale of three properties, ZKLFK FRXOG PDWHULDOO\ LQÀ XHQFH WKDW ¿ JXUH Astrapak has, however, again renewed a cautionary announcement ¿ UVW UHOHDVHG RQ -DQXDU\ LW KDV repeated the cautionary on an unusually KLJK ¿ YH RFFDVLRQV VLQFH ,W VDLG WKDW shareholders had been advised that the negotiations referred to in the announcements remain ongoing and, if successfully concluded, may have a material effect on the price of the company’s shares.

POLYOAK Packaging recently started up its new manufacturing plant in Zimbabwe where it is producing PET and HDPE products for the beverage industry. The plant in Harare previously served as a distribution centre.

“Polyoak saw an opportunity to lift the standard of packaging available to producers and packers in Zimbabwe,” said a company spokesperson. “We made sure we fully complied with Zimbabwe’s indigenisation requirements before we began setting up the Harare plant.”

The plant is geared towards manufacturing for the beverage market in Harare, with scope to look at export markets.

The Zimbabwean operation is managed by Tommy Doran, who was previously Polyoak’s agent in Zimbabwe, and Davidio Dunn as plant manager. About 40 people are currently employed at the Harare plant.

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In-house recycling at Inkulu ‌ no more production scrap

Circular solution – The integrated recycling system, from Yili Machinery of China, includes a shredder and chipper as well as conveying and bagging system, allowing Inkulu to reprocess virtually all of its production scrap

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KZN pipe manufacturer expands services LESSONS learned over more than three decades in pipe production are proving useful to Gabriel Reddy of Inkulu Plastic Pipes of Hammarsdale, KZN. The company was established just 18 months ago and Reddy, chess grand master-style, is implementing systems to counteract problems which bedeviled some of the enterprises he worked with EHIRUH VSHFL¿ FDOO\ E\ LQVWDOOLQJ DQ LQ house recycling system. Production of unintended scrap is virtually inevitable LQ PRVW H[WUXVLRQ SURFHVVHV VSHFL¿ FDOO\ during start-up and at changeovers. At times volumes of scrap material can become undesirably high, so – besides keeping the plant tidier – reprocessing scrap on site can yield an important cost saving.

It is possible, obviously, to sell scrap material off to dedicated recyclers, but in-house recycling means the need to stockpile production scrap material is greatly reduced (i.e. a space saving solution) plus, once the material is Gabriel Reddy with some of the pipe extrusion lines at Inkulu’s premises in Hammarsdale, KZN

processed, you know what recycled material you’ll be using.

Inkulu has recently installed a dedicated plastic pipe recycling system from Yili Machinery of China, and is currently commissioning the new line.

This system includes a shredder and chipper along with an in-line conveying system which transports the chipped material to an elevated bagging unit, meaning that virtually all production scrap can be easily reused.

Inkulu manufactures HD pipe up to 300mm diameter as well LD and PP pipe. It has recently also started fabricating pipe at its site in Hammarsdale between Durban and Maritzburg, offering pipe bending and welding as additional services. It has also set up a production ‘cell’ where pipe joining Âż [WXUHV DUH Âż WWHG according to customer demand. Much of the pipe Clean cut deal – Inkulu is achieving exceptionally accurate and consistent cutting, reducing waste and allowing for easier installation

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Plastics|SA, DTI on exports drive Many attend exports workshops around country

16 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2016

PLASTICS|SA recently conducted a series of ‘exporter development’ workshops around the country with the aim of assisting and even encouraging convertors to develop export markets for themselves.

It is partnering in the national exercise with the Department of Trade and Industry, which is certainly offering incentives for SA manufacturers to develop exports, although the workshop format did suggest that both the Plastics|SA and DTI teams were looking to learn from the process too. The fact of the matter is that quite a large number of convertors are involved in exports … but are not necessarily talking publicly about that aspect of their business. And for obvious reasons.

But, as can be seen from ‘trade indicator: plastics’ table below, the industry’s trade balance is lopsided in favour of imports, giving rise to the observation that the local converting industry is being outcompeted. This is what the PlasticsSA-DTI programme hopes to turn around, and get local manufacturers to export more.

Many of the export contracts in the industry presently have grown out of personal contacts between SA manufacturers and international customers, quite frequently involving SA businessmen and women now residing elsewhere, incidentally.

Exports from South Africa have lately

Export oriented – Tobela Tapula of Plastics|SA with Lufuno Mammburu and Thokozani Masilela of the DTI and PSA director Anton Hanekom met with convertors and suppliers around the country to workshop the exporter development programme

for some reason been seen as exports into Africa. That may be as a result of the up till recent global enthusiasm for developing growth in Africa, which has recently lost much of its shine. Since we are closest to our African neighbours, shouldn’t we be supplying markets across southern Africa? However, few of the imported goods arriving in South Africa are from African neighbours, so it could be ventured that exports by the industry should not necessarily go into Africa, but to other global destinations.

Recent accounts of exporter experiences in Africa reported in this publication have also urged caution, since the risks of border crossing and logistic hurdles and payment problems are very real.

However, many good-natured sales and marketing reps from convertors around Trade indicator – This table, prepared from data used by the DTI, shows that although exports by the South African plastics industry have grown over the past decade, imports have increased at a substantially higher rate. Imports are currently running at about R30-billion per annum, which is substantial, while exports have slowed to about R15-billion. This suggests there is room for both exports and importreplacement growth

the country attended the workshops open mindedly and threw suggestions and ideas into the think-tank, with Tobela Tapula, manager for corporate & government affairs at Plastics|SA, being the conductor in chief.

And a lot of ideas were generated.

Let’s face it, comparatively few South African convertors have the skills necessary for trading into Africa. If you don’t have someone on your books who can freely travel to Lubumbashi, Kampala, Addis Ababa, Nairobi and you name it and sell well, then your best option would be to work with an established agency such as Safrique, which has the language abilities to operate smoothly in west or east Africa and the infrastructure to manage the contractual work, transport and logistics to handle cross-border business, not to speak of the need to have agents across these regions.

But, the DTI is now looking at ways to boost this activity and promote exports so the industry can achieve a positive trade balance. One of programmes will be to sponsor pavilions at trade shows and trade missions.

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Polar Plastics celebrates 20 years

18 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2016

Quality of products, customer service keeps company on top of its game POLAR Plastics in Robertville west of Johannesburg is celebrating 20 years of operation this year.

The company specialises in the manufacture of quality plastic screw-on closures, mostly for the beverage industry, but also for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and automotive industries.

Polar Plastics has built a base of very loyal customers over the years said Ben Vorster, founder of the family-owned and run company. “The quality of our products and our excellent customer service has kept us on top of our game,� said Ben recently.

Polar’s range of closures from 2048mm is manufactured in different FRORXUV DFFRUGLQJ WR VSHFL¿ F FXVWRPHU requirements. All the wadding (the EPE seal inserted into the caps) is done Polar Plastics, a family business for 20 years run

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in-house, ensuring speedy service to customers. “We are in continuous mould design and future developments discussions with customers to cater to their speFLÂż F QHHGV DQG UHTXLUHPHQWV ´ 9RUVWHU added.

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The combination of the two sealing lips assures the quality of the product.

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Following the sun – Terence Hobson (Sun Ace South Africa’s MD), Ryo Sasaki (Sun Ace Group CEO), Lee Hobson, Lorna Calder and guest speaker, Daniel Silke

20 OCT / NOV 2016

Guests from around the world attend SUN Ace celebrates 20 years in the African market this October 2016 and to mark the event, a gala dinner was held at the Wanderers Club, Illovo Johannesburg on 10 September.

There were over 200 guests including Sun Ace members from Columbia, Australia, Brazil, China, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Singapore in attendance. The invitation was extended to customers, suppliers and staff in appreciation of their ongoing loyalty and support. Guests were welcomed with a Singapore Sling cocktail in recognition of the parent company in Singapore, Sun Ace Singapore. The famous Singapore Sling was created in the Long Bar at WKH 5DIĂ€ HV +RWHO LQ 6LQJDSRUH 'LQQLQJ began as guests were led into the grand Wanderers Ballroom and seated at their tables. The dĂŠcor was simple yet striking

Celebrating in style – Gary van Eyk, Sun Ace South Africa director, with James and Anke van Heerden (Aberdare Cables), and Colleen and Chad Francis (Performance Colour Systems)

with an arrayed of Protea greens and the QDWLYH 6WUDOL]LD À RZHU ¹ KHDGV KHOG KLJK ¹ symbolic of the night’s celebrations.

Ryo Sasaki, Group CEO, welcomed the guests to the event and reminisced about the challenging decision to invest in South Africa many years ago. Initially he was skeptical but today is proud and thankful to the SA team for their integral part in the success story of Sun Ace. Ryo introduced on stage his leadership team. Then Gary van Eyk addressed the guests, thanking the investors for their FRQÂż GHQFH FXVWRPHUV VXSSOLHUV DQG staff for their support and loyalty over the years.

'LQLQJ FRPPHQFHG DV ZDLWURQV VHUYHG a starter with choice of fresh grilled prawns or crisp vegetarian pies. Four carefully selected South Africa wines of two reds and white were paired with

the meals. Mains were a selection of VDOPRQ RU EHHI Âż OOHW Newly appointed managing director for Sun Ace African investments, 7HUHQFH +REVRQ LQWURGXFHG WKH NH\QRWH VSHDNHU 'DQLHO 6LONH D 6RXWK $IULFDQ political economy analyst specialist.

Silke gave a humorous yet thought provoking talk on the state of affairs of South Africa where politics and economics can meet and clash and KRZ ZRUOG DIIDLUV LPSDFW ORFDOO\ +H expressed his opinion in a clear, witty and occasionally sobering style giving an insightful analysis of our situation in South Africa. Good leadership is required to see the way forward.

Sun Ace continues to strive to lead internationally and locally in accordance with its aim to ‘think globally – work locally’.

Plastics industry association and media members also attended the Sun Ace celebration - Plastics/SA’s executive director, Anton Hanekom, with SA Plastics magazine’s publisher and managing editor, Martin Wells and his wife, Lisa Mulligan, and Dr Claus Maurer (chairman of the South African Vinyls Assoc)

Sun Ace around the world – Wu Yuli (Sun Ace Singapore), Christa Beal (UK guest), Neo Swee Bee (Sun Ace Singapore), Shirley Tan (Sun Ace Malaysia)

From Down Under – Marilyn Lilja and Ian Lilja, MD of Sun Ace Australia

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22 OCT / NOV 2016

iChill appointed SA agent for Euro Chiller ICHILL has been appointed as the SA representative for Euro Chiller, an Italian manufacturer of a comprehensive range of chilling machinery for manufacturing LQGXVWULHV DQG VSHFLÂż FDOO\ IRU WKH SODVWLFV converting sector.

IChill is a sister company of Zan-Tech of Durban, which has specialised in comSUHVVHG DLU Âż OWUDWLRQ DQG DLU GU\LQJ IRU RYHU 25 years and developed good market acceptance and respect, said iChill director

Chilled guys – Warren Massey (centre), director of IChill of Durban, was hosted on his recent visit to Italy by Giacomo Orio and Giovanni Orio, exports sales manager and managing director and founder respectively of Euro Chiller

Warren Massey. “With the experience we have in refrigeration air-drying, diversifying into the allied water chiller market was a natural progression,� said Massey. “Due to the excellent response we received, we decided to form iChill as a separate, dedicated company for the process and comfort cooling markets.�

Euro Chiller is a market leader in the plastics industry, with specialised equipment

VSHFLÂż FDOO\ IRU DLU EORZQ Âż OP $%) DV well as high precision chillers for injection moulding systems, temperature control units and a range of adiabatic coolers. “Our objective is to not only promote the range of Euro Chiller products within the plastics industry, but also to provide original spare parts, back-up and technical advice on the numerous systems that we already have in the South African market,â€? added Massey.

Second time lucky, Frewen gets into Action Action has carved out a niche for itself in the small to medium-size container market ACTION Plastics has recently been purchased by Bruce Frewen – and it’s business as usual at the Sebenza, Johannesburg, blow moulding business.

Formerly operations director at RAP Products, Frewen has been involved in the packaging sector for 21 years, having continued with RAP after the company was bought by Beige group in 2008.

The decision to rather sell to the JSElisted Beige has led the new Action man on a circumventous course. RAP was merged with Crystal Pack, also purchased

by Beige, and moved to Klipriver south of Johannesburg. That operation did not gather momentum and Beige was acquired

by Lion Match. The merged RAP-Crystal operation was subsequently moved to Alrode in the south-east of the city. Frewen left in mid-2013 and joined Bottle Printers to develop their new glass coating

business.

In late 2015 in a chance meeting with Ashley King of Action, King advised that he wanted to follow other interests and asked Frewen if he wanted to join the company.

Another pivotal moment, but Frewen wasn’t to be denied this time. The seven years since the previous opportunity had been challenging, and he didn’t hesitate.

Frewen joined Action Plastics in Feb 2015 and a sale of the business was concluded a few months later. Unlike the volume of documents involved in the RAP sale, a single page was all that was required for King and Frewen to agree.

Started by Ashley King and Chris Mahon 1994, Action has carved out a niche for itself in the small to medium-size container market, servicing a range of mainly Gauteng customers in the cosmetic, chemical and food segments. A former Bekum technician, King took great care to keep the production running smoothly, and the results are there to show. He and co-founder Chris Mahon steadily built the company to the point where it ran a cross-section of HDPE and PVC products. At the outset Action used a Land Rover and trailer for

deliveries or invited customers to collect.

Remarkably, the company prospered under these somewhat unusual conditions. It did, however, subsequently begin to operate on a more conventional basis.

The partners at one stage decided to spread their wings and open a number of sales depots along the coast. The coastal experience was not a success for King, but it was for Mahon ‌ and he duly sold his share to King and retired to Kei Mouth in 2007.

King continued with Action’s growth and to complement the extrusion blow moulding component of the business, started injection moulding of closures and importing lotion pumps, triggers and mist sprays.

King remained on for a few months to assist with the changeover, and it appears the momentum has continued uninterrupted.

Somewhat older and certainly wiser, Frewen has kept all systems at the Sebenza company intact. Action operates from 2000m² premises, running a range of extrusion blow moulding machines and injection moulders, as well as small singlestage PET machines.

It’s time for Action ‌ and enjoying it – Bruce Frewen with the Action Plastics management team, FM Desrae Smart and production manager Max Sibambo. Both Desrae and Max have been with the Sebenza blow moulding company for extended periods, Desrae since the company was established in 1994 and Max since 2000. This continuity is helping keep the momentum going at Action

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PMS Plastics

evolving, keeping abreast of latest technology

24 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2016

.HHSLQJ YDOXHG FXVWRPHUV VDWLV¿ HG WKURXJK WKLFN DQG WKLQ PMS Plastics recently installed two Parker blow moulding machines at Schaldor Plastics, one of PMS Plastics’ most longstanding and valued clients, bringing to 12 the number of Parker machines PMS have supplied to Schaldor.

Two of the oldest Parker blow moulding machines at Schaldor Plastics have been operating for 14 years – and still running very well, according to Martie Becker, coowner of Schaldor Plastics.

PMS Plastics’ Samantha Maye attributes the longstanding relationship with Schaldor Plastics, and other valued customers, to the high quality of service, before and after purchase, which PMS provides. This is in sharp contrast to the service and quality of equipment supplied to South African companies who have decided to go the route of buying directly from equipment suppliers abroad without using a South African agent.

“We realised a couple of years ago that the whole Industry was changing. Gone were the days of dealing through agents only in South Africa. With the advent of

Internet buyers were going straight to various suppliers and cutting out the middle man,” she said.

“Admittedly, this hurt us in the beginning, but word quickly spread through the industry about the risks involved in these ‘direct’ purchases and many companies were left with machinery and equipment that they had imported directly that were inferior, showed terrible workmanship and offered no back-up service. We have been quite shocked at the quality and dangers of the machinery and equipment exported to South Africa, not to mention their very short life span,” Samantha added.

Retaining valued customers with excellent service and back-up However, PMS Plastics also realised that some of the larger South African companies were not buying directly from the supplier, preferring to remain with their local agents. With the vast knowledge and years of accumulated experience that Philip May and Peter Wolber bring to the business; PMS Plastics’ customers are always given the best advice and assistance with their requirements.

“PMS Plastics has been so fortunate in that our most loyal customers have not gone the direct purchasing route and have remained with us. I believe this was a very wise choice indeed as buying machinery through an agent, like PMS Plastics, gives our customers peace of mind knowing that all the pre-tests, transport,

The Schaldor factory floor – with the Parker blow moulding machines taking pride of place

installation, guarantees, back-up services and a reliable source of importance spare parts could be left in our hands,” said Samantha.

PMS Plastics has been installing BOY, LG and Nissei injection moulding machines since 1989 and are impressed by the ever-improving technology these brands bring to the industry.

“The quest for perfection and energy saving is unbelievable and we are proud to represent these top quality machine suppliers in South Africa,” said Samantha. “Our GEK injection moulding machines, made in China, have also been a cost effective and value for money alternative for customers.”

306 3ODVWLFV KDYH DOVR GLYHUVL¿ HG their product range over the last couple of years to include PET preform moulds from Passcard in Taiwan who specialise in closure moulds and thin walled container moulds for high speed Injection moulding. Another new supplier is JET Engine, suppliers of automation systems and in-mould labelling robots that PMS Plastics have successfully installed and commissioned in South Africa.

“We have always prided ourselves on the fact that we can offer clients a complete start-up solution, additions to their current production systems, robotics, upgrades, as well as cost-per-minute saving solutions!” added Samantha.

Peter Wolber of PMS Plastics with Schaldor Plastics’ Doret Lombard, and Martie Becker in front of one of the 12 Parker machines that PMS Plastics have sold to Schaldor over the years

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Nthutuko Ngobane with a bale of EnvandÊ’s Tread Reclaim, the quality of which is proving popular, to the point where it has also developed export markets.

ISO 9001 for EnvandĂŠ

26 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2016

Rubber reclaim specialist’s quality systems rewarded RUBBER recycling is a challenging sector in which to gain market traction but EnvandÊ of Maritzburg is proving that consistent implementation of quality systems pays dividends, capping off the latest phase of its development with its recent accreditation to ISO 9001 standard.

Run by husband-and-wife team Gareth and Rosalie Akerman, EnvandĂŠ manufactures rubber Tread Reclaim and rubber crumb from collected cured tread NR SBR/BR (natural rubber/styrene butadiene rubber) by product. The quality of the materials produced and particularly the stable properties achieved have been drawing attention.

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audit revealed it had achieved the Quality Management system ISO 9001:2008 standard.

That was just rewards for the EnvandĂŠ management team.

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The Akermans are also aligned in their hope to help people and WKH HQYLURQPHQW VR ZKHQHYHU VRPHWKLQJ GLI¿ FXOW KDSSHQV WKH\ are determined to do something good in equal proportion. This outlook has also been adopted into the Envande company culture E\ WKH ¾$ 7HDPœ PDQDJHPHQW VWDII DQG LV EHJLQQLQJ WR EHDU JRRG ¾¾IUXLWœ 7KH TXDOLW\ RI (QYDQGpœV 7UHDG 5HFODLP DQG FUXPE DUH proving popular, to the point where Envande is also exporting internationally. Its rubber crumb is supplied from #12 down to PHVK ZLWK SDUWLFOH VL]H DV ¿ QH DV PP ¹ DQG WKH KZN business is proving it can maintain consistency at any VSHFL¿ FDWLRQ The ISO 9001:2008 quality management system has had DQ LPSDFW DQG (QYDQGpœV VWDII RI ZKR DUH FRPPLWWHG WR WKH success of Envande.

EnvandĂŠ rubber crumb and Tread Reclaim is used mainly in quality critical manufacturing by tyre and belting manufacturers, compounders, rubber technical product manufacturers but also their crumb is used in applications such as hockey astroturfs, VRFFHU Âż HOGV SOD\JURXQG VXUIDFLQJ PRXOGHG FUXPE ELQGHU products as well as other uses.

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EnvandĂŠs rubber crumb is supplied down to #60 mesh, with a particle size of just 0,25mm and Tread Reclaim ready for wrapping Rosalie Akerman, EnvandĂŠ CEO, has seen the company grow in a tough market and, after some challenging moments, gain ISO 9001:2008 accreditation

Cabletech Marketing visited

by Haitian sales & service team Cabletech appointed as Haitian agent in SA CABLETECH Marketing, a supplier of top class machinery to the plastics industry for the South African and SubSaharan African markets, has welcomed a newcomer to the Cabletech Marketing stable. Haitian International recently appointed Cabletech Marketing as representative for the worldwide giant.

The sales and service team from Haitian International, based in Ningbo, China, recently visited South Africa, cementing the newly formed business relationship between Haitian International and Cabletech Marketing .At the same time a country-wide tour was conducted to introduce the already extensive Haitian customer base to the Cabletech sales and service team and conduct a survey of customers’ future needs.

Haitian is recognized as the worldwide leader in the manufacture and supply of injection moulding machines, while Cabletech Marketing’s commitment to customer relations and service excellence makes for a formidable combined team.

Apart from the standard injection moulding expectations offered in the market, Haitian also offers everything from the cost effective displacement pump range, to the servo controlled, all electric, multi-component, packaging and two platen series. Haitian also manufactures their own robotics range, CNC machining centres and although not yet available for the export market, electric forklifts.

• Contact Cabletech Marketing on 011 704 0824 or info@cabletech.co.za

A formidable team – Qian Shan’guo (Haitian sales manager), Pierre Jurgens (Cabletech managing director), Li Shuguang (Haitian) and Johan Venter (Haitian)

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VescoPlastics expands capacity

28 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2016

One of the largest engineering polymer workshops in the world SOUTH African thermoplastic producer VescoPlastics last month began installation of a Marufuku double-column machining centre capable of continuous milling over 6,000 mm lengths.

In July the company laid 500mm-thick concrete in the portion of the factory in which the 37 ton machine will operate, and assembled the machine in August to prepare for its commissioning in September.

Another recent purchase is a 2-axis, 2032 mm Haas CNC lathe, which will also DGG WR WKH Âż UPÂśV FDSDELOLWLHV DV LW ZLOO EH WKH longest computer-numerically-controlled lathe that the company has. The lathe will be brought into production after the factory KDV EHHQ SURSHUO\ FRQÂż JXUHG WR DFFRPPR date the machine. “VescoPlastics is one of the largest engineering polymer workshops in the world as a result of the number of machines housed on its premises, as well as the size range of engineering activities that it can undertake,â€? said Dr Jean-Patrick Leger, chairman of VescoPlastics.

The company is committed to ensuring that it expands capacity to cater for future demand. “The Marufuku machine will add to the FRPSDQ\ÂśV FDSDELOLW\ DQG FDSDFLW\ DV LW ZLOO DOORZ WKH Âż UP WR PDFKLQH ODUJH SODWHV RQ LWV 6m bed, while the Haas lathe will reduce wastage, since it will be able to turn longer pieces of thermoplastic,â€? added Dr Leger.

The factory currently spans 12,000m² and is made up of various buildings that have been purchased or built during the FRPSDQ\œV \HDUV RI H[LVWHQFH

It includes compounding, machine, extrusion, extrusion annealing, moulding, moulding annealing and construction shops, in addition to a quality-control ODERUDWRU\ RIÂż FH VHYHUDO VWRUH URRPV DQG VWDII RIÂż FHV With recent machine purchases, the FRPSDQ\ÂśV FRPSXWHU QXPHULFDOO\ FRQ trolled two and three-axis machines have grown to a total of 55. It also has numerous extruders and injection moulding machines and ancillary equipment, as well as a wide tooling range for mouldings and extrusion.

The polymer manufacturer, which has grown organically over many decades, is also changing its layout to facilitate materiDOV DQG SURFHVVLQJ À RZV ,W KDV DGGHG 1,035 m2 to its factory, with the addition of a new factory that will house its relocated moulding section, and intends to undertake renovations to ensure that the machine shop is housed under one roof.

The company makes bushings, rods and machined plates as standard stock shapes DV ZHOO DV KLJK TXDOLW\ Âż QLVKHG SDUWV IRU WKH agriculture, railways, mining, pumps, heavy transport, hydro, wind turbine, earthmoving and marine industries.

Its proprietary thermoplastics include Vesconite, Vesconite Hilube and Vesconite Superlube - which are low-friction, lowZHDU SRO\PHUV ZLWK GLIIHUHQW FR HIÂż FLHQWV of friction and load-bearing capacities.

The polymers are exported to more than 100 countries, where its thermoplastics components are valued for their costeffectiveness and their longer mean times between repairs.

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Johan Bekker readying himself to machine a large bearing on one of the vertical lathes at the company’s factory

Michael Matoba extruding 3m Vesconite hollow bars that are used in diverse applications globally

The company is able to produce large rudder bearings for the marine industry. The thermopolymer Vesconite is preferred in this application since it does not swell like nylon and is environmentally friendly because it does not require greasing like bronze PHOTOS: ANGUS WHITTY

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Zoltan Szenes of Cyklop Germany installing a 5-ton compression pallet strapper and fully automatic wrapper for securing pallet loads of multi-layered paper bags, at Taurus Packaging

Siemstech & Taigan collaborate to provide securement solutions

30 OCT / NOV 2016

High performance, cost effective solutions with Cyklop wrapping & strapping machines SIEMSTECH Packaging Solutions, operating from Gauteng, KZN and the Western Cape, has been appointed the South African agent for Cyklop International, the premier strapping and wrapping equipment manufacturer based in Cologne, Germany.

Established in 1912 in Cologne, Germany, Cyklop was the developer of the PET strap, which is now globally XVHG DV WKH PRVW HI¿ FLHQW DQG FRVW effective load securement commodity.

Cyklop International has over the years developed a wide range of high performance and cost effective strapping and wrapping solutions and machines for both PET strapping and multi-layered, KLJK VWUHWFK ¿ OPV Siemstech, run by father-and-son team Richard and Rodney Siems, is focussed on supplying high performance Cyklop strapping and wrapping systems

which includes the machines, technical support and consumable materials (high performance PET strap and multi-layered VWUHWFK ¿ OPV

Recently appointed as the agent for Cyklop International for Southern Africa, Siemstech entered into a co-operative relationship with Peter McCullough of Taigan M-Stretch who has extensive experience in the Southern African VWUHWFK ¿ OP LQGXVWU\ Taigan, which also has a national footprint, supplies multi-layered stretch ¿ OPV WR PDQXIDFWXUHUV DQG LQGXVWU\ across the region and now, with the marketing arrangement with Siemstech, will also offer the Cyklop range of high performance wrapping and strapping systems.

“Taigan M-Stretch is privileged to represent good quality equipment,” said McCullough. “Siemstech will, The Siemstech and Taigan team – back row from left: Joubert van Schalkwyk, Alice Siems, Geoff Jakins, Peter McCullough, Ethel McCullough, Shane Mitrovich, Claude Prinsloo and Kenny Fuchs. Front row from left, Richard Siems, Martin Muller, Peter Griskewitz and Rodney Siems

with their technical support partners in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, provide technical support for all Cyklop machine users with a full turnkey service for all packaging requirements”, said Rodney.

The most recent Cyklop installation in South Africa occurred in May 2016, consisting of a 5-ton compression pallet strapper and fully automatic wrapper for securing pallet loads of multi-layered paper bags, at Taurus Packaging located in the Northern KZN town of Mandini.

Taurus Packaging, manufacturer of multi-layered sacks for the potato, cement, sugar, pet food and similar industries, has had to expand its manufacturing facilities on three different occasions and presently operates from four premises in the northern KZN town totalling 20,000m².

Cyklop have had a presence in South Africa over the past four decades and there are a variety of Cyklop machines, some as old as 20 years, operating in the corrugated and brickand-block industries. www.taigan.co.za www.siemstech.co.za

Tel: +27 11 882 6630 Fax: +27 11 882 8542 Email: info@technimac.co.za www.technimac.co.za

NEWS China auto plant in PE could threaten other manufacturers THE pending start-up of what is expected to be a major vehicle manufacturing plant

by BAIC of China in China is unlikely to go down well with South Africa’s existing auto manufacturers. BAIC (Beijing Automotive International Corporation) is a state-run business and while the plans for the plant at the Coega site are impressive – including an investment estimated at R11-billion, the creation of 2500 jobs and potential production of 100,000 units by 2027 – there has to be a serious possibility that the development will negatively affect the other manufacturers. The BAIC assembly plant is expected to go into production in 2018.

The Industrial Development Corporation is one of the partners in the project. BAIC also manufactures electric vehicles and has tie-ups with Mercedes Benz and Hyundai in its home PDUNHW &KLQD 7KLV ZLOO EH LWV Âż UVW YHQWXUH outside of China.

JUST BRIEFLY

Global glut brings shipping costs down THE unexpected shock treatment provided by the collapse of the South Korean container line Hanjin Shipping has shaken the shipping industry globally. Hanjin went belly-up at the end of August, leaving 66 ships lying outside ports around the world and cargo to the startling value of $14,5-billion at sea. The use of mega container ships, some as long as 400m and capable of carrying over 18,000 20-foot containers at a time is seen as a major cause of this casualty. Even shipping costs out of South Africa’s ports should come down as a result.

32 OCT / NOV 2016

Bearing Man is IRP distributor for KZN IRP Engineering Plastics has appointed Bearing Man Group KwaZulu Natal as its RIÂż FLDO GLVWULEXWRU IRU .ZD =XOX 1DWDO ,53 in operation since 1987, manufactures plastic conveyor components used by the food, beverage and packaging industries.

Its manufacturing facility has continually developed over the years and now consists of injection moulding with presses ranging from 90-350 tons capacity, producing components VXFK DV À DW WRS DQG FUDWH FRQYH\RU FKDLQ links, sprockets, guide rail systems and more than 2000 conveyor components. ‡ =XO¿ NDDU 0RRVD DW %HDULQJ 0DQ .=1 WHO Typical conveyor belt component from IRP Engineering Plastics

Managing large volumes of collected scrap is a sizeable challenge

Unexpected changes hit Eastern dealers shake up market, then depart – just as unexpectedly MANUFACTURERS have become accustomed to rapid changes in market conditions, but even with such expectation in mind South Africa’s plastic recyclers have had to deal with quickly changing currents of late.

Where the recycling sector had for years bobbed along on at more-or-less consistent trading conditions, recyclers were most surprised about two years ago when Chinese dealers suddenly entered the scene and started buying up large volumes of collected scrap. If that was unexpected, even more surprising was the fact that the (DVWHUQ WUDGHUV RIIHUHG KLJKHU SULFHV VHHPHG WR EH DEOH WR RSHUDWH YHU\ HI¿ FLHQWO\  to the point where the local companies were being out-competed. $V D UHVXOW WKH À RZ RI FROOHFWHG VFUDS PDWHULDO WR 6$œV UHF\FOHUV VORZHG TXLWH dramatically, with large volumes of scrap material being shipped out of the country, mainly via Durban harbour. The Chinese traders apparently had the advantage of very favourable shipping rates and terms, possibly due to the fact that containers FRPLQJ RXW IURP WKH (DVW ZLWK PDQXIDFWXUHG JRRGV ZHUH WKHQ ¿ OOHG ZLWK FROOHFWHG scrap for the return trip.

This situation directly affected the supply of recycled material from local recyclers to convertors, with many of the recyclers having to reduce production and in some cases even working short weeks.

Changing recycling behaviour AS South Africa starts to discover the potential of our local recycling industry, stakeholders and key contributors are exploring how best to unlock the full value chain. With many elements of the recycling lifecycle still not formalised or regulated, private and public sector players are looking for ways to enable this, especially when it comes to sourcing recyclable materials directly from communities.

Gaopaleloe Mothoagae, sustainability and transformation manager at Coca-

Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA), maintains that creating ad hoc initiatives is, however, not enough if companies ZDQW WR LQĂ€ XHQFH FXUUHQW EHKDYLRXU DQG ensure that recycling becomes common practice among future generations. This has been the key motivating factor for the CCBSA Schools Recycling Programme. “As a company that relies on used bottles making their way back into the recycling chain to minimise carbon footprint and environmental impact, it was imperaWLYH IRU XV WR Âż QG D VXVWDLQDEOH ZD\ WR

Pupils at FF Ribeiro school display the art they have created using recycling. About 492 695 learners are already involved in the Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa Schools Recycling Programme, which collected 645 tons in 2015

recycling market Now, just two years later, the situation has changed dramatically, with demand from China having dried up. This has given the local recyclers the opportunity to revive their supply relationships with the collectors, plus prices have tracked down somewhat ‌ but the problem now is that demand from convertors for recycled material has also slowed.

This unexpected sequel has had the same result for recyclers, QDPHO\ UHGXFHG ZRUN Ă€ RZ EXW WKH\ QRZ VLW ZLWK DQRWKHU XQZHOFRPH problem: large stockpiles of collected material have built up in many of the recyclers’ yards. That’s at least partly due to the fact that recyclers tend to buy good quality, clean material from reliable collectors even if they aren’t going to process the material right then, as collectors will often look elsewhere if orders from their recycling company customers dry up. “New products, manufactured from recyclate or containing a percentage recyclate, need to be developed to stimulate the market,â€? said Jaco Breytenbach of Transpaco Recycling, chairman of SAPRO (the SA Plastic Recyclers Organisation).

among future generation recover post-consumer waste.

It was also important that the recovery process was supported by education to ensure long-term environmental awareness and protection, especially for future generations. And so, the Schools Recycling Programme (SRP) was started,� explained Mothoagae.

Five years later, there are a number of important learnings Coco-Cola are able to share. The Âż UVW LV WKDW VFKRROV DQG UHF\FOLQJ make for an exceptionally good Âż W %\ JHDULQJ WKH LQLWLDWLYH WR provide a learning experience for everyone involved, the basic principles of recycling can be entrenched, as well as a commitment to sustainability, resource conservation and environmental stewardship. This also needs to be done by encouraging positive action that is rewarded.

In CCBSA’s case, participating schools have the opportunity to raise funds for important school

projects through the initiative.

Each has to commit to collecting a minimum of 1 000kg of PET per month, with schools that collect two tons or more standing in line to win prizes in an annual competition. All schools earn continuously as they collect though – creating a direct revenue stream from selling the waste.

CCBSA has subsequently added another layer through its Recycling Representatives.

These young members of local communities are employed on a full-time basis and assigned to a number of local schools in their area. Through school visits and engagements, they encourage the ongoing performance of the learners and teachers; keeping them motivated to collect and recycle as they get closer to the annual competition. They’re paid for their efforts and learn valuable business skills in the process through a formal training process.

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Sustainability and Beverage categories, respectively.

Bill Marshall, chairman and facilitator of the awards programme, said the AfriStar Awards programme was designed to showcase the very best of the African packaging industry. The winning criteria in-

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This increases the surface area available for branding by 89% to maximise display impact. The weight reduction of 9% also delivers a lower carbon footprint. The tamperevident tub in compact VKDSH ¿ WV PRUH tubs per freezer. www.polyoakpackaging.co.za/ divisions/dairypack-tubs-division

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Injection moulding guru links up with local enthusiasts THE workshops presented by Arburg and hosted by Hestico recently, during which the capabilities of the German machine manufacturer’s electric machines were outlined, also revealed how far injection moulding has advanced ‌ and continues to evolve.

Eduard StĂźckle, global technology manager based at Arburg GmbH in Lossburg, Germany, conducted the events in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.

A regular visitor to South Africa over many years who has continuously engaged with Arburg users, Eddie emphasizes how À H[LEOH LQMHFWLRQ PRXOGLQJ WHFKQRORJ\ FDQ be, in the sense that different combinations of settings can be used to achieve the same or similar product result. He urges setters and production managers WR QRW EH H[FHVVLYHO\ ULJLG ZKHQ VHWWLQJ the machines, and rather to test various combinations during set-up.

An Allrounder 470 E ‘Golden Electric’ machine was used in the demos, although many of the machine com-

mands and adjustments apply to toggle machines too.

Delegates were surprised when he advised that torque applies to the servo motors used in the ‘E’ machines, as many believe that the ease with which these motors can be switched on or off implies that torque build-up does not apply. The problem at hand is, obviously, that the friction resistance that the motor needs to overcome applies likewise.

A steady debate ensued during the workshops, so it was a good opportunity to learn and enjoy the evolution of injection technology.

Setters, technicians, production managers and others gathered for the injection moulding workshops presented by Eduard StĂźckle of Arburg of Germany in August

Eddie with a particle foam composite injection moulded part. Components such as this are produced on manufacturing cells, involving EPP foam, PP and overmoulded in TPE, or variations of other materials – illustrating how far injection technology has advanced over the past few years

Positive economic performance in W Cape THE Western Cape province appears to be showing what can be achieved under stable governance. According to Wesgro, WKH RIÂż FLDO WRXULVP WUDGH DQG LQYHVWPHQW promotion agency for Western Cape busiQHVV WKH UHJLRQ KDV RYHU WKH SDVW Âż YH years attracted investment of R8,8-billion and created 5,705 direct jobs.

In a presentation at an SA-German Chamber event recently, Wesgro director Tim Harris said that, during the same period, 939 companies had participated

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The region attracted 7.1 million foreign WRXULVWV RYHU WKH SDVW ¿ YH \HDUV The Western Cape region does have features and weather which draw tourists, but the relatively consistent management of the region’s infrastructure (the Democratic Alliance increased its majority in the recent municipal elections) appears

to be an important factor in the positive performance trend.

Finance, real estate and business services are the biggest sector of business activity, being 29,9% of the region’s 5 ELOOLRQ *'3 LQ 0DQXIDFWXULQJ was second, comprising 15,4% of turnover – disappointingly, down from 17,1% in 2008.

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NEWS Welcoming guests to the opening of the Ikusasa Green Dimbaza factory was the director of Ikusasa Geren, Tamsanqa *[RZD À DQNHG RQ WKH OHIW E\ regional director at the Dept of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs’ Amathole UHJLRQDO RI¿ FH ZDV =ROD +HZX and on the right, Massmart’s group supplier development manager, Von Stander

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Company supporting industrial revitalization programme in Dimbaza IKUSASA Green, based in Stutterheim in the Eastern Cape, recently opened its brand new injection moulding plant in Dimbaza, outside King William’s Town, also in the Eastern Cape.

The new factory covers an area of 12 000m2 with three buildings, expanding on the Stutterheim factory which had limited space. Two 650-ton and two 450-ton injection blow moulding machines have been installed, as well as a blow moulding machine, a foaming machine and shrink wrap tunnel. “We decided to expand into Dimbaza, working with the Department of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs’ $PDWKROH UHJLRQDO RIÂż FH WR GULYH WKH LQGXV trial revitalization programme in Dimbaza. :H ZHUH WKH Âż UVW WR UHIXUELVK D YDQGDOL]HG building space in the industrial area and also to promote rural development in the area,â€? said Ikusasa Green, Tamsanqa Gxowa.

Ikusasa Green currently employs 35 people at its Dimbaza factory to manufacture, at this stage, mainly Massmart products.

Massmart is a managed portfolio of four divisions, each focused on highvolume, low-margin, low-cost distribution of mainly branded consumer goods for cash, through 405 stores in 13 countries in subSaharan Africa.

Products which will be produced out of the Dimbaza factory include Massmart’s Campmaster 10, 30 and 50 litre cooler boxes and an ammo crate. However, not only Massmart products will be manufactured and plans are in the pipeline to produce additional products sought by Ikusasa Green customers.

Ikusasa Green, a 70% black owned company, is well known for its roto-moulded products manufactured using ‘green energy’.

The Romer Cooler box is one of the high-end products that the company manuIDFWXUHV WKDW NHHSV LFH VROLG IRU Âż YH GD\V The Plaster Blaster is another durable product manufactured by Ikusasa Green.

This product is a hand-held mortar sprayer that has a roto-moulded hopper. It can be used to apply mortar to just about any surface but is mostly used to apply mortar to SCIP panels (vertical insulated panels) for a ‘green’ approach to building. “We pride ourselves for being amongst the few manufacturing concerns that produce roto-moulded products using green energy,â€? said Michael RĂśmer, MD of Ikusasa Green. “We further pride ourselves on having one of our shareholders being a community enterprise that is geared DW SORXJKLQJ VRPH RI WKH SURÂż WV PDGH LQ community empowerment and development initiatives.â€?

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Interwaste net exporter of refuse derived fuel INTERWASTE, the integrated waste management company, has become the net exporter of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) into the international cement industry – resulting IURP WKH FRXQWU\ÂśV Âż UVW HYHU 5') SODQW launched at Interwaste’s Germiston depot in February. “Increasing waste volumes in emerging economies is certainly placing strain on waste management systems where in fact,

it is estimated that municipalities in these countries spend up to 50% of their budgets on solid-waste management,� said Mike Nicholls, divisional director for technical services at Interwaste.

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Growing public awareness and support THIS year marks the 20th anniversary of South Africa’s participation in the annual International Coastal Clean-Up. Coordinators, volunteers and sponsors from around the country who participated in this year’s event on 17 September, described it as one as the biggest and the EHVW VLQFH 6RXWK $IULFD RI¿ FLDOO\ EHFDPH part of the movement in 1996.

“The public participation and awareness of the International Coastal Clean-Up seems to grow exponentially from year to year,” said Douw Steyn, sustainability director at Plastics|SA.

More than 100 countries participate annually on the third Saturday of September in the world’s biggest volunteer effort for ocean health. Thousands of volunteers À RFN WR EHDFKHV DURXQG WKH ZRUOG WR SLFN XS and remove litter from beaches and coastal areas.

In South Africa, it is estimated that more than 20 000 volunteers participated in organized beach clean-ups held this year in the three Cape Provinces and in KwaZulu-Natal, with each person collecting an average of 5kg of litter. More than 6000 volunteers turned up to cleanup KZN beaches, despite

torrential rain and wind. Hundreds of bags of litter collected in the Beachwood Mangroves, were sorted by an informal recycling group, the Supa Mamas, and sold to buy back centres in the area.

Plastics|SA and Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife will be spending the next few weeks compilLQJ DQG DQDO\]LQJ WKH VKHHWV WKDW ZHUH ¿ OOHG in by the coordinators and volunteers during the clean-ups. This information will be supplied to Ocean Conservancy, which draws up an annual report that provides the world’s only item-by-item, location-by-location snapshot of marine debris in an annual report.

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In South Africa around 20 000 volunteers participated in organized beach cleanups held this year in the three Cape Provinces and in KwaZulu-Natal, with each person collecting an average of 5kg of litter

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PIPES X: the water problem’s getting worse Still or sparkling? Authorities appear to be underestimating the problem SAPPMA celebrated the 10th presentation of its annual conference at Pipes X on 6 September, and notably that more than 1300 people have attended the events over the past decade ‌ but the simple fact of the matter is that, rather than improve, the water provision situation in southern Africa has deteriorated – but at least more people have been informed of the situation.

Although specifying engineers and municipal managers have been attending the conferences, there appears to be an almost total absence of government RIÂż FLDOV DQG DSSDUHQWO\ FRQVHTXHQW lack of interest from government in the process. Speakers at the SAPPMA event have virtually pleaded for attention to be given to the dire problem.

As SAPPMA director Jan Venter pointed out in his introductory speech, the plastic pipe industry is one of the most important in the southern African region at present. “No, it’s the most important,� said Venter.

And he’s right: although HDPE and PVC pipe do not constitute the largest by weight volume of pipe material used

Gaberone practically ran out of water. annually, pipe made from the materials Its main water supply dam went down to contribute by far the greater length of 1% full (read below). It’s not unrealistic water pipe installed. to expect that such a crisis could occur About 300,000 tons of concrete is in South Africa. Some of the smaller used annually for the manufacture municipalities have already had to face of an estimated 1200kms of pipe. dire situations where reservoirs have run And a large amount of carbon steel dry. is used too, 160,000 tons for about A water shortage crisis appears to be 11,000kms of pipe. But the lengths of looming in Gauteng at present. The Vaal pipe manufactured from HD and PVC Dam was just 32,5% in mid-September, are considerably greater: the 60,000 tons compared to 63,7% of HD used results in at the same time some 36,000kms of pipe ‘Urban population last year, creating and PVC yields even cause for concern. more – the 92,000 tons has just about Johannesburg was of PVC used produces doubled since 1990 GXH WR LPSOHPHQW Âż QHV 42,000kms of pipe. The for water wastage topic of length of pipe is and is now slightly as consumers controversial, however. more than the total appeared reluctant to According to Jan Venter population in 1990’ change consumption RI 6$330$ WKH Âż JXUHV habits. According are “a guesstimate: If the to Johannesburg product mix for a given Water, the Vaal River system calculates period tends towards bigger sizes, the total length reduces and vice versa. There consumption at about 300 litres per person per day, which is well above the LV QR Âż [HG SDWWHUQ SDUWLFXODUO\ LQ +'3( ´ international average of 173 litres per day.

Only shock treatment may result in government authorities giving the The problems VLWXDWLRQ WKH XUJHQW DWWHQWLRQ LW UHTXLUHV The origin of the problems now arising and one of the presentations this year with water supply in Southern Africa looked at the crisis that unfolded across are arguably mainly due to the fact that the border when the Botswana capital

Testing times – With the problems that SAPPMA has undergone to get its pipe standards implemented, it invited a group of global testing authorities to Pipes X for what turned out to be a virtual panel discussion. Gary van Eyk (centre) thanked Abe Stears (SATAS, South Africa), *UDKDP 0DUVEHUJ 3(6& DOVR 6$ 5LFDUGR *DODQ $HQRU LQWHUQDWLRQDO FHUWL¿ FDWLRQ DXWKRULW\ based in Spain) and Federico Sanchez (Ceis, Spain) for their presentations. It’s the most comprehensive presentation on pipe testing technology and systems seen in SA yet

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Alaster Goyns of Pipes cc of Johannesburg has been studying the water disposal situation in Gauteng for many years, and reported his research at the SAPPMA conferences. He says it’s not just about installing new pipe systems, but about maintaining and rehabilitating the infrastructure

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authorities have underestimated the scale of the situation. At the same time, lack of concerted action over the past two decades has escalated the problem.

Alaster Goyns of Pipes cc, a specialist consultant on gravity pipelines and trenchless rehabilitation, summarised the waste water disposal problems in his presentation, ‘PE Pipe for Replacement and Upsizing of Water Supply Pipelines and sewers’.

According to Goyns, a regular contributor at the Pipes conferences, the rate of XUEDQ GHQVLÂż FDWLRQ LQ 6RXWK $IULFD KDV presented an underestimated problem. “When South Africa’s urban areas were Âż UVW VHUYLFHG WKH VWDQG VL]HV SUREDEO\ varied from 1000 to 4000m². Things have changed: for the past two decades the urban population has grown at a rate at least 50% higher than the national average and is currently (2016) estimated at 36.4 million. “This means that the urban population has just about doubled since 1990 and is now slightly more than the total population in 1990. An enormous demand for services, in particular water, has been created. In addition, population densities in both the established and newly GHYHORSHG DUHDV DUH VLJQLÂż FDQWO\ KLJKHU than was envisaged during their original planning. In the former, single dwellings on large stands have been replaced by townhouse complexes; in the latter, many RDP properties have backyard shack dwellers. Âł7KLV GHQVLÂż FDWLRQ PHDQV WKDW ZDWHU

services could be undersized by a factor RI EHWZHHQ Âż YH DQG WHQ WLPHV IRU WKH current demand. The fact that these properties use less water per capita probably PHDQV WKH ORZHU Âż JXUH LV PRUH UHDOLVWLF Water shortages “SA’s situation is compounded by the water shortages. It is understood that at least 25% of the water supply is currently lost due to leakages and during wet periods sewers can at times be overloaded E\ GXH WR LQÂż OWUDWLRQ 7KLV PHDQV WKDW during dry periods there could be a similar DPRXQW Ă€ RZLQJ RXW RI OHDNLQJ VHZHUV DQG polluting the ground water. The combined effect of these losses could mean that about 50% of the water that should be available for recycling is being lost and WKDW D VLJQLÂż FDQW SURSRUWLRQ RI WKH JURXQG water replenishment is polluted. If the problems with losses from old pipelines are not addressed, this will accelerate the looming crisis,â€? he added.

With this background, it’s clear that serious remedial action is necessary. Plus we have noticed that many of the service delivery protests around the country are related to the poor state of water supply.

Goyns further outlined how new trenchless techniques for laying plastic pipe, by reworking older pipe infrastructure which is failing or for laying new pipe, is making it easier to provide water and dispose of wastewater.

According to Goyns, it’s not just about laying new pipes, but rather about rehabilitating the existing network. Technology

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to plan and commit to their usage in the future. One problem seems to be WKDW PDQ\ JRYHUQPHQW GHSDUWPHQWV DUH run by acting directors, with the original LQFXPEHQWV VXVSHQGHG RU XQDYDLODEOH And, ironically, acting personnel may be reluctant to act!

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Safripol hosted a reception on the evening before the show to welcome delegates from Qenos of Australia. Dr Predrag Micic (left) and Dr Brian Egan (second from right) of Qenos were welcomed

by Gert Classen and Bernhard Mahl of Safripol. Dr Micic gave a presentation at Pipes X. Safripol supplies the Qenos PE100 pipe material locally and has a technology exchange agreement with the Australian materials manufacturer

FORMER Springbok captain and SURVIVOR survivor CornÊ Krige gave an interesting keynote speech at SAPPMA’s Pipes X conference in September.

He compared his experiences with leading sports teams to that of his working life and drew parallels, acknowledging that captaining a rugby team, where most if not all of the players have the same goal in mind, was perhaps easier than leading a business. Even if you are not the boss or MD of your company, but have a home and a family, then you too are a leader, said CornĂŠ.

For one reason or another, CornĂŠ became a leader of rugby teams from an early age, eventually captaining the SA national team 18 times. Open and clear about his successes and shortcomings, CornĂŠ mentioned how big a role emotions play in the performance of young

sportsman and how necessary it was to calm players down before games. The fact that opposition players often pick up weaknesses in certain players and then frustrate them to the point where they are distracted, and react aggressively, has parallels in marketplace competition.

As a captain, whether it’s in a sports team or at your place of work or at home, it’s very important to avoid breaking down DQ LQGLYLGXDOœV FRQ¿ GHQFH +H FLWHG DV DQ example one Bok player whose defence was questioned and tested on the eve of a huge match against the All Blacks, whereas in his opinion the player was not selected for his defence but rather for other huge skills he had. The result was almost predictable: the player virtually imploded during the match. With hindsight, the test was unnecessary and boosting the individual’s belief in his better abilities

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might have had a much different result.

But it was the TV show SURVIVOR South Africa in 2014 that proved maybe the toughest for CornÊ. Here, in the reality show on the island of Pulau Besaran off Malaysia, he led a group of 10 where none of the individuals had mutual goals. Just water and sun block were provided, and it duly developed into one of the toughest mental and physical tests of his life. After that experience, CornÊ remarked, he didn’t take anything for granted.

In question time, asked about the highlights of his career, he unexpectedly chose a Super Rugby game in Sydney where, after a relatively long tour, the Stormers were getting trashed and, with their backs to the wall, were able to regroup and turn the tide and ultimately won the game.

That’s what we need more of in our industry, and more of the time too.

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Quality Pipe Manufacturers of HDPE pipe Think big, “Inkuluâ€? is Gabriel Reddy’s motto, who started the new pipe manufacturing business Inkulu Plastic 3LSHV LQ +DPPDUVGDOH .=1 $QG VHOOLQJ LW PLQG \RX 7KH Âż UVW SLSHV SURGXFHG DW KLV QHZ FRPSDQ\ ZHQW GLUHFWO\ IURP PDFKLQH WR WKH EDFN RI WKH GHOLYHU\ WUXFN Âą ZLWKRXW HYHQ WRXFKLQJ WKH IDFWRU\ Ă€ RRU Inkulu Plastic Pipes leased a 3440m2 factory in Hammarsdale. Inkulu Plastic Pipes has not looked back since, and the machines DUH QRZ UXQQLQJ 7KH FRPSDQ\ KDV DOVR DFTXLUHG 6$%6 FHUWLÂż FDWLRQ *DEULHOÂśV WKLUG PDFKLQH DUULYHG LQ $XJXVW *DEULHO believes in always making a plan and satisfying his clients and keeping them happy. His success is due to the support and the good wishes of his very loyal customers and suppliers.

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Exhibitor awards Suppliers to pipe sector and pipe makers show their stuff THE one-day SAPPMA Pipes X conference in September came along with a parallel exhibition, where suppliers to the plastic pipe manufacturing sector showed their wares. The ultimate result in the ‘Best Exhibition Stand’ competition, in the judges’ view, was that Marley and Fiberpipe took bronze; Plasti-Tech 3LSLQJ 6\VWHPV VLOYHU DQG 3LSHĂ€ R walzed off with the gold.

Sun Ace team – Hilary Bungei of Sun Ace Kenya, Gary van Eyk and Reggie Langa of Sun Ace SA enjoyed the show

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that per capita consumption dropped dramatically (it had to).

Gaborone was saved when supply from IXUWKHU DÂż HOG ZDV SURYLGHG $QG VRPH YDOX able lessons were learned in the process.

Besides the engineering aspects of the rescue, WRP became involved in a public awareness programme to prepare people for the crisis, which focussed mainly on obligating people to change their habits and use water extremely conservatively.

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by Osaka Gas and it was found that cast iron pipes and joints; in steel systems no pipes failed but many joints did, but in PE systems, neither pipe nor joints failed.

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Inkulu Plastics delegates included Lenny Pillay, Dikofsi Moloi, Faize Gafoor and Gabriel Reddy Krah’s pipes are being used in numerous large-volume conveyance applications Bßlent Kuzkaya of Krah of Germany gave a presentation about the company’s range of structured wall pipes. Krah GmbH has developed different jointing techniques for its pipes, and the result is that its pipes are suited to many varied applications, for transport of various substances and even for ducting 48 OCT / NOV 2016

BRONZE AWARD Schalk de Klerk, Sanie van den Heever and Louis Kruger were on the Marley stand. A ZLGH YDULHW\ RI FRPSRQHQWV DQG ¿ WWLQJ ZHUH displayed, earning the company the bronze in the exhibition stand shootout Composite solution – Latoya Zambi andTakalani Makhera were on the Fiberpipe stand, showing examples of its GRP and composite pipe solutions

SILVER AWARD Joining solutions – Brad Chamont and Marco Boninelli on the Plasti-Tech Piping Systems stand, where several top European and Chinese brands of pipe joining equipment were shown. They also showed pipe bends with specialised solutions that ensure the ability to withstand extremely high pressures; Plasti-Tech won the silver award

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Plastics, rubber have global growth perspective K in Dßsseldorf presents leading edge technology SINCE 1952, the K trade fair in Dßsseldorf has been presenting tangible evidence of the plastics and rubber industry’s global success. In its seventh decade, the trade fair again shows many examples of the global plastics industry’s impressive growth rates.

In tri-annual intervals, this event provides an overview of leading-edge technological developments. No other event shows polymer engineering, materials, machine, processing and mould engineering in such breadth and depth or a similar abundance of plastic and rubber applications than the ' VVHOGRUI À DJVKLS IDLU $QG WKH WZHQWLHWK HGLWLRQ RI WKH . WUDGH fair in 2016 from 19-26 October is no different: a benchmark and orientation point for anybody interested in a comprehensive overview of the plastics and plastics processing industry.

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production of thermoplastics, the largest and most important segment of the entire range of polymer materials. More than 90% of these were attributed to standard plastics, almost 9% to industrial thermoplastics, while the proportion of other thermoplastics such as high-performance polymers bio-based biodegradable plastics only amounted to one tenth of a percent, respectively.

Asia is top global plastics producer The enormous economic growth experienced by China and PDQ\ FRXQWULHV IURP 6RXWKHDVW $VLD KDV WXUQHG WKH $VLDQ 3DFL¿ F economic region into the world’s largest growth region – with positive repercussions for the global plastics industry. Meanwhile, $VLD UHSUHVHQWV RI DOO SODVWLFV SURGXFWV PDQXIDFWXUHG LQ WKH ZRUOG ,Q PRUH WKDQ RI WKH WRWDO QXPEHU RI SODVWLFV SURFHVVLQJ PDFKLQHV XVHG DOO RYHU WKH ZRUOG FDPH IURP $VLD Today, China has become the most important nation for all segments of the polymer industry: according to data recorded in 2015, China is responsible for 28% of the global polymer production, nearly 33% of the global plastics processing machinery production and also represents the largest individual proportion of the global plastics processing segment.

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>> Global plastics sales: light and darkness Not everywhere in the world shows steady and ULVLQJ ¿ JXUHV IRU SODVWLF PDWHULDOV DQG SURGXFWV like the euro region. The small but exquisite Swiss plastics industry is still reeling from recent developments following the suddenly unpegging of the Swiss franc, which sent the local currency soaring. Particularly Swiss machine manufacturers and plastics processors were hit hard – and virtually overnight.

Outside of Europe, business was slower than expected, particularly in the BRIC states. China KDG WR UHYLVH GRZQ LWV JURZWK ¿ JXUHV ZKLOH ,QGLD LV ¿ JKWLQJ DJDLQVW DQ HYHU LQFUHDVLQJ SUHVVXUH IURP imports. Russia’s industry is struggling with the volatile rouble, sanctions, renewed political insecurities and VKULQNLQJ SUR¿ WV LQ WKH HQHUJ\ VHJPHQW %UD]LO DQG some of its neighbouring states are also suffering from the declining oil price, the export of oil being a major contributor to their national budgets, and have been sliding into economic crisis. In Latin America, plastics producers and many plastics processors have now taken to postponing their investments until things pick up again – when that will be, is highly uncertain. In the meantime, capital goods manufacturers are pinning their hopes on the emerging Asian markets, a strengthened US and Iran’s newly opened markets.

More recycling in Europe In recent years, the issue of marine pollution with plastic products and so-called micro-plastics has attracted major attention from the media and the European population. It has become obvious that this unfortunate development has been caused by dysfunctional waste disposal systems and human misconduct.

Despite the fact that Europe does not range among the largest polluters, the European plastics industry has been making every effort to set up suitable collection systems and to enhance the existing systematic recycling of plastic production waste with viable strategies for re-using plastic post-consumer waste. As a result of legal directives and a variety of efforts and initiatives, recycling rates LQ (XURSH L H (8 SOXV 6ZLW]HUODQG DQG 1RUZD\

have been rising steadily: in 2014, the rate was 69%, about 10 percentage points up from the rate for 2011 and even 21 points up on the recycling rate in (XURSHDQ FRXQWULHV ZLWK ODQGÂż OO EDQV UHFRUG particularly high recycling rates: while these nations Âą 6ZLW]HUODQG $XVWULD WKH 1HWKHUODQGV *HUPDQ\ Sweden, Luxemburg, Denmark, Belgium and Norway Âą UHXVH PRUH WKDQ RI WKHLU SODVWLF ZDVWH Âż YH European countries still only manage to recycle less than 30% of their plastic waste.

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black masterbatches New colour offering meets aesthetic demands in interior applications MODERN Dispersions Inc, a global supplier of thermoplastic compounds and concentrates, has launched blue-tone carbon black masterbatches for use in automotive interior applications.

Modern Dispersions’ three new blue-tone carbon black masterbatches are targeted for door panels, instrument panels and other interior applications.

Typical automotive applications require strong dispersion of pigments into various interior surfaces to match the overall colour scheme. Carbon black is used in auto interiors not only

as a pigment but as a functional Âż OOHU GXH WR LWV DELOLW\ WR LQFUHDVH ultraviolent stability. Colour levels are carefully controlled to insure consistency since variables during processing can affect the colour performance of the masterbatch.

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Visit @ Hall 5, booth C09-4

Bundled expertise on PET Austria’s Starlinger & Co will focus on PET treatment and the processing of rPET in innovative packaging solutions. Starlinger will be showing a PET pet food sack at K – a sack IRU GRJ IRRG PDGH RI U3(7 À DNHV 7KH pinch bottom sack from the PP*STAR product family consists of rPET tape fabric laminated ZLWK SULQWHG 23(7 ¿ OP

Visit Starlinger @ Hall 16, Stand B47 (textile packaging), Hall 9, Stand D21 (recycling technology), Hall 16, Stand B47 (Viscotec) www.starlinger.com

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Additive line for recycled plastic compounds &DQ EH XVHG ZLWK D YDULHW\ RI UHVLQ V\VWHPV IURP SRO\ROH¿ QV WR HQJLQHHUHG SODVWLFV STRUKTOL Company of America, a global supplier of polymer additives, has developed unique process additives for reclaimed and recycled plastics and for polymer compounds that contain recycled content.

These products are useful in a variety of different resin systems from SRO\ROH¿ QV WR HQJLQHHUHG SODVWLFV RIIHULQJ JUHDWHU SURFHVVLQJ HI¿ FLHQF\ and enhanced performance. They are targeted for compounds containing 100% recycled material or materials with varying levels of post-consumer or postindustrial recycled content.

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Experience meets innovation ENGEL to showcase comprehensive range of inject 4.0 products ENGEL will present its inject 4.0 programme at K2016. The aim of Industry 4.0 is a smart factory. With the help of the networking and integration of production systems, the systematic exploitation of machines, process and production data and the use of decentralised, intelligent assistance systems, the manufacturing processes in a smart factory continuously optimise themselves, making it possible to react YHU\ Ă&#x20AC; H[LEO\ WR WKH HYHU PRUH TXLFNO\ FKDQJLQJ UHTXLUHPHQWV 7KH UHVXOW LV JUHDWHU HIÂż FLHQF\ SURGXFWLYLW\ PDFKLQH DYDLODELOLW\ DQG TXDOLW\ Engel is making it possible to actually experience the smart factory at K2016.

For all three areas of the smart factory

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; smart machine, smart production and smart service â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Engel has solutions to support processors to enable their processes to tackle the new challenges.

Engel will demonstrate how the potential of smart machines can be optimally exploited in practice with the manufacture of inject 4.0 logos on an all-electric, tie-bar-less Engel e-motion 80 TL injection moulding machine.

Fluctuating process conditions will

be simulated in the CC300 controller in order to monitor the automatic readjustment of the intelligent assistance systems on the injection moulding machine display. www.engelglobal.com

Visit ENGEL @ Hall 15, Stand C58 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2016

VELOSS

EXTRUSION AND BAG MAKERS

VISHVA EXIM of Ahmedabad, India, has for a number of decades been manufacturing plastics processing machinery, including extrusion systems, slitter-rewinders, pouch-making machines and its very popular VELOSS bag-makers.

Vishva Exim is promoted by Mr Uday Shah who is well-known in the South African market, having visited the country regularly over the past 20 years.

Technical support is provided by Jignesh Patel, who has 20 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience in the ďŹ eld, again a well-known name in the South African market. He visits the country frequently and in fact has a South Africa residence permit.

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The VELOSS machines have proved a popular hit in the South African market. Our customers can vouch for that!

ABA 800 BLOWN FILM EXTRUDER - LIVE DEMO Running with more than 40% filler film for: â&#x20AC;˘ T-shirt bags and bread bags â&#x20AC;˘ Shrink film and stretch film â&#x20AC;˘ Shopping bags and courier bags

VELOSS 800S FULL HOUSE SIDE SEAL - LIVE DEMO â&#x20AC;˘ Running boutique bags

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the bag: high-speed, high-accuracy is the name of the game

Contact us: Vishva Exim Pvt Ltd T: +91 98 797 97910 M: +91 909 991 6958 1225 E: info@vishvaexim.com

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Seamless integration of light and haptics ,Q SURFHVV FRDWLQJ LV PRUH HIÂż FLHQW DQG RIIHUV JUHDWHU IUHHGRP RI GHVLJQ COVESTRO will be showcasing the prototype of a new design for a steering wheel cover. This development features a wide range of colours, surface structures and tactile properties that can be reproduced on the same component from a single mould using DirectCoating.

The coated component is produced in a two-component mould using a twostage process in an injection moulding machine. Having undergone injection PRXOGLQJ LQ WKH Âż UVW FDYLW\ WKH SODVWLF substrate is then transferred to a second cavity that is one coating layer thickness larger. The solvent-free coating system is injected into this mould via a RIM (reaction injection moulding) mixing head. This creates a polyurethanecoated component with outstanding properties that requires virtually no postprocessing.

Having undergone injection moulding LQ WKH Âż UVW FDYLW\ WKH SODVWLF VXEVWUDWH LV then transferred to a second cavity that is one coating layer thickness larger. The solvent-free coating system is injected into this mould via a RIM (reaction injection moulding) mixing head. This creates a polyurethane-coated component with outstanding properties that requires virtually no post-processing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Compared with conventional combination of injection moulding and subsequent spray coating, the integrated process offers great potential for reducing logistics effort, energy consumption and space. This and an impressive degree of design IUHHGRP LV ZKHUH WKH VLJQLÂż FDQW DGGHG value of the process lies,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Johannes Scherer, head of Covestroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DirectCoating/DirectSkinng program.

One mould for colour, surface and feel The coated component is produced in a two-component mould using a two-stage process in an injection moulding machine.

Virtually unlimited design freedom The component itself can be transparent, translucent or opaque. Its surface can be coated in various colours, decorated with

D PDWWH RU KLJK JORVV Âż QLVK RU SURWHFWHG with scratch-resistant functional coatings.

There are also various tactile and surface structuring options.

This is another advantage direct coating has over spray coating. The injected coating can also reproduce contours such as sharp or rounded edges and raised surfaces because it accurately depicts the mold surface.

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At K 2016 Covestro will be showcasing a design variant with a thin illuminated strip that highlights the contour of the steering wheel cover and produces an ambient light effect. This is achieved by leaving the translucent thermoplastic substrate uncoated in the area of the VWULS $ OLJKW VRXUFH Âż WWHG EHKLQG WKH substrate can then shine through the strip to create this delightful visual effect.

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Perfect preforms THE PreWatcher III by the German company INTRAVIS is an inspection system especially designed for inline inspection of preforms. It inspects the quality characteristics of up to 72,000 preforms per hour.

At this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s K-Fair in Dusseldorf, a new version of the PreWatcher ,,, ZLOO EH VKRZFDVHG IRU WKH Âż UVW WLPH %HVLGHV UHÂż QHG FDYLW\ QXPEHU reading, one major improvement is the two way conveyor, which allows for better feeding of the centrifugal unit and optimizes the system for inline use. Another improvement is a new 16:9 monitor with a 21.5-inch display, which makes it easier to observe current and new inspection modules â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as in the future, even more preform characteristics can be inspected by the system.

The system can be installed behind an injection moulding machine and has a footprint of eight square meters. %RWK LQOLQH DQG RIĂ&#x20AC; LQH LQVSHFWLRQ DUH possible, the latter in combination with D EXQNHU WLSSHU DQG RFWDELQ Âż OOHU $Q orientation mechanism operating with centrifugal force is integrated directly into the system. Six cameras are

The PreWatcher III in its updated version including numerous improvements in hardware and software

responsible for the thread and body inspection while two cameras inspect the top sealing surface and the gate area.

The PreWatcher III also offers switchable lighting, with the standard lighting being white for transparent or translucent preforms of any colour. For virtually opaque coloring, as is often

used with beer preforms, infrared light is an additional possibility. With the PreWatcher III being the only inspection system on the market to do cavity number reading, further lighting has been added to improve this function. www.intravis.com

Visit Intravis @ Hall 11, Stand A58 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2016

T he Sample - PreWatcher.

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Injection Gate & Dome

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Thermoforming systems with decoration, hygiene & productivity in focus IN focus at the ILLIG stand will be the performance of in-mould labelling in thermoforming (IML-T), hygienic production and enhanced productivity through technical optimization, as well as the systematic expansion of automation. )RU WKH Âż UVW WLPH LQ LWV ODWHVW VWDJH RI GHYHORSPHQW WKH ,0/ 7 thermoforming line IC-RDM 70K together with the compact ,0/ XQLW 5'0/ E IRU Ă&#x20AC; H[LEOH GHFRUDWLRQ RI QHDUO\ DQ\ FXS geometry will be demonstrated at the K 2016. $OVR PDNLQJ LWV GHEXW DW WKH . VWDQG ZLOO EH D Ă&#x20AC; H[LEOH SURGXFW handling system. Adapted for the ILLIG IC-RDK 54, this combination accelerates production for enhanced productivity.

Visitors will also get to see the latest in ILLIG mould-making technology with new moulds on display.

Leading IML-T technology An automatic IC-RDM 70K roll-fed machine with a forming area of 680mm x 300mm coupled with the IML unit RDML 70b will be on display at the K stand to demonstrate the IML-T technology.

The 18-cavity mould has an hourly output of approximately 17,280 rectangular PP cups that are simultaneously decorated on all four sides plus the bottom with a brilliant photo-quality label during the forming process.

Rapid unveils next-generation

shredders for plastics

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)HDWXUH ZRUOG Âż UVW ÂľRSHQ KHDUWHGÂś GHVLJQ SIZE-reduction technology specialist Rapid Granulator is introducing a new family of shredders for plastics: The Raptor Series. These modularly GHVLJQHG XQLWV IHDWXUH D ZRUOG Âż UVW with their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;open-heartedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; design.

Other notable design features include a unique cutting system, tilt-back hopper, and design for integrated granulation. The Raptor Series has been designed using the more than 70 years of accumulated knowledge in size reduction, in order to maximize productivity with a minimum cost of ownership. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Raptor Series is a shredder and granulator hybrid with the shredderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heavy-duty cutting technology combined with granulator features such as Rapidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;open heartedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; design that makes it super-easy to operate, service and clean,â&#x20AC;? said Rapid global sales and marketing director, Bengt Rimark. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Raptor Series has been developed with 100% focus on every single detail that is of importance for plastic processors, in order to create simplicity and a minimum cost of ownership. As we develop and manufacture both granulators and shredders, we make sure that the machines are tailored for each other and that we can provide complete recycling systems, direct from Rapid.â&#x20AC;?

Rapid offers 36 base FRQÂż JXUDWLRQV RI WKH 5DSWRU to handle various customer applications. The modular systems feature two diameters and two widths (800mm and 1.350mm). There are two system designs for pushing material into the rotor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; FlexiPUSH and PowerPUSH. The PowerPUSH is available with an extended pusher length (PowerPUSHXT); there are also three different cutting systems: Quad Cut, Claw, and Power Wedge.

Vist Rapid Granulators @ Hall 9, Stand E19 Rapid Granulators are represented

by Eder Design in South Africa

Rapidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;open heartedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; design and tilt back hopper gives direct and unrestricted access ZKLFK GUDVWLFDOO\ VLPSOLÂż HV VHUYLFH FOHDQLQJ DQG maintenance

Raptor 800 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; One of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;open heartedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; shredders from Rapidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new shredder series

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The ILLIG RDK machines are ideal for producing transparent cups for fresh foods, such as meats, and packaging lids, among other applications

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IML-T for premium-quality decoration and an effective shelf appearance â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Brilliantly decorated packaging made of PP and applied simultaneously during the forming process will be demonstrated at the K2016 on an ILLIG IC-RDML 70 with an 18-cavity mould ILLIGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s IML-T can apply brilliantly decorated labeling to thermoformed cups of the most varied geometries

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Peacock vase

By Steve Lee of Aprilli, USA Peacock is inspired by the shape of a radially spread peacock display to form a beautiful screen with unique patterns and a central focal point. Consisting of 21 individual stems, 3D printed and interconnected with each other in an RUJDQLF IRUP WKH YDVH UDLVHV Ã&#x20AC; RZHUV KLJKHU XS LQ WKH DLU SURYLGLQJ PRUH YLVLELOLW\ DQG DWWHQWLRQ WR WKH Ã&#x20AC; RUDO DUUDQJHPHQWV 7KH GLVWLQFWLRQ LQ EHWZHHQ the inner and outer layers gives more depth to the overall arrangement.

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By Marc Scimé, Studio for Design, USA Bend is a modular seating system with softened angular shapes that completes %HQG DQG 7UDQVLWLRQ D VFDODEOH DQG versatile seating and table ecosystem for domestic and public gathering areas.

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2016 Muse knockdown chair

By HanYi Huang & Alexandros Stasinopoulos, Taiwan MUSE is a knockdown chair suitable for indoor & outdoor. Its smooth cantilever EDFN VKHOO SURYLGHV JUHDW VXSSRUW Ã&#x20AC; H[LELOLW\ 7KH EROG SODVWLF HDV\ WR VFUHZ OHJV FDQ EH HDVLO\ UHJXODWHG LQ RUGHU WR DGMXVW WKHLU KHLJKW DQG VWDELOL]H WKH FKDLU LI SODFHG RQ XQHYHQ VXUIDFHV 7KH PDLQ ERG\ LV PDGH RI 33 UHLQIRUFHG ZLWK JODVV ¿ EUHV 7KH OHJV DUH JDV LQMHFWHG IRU D OLJKWHU \HW VWURQJ IRXQGDWLRQ ZKLOH WKH JOLGHV DUH PDGH RI VRIW UXEEHU GRXEOH LQMHFWHG ZLWK 33 WR SURWHFW WKH Ã&#x20AC; RRUV IURP scratches.

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By Nimet Basar Kesdi & Hatice Server Kesdi, Turkey SHARELIGHT is designed as distributable lightning product for homes and public spaces. It consists of 11 parts including a main body which functions as a charging and collection unit and 10 small units as extensions attached to the main body with magnets and charged wirelessly.

The main body of the light is manufactured using rotational moulding with ABS. All electronic units are embedded in the main body. The distributable units are plastic injection moulded ABS.

Blue Lamp

By Sayoko Shibuya, United Kingdom THIS lighting design channels light through bubbles on the lower part of the lamp shade and creates a relaxed and calm environment, whilst also giving a strong physical and emotional impression through the unique texture and OLJKW GLIIXVLRQ $FU\OLF ZDV XVHG DV LW LV À H[LEOH XQGHU KHDW .The acrylic sheet is heated to 200 degree for 15 - 20 minutes to create bubbles. It is then cut to size, polished and reheated before placing it into a mould to ensure consistent design.

Large size: 450mm x 350mm x 200mm 5mm cast acrylic.

Medium size: 250mm x 250mm x 370mm 3mm cast acrylic.

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Fanclastic Construction set

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By Sokolov Dmitriy & Skvortstov Aleksey, Russia

'\QDPLF 7UDIÀ F &RQH Fanclastic is an educational construction set designed for children and adults to play with. Each detail of the construction set has three unique types of connections which allow the construction of tridimensional objects and cubic lattice like models.

Each detail of the construction set is produced in a press mould machine from ABS, free of phthalates.

By The School of Industrial Design in LAFA, China 7KH WUDI¿ F FRQH LV OLJKW DQG VPDOO DQG LQFOXGHV WKUHH IRUPV closed, opened and extended. It is powered by solar energy panels under LEDS so that it can also be used as a street lamp at night. The cone was manufactured using one-step injection moulding.

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Are our product designers being taken for granted?

Method proposed to incentivize designers in working environment ARE OUR product designers being taken for granted?

Challenging designers “One feels, to make the market a more interesting and challenging place, deIt’s very possible that this may the case. signers should be given carte blanche or A brilliant idea can change the world, but freedom to express as a whole. If a deit won’t necessarily make the originator of signer thinks up a creative or novel idea, that idea or that change – in this case the they should be in a position to engage designer – rich. in an amicable way with their employer Many company owners and major whilst pitching the creative concept corporate groups such as the big brand and perhaps jointly pitching the idea to organisations appear to take this speciala corporate, such as one of the brand ised service for granted. They appear to companies, to improve a particular feel that, because they employ designers, brand. This in return gives the designer they own them, but some designers are job satisfaction, that his offer has been a not entirely happy with this situation. For worthwhile exercised journey. employers to expect 24/7 commitment “No praise is needed here, but a IURP RI¿ FH RU IDFWRU\ ZRUNHUV LV WR EH sense of job satisfaction will have been expected, but how can you expect some achieved because the designer now to be creative? feels that he has gained the respect and What should happen to make a comFUHGLW IRU LPSURYLQJ D VSHFL¿ F FRUSRUDWH pany grow in stature with new, attractive brand in what is a robust and comand creative products, is that designers petitive market,” the should be incentivised designed said.

E\ ¿ QGLQJ D PHDQV WR “Designers should Once the pitch has motivate them in their be in a position to lay been well received daily work. Besides and approved by the earning their normal claim that it is their employer and the salaries, perhaps they right to have their brand owners, then deserve a ‘little extra for all parties concerned ideas intellectually self-creativity’. should be allowed to “What I’m saying protected” enter into an agreeis that a designer ment to develop the idea further using will always be at a negative because, its strategic departmental marketing whenever a designer makes pitches or structure. One area where this applies suggestions, companies and corporates particularly is the plastics packaging claim fame by feeding off a proposal. If a ¿ HOG VLQFH PRVW PDUNHWLQJ SDFNDJLQJ designer comes up with a novel idea they KDV WKH VSHFL¿ F QHHG IRU DWWUDFWLYH LQQR should be in a position to lay claim that it vations to improve sales. Here creative is his/her right to have this intellectually concepts catch the eye and challenge protected,” said a local designer recently. other brands out there.

“That would allow the designer to have Due to the extraordinary costs to the design patented or design registered manufacture tooling to produce such under his/her name and be rewarded innovative ideas, an employee together with a royalty return for their efforts over with the brand owners could set aside and above their monthly salary. In this funds to support the development in modern day and era, most manufacturorder to make the idea/innovation a realing corporate companies misappropriate ity. After all, brand owners do have the and lay claim to such innovations without power to engage in developments that giving designers credit where it’s due. Too will enhance their brand against those of often designers are told by their superiors competitiors. what to do when it comes down to being This way it will become a win-win situinnovative, without any kind of reward,” ation where all involved are real winners. the designer added.

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FEATURE Lagos, Nigeriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest city, sprawls inland from the Gulf of Guinea across Lagos Lagoon

Devaluing of Naira provides tough learning â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in Nigeria Why do we accept that our currencies are so under-valued?

or applying for dollars is not an easy process and there is no guarantee you will get an allocation. The implications IT HAS BEEN an incredible six months RI WKLV DUH VLJQLÂż FDQW HVSHFLDOO\ LI \RX for me, living and working in Lagos, have a factory to run. Those who do Nigeria. Currently I stay in Ikoyi and get dollars for raw materials remain in work in an area called Isolo. a strong position, with high local Naira This has to be the best school in the prices becoming the norm. Even the world right now, with the value of the local polymer producer, Indorama, has Naira having dropped by 50% in recent had challenges accessing US$ for their weeks and the parallel market price for feedstock raw material purchases.

US dollars probably in the region of an Key lessons for me during the short additional 20% worse than that, touching six months so far have been twofold: 400 Naira to the US$ in early August. Âż UVW WKHUH LV D IXQGDPHQWDO HUURU LQ WKH Nigeria became the largest economy way us Africans accept in Africa two years ago, that the value of our driven by high oil prices and Danger local currency is worth excess demand. However, of being reliant considerably less than the crash in the oil price that of the dollar, Euro over the past 18 months (it on one major or Pounds. As a South was at $44,50 at the time of income generator African, why must you writing) has highlighted the (such as oil) work 14 times harder to QHHG IRU GLYHUVLÂż FDWLRQ LQ access 1US$ or 18 times the Nigerian economy. harder to earn GBP? The longer African Doing business here is certainly economies lie dormant in accepting this, unique, with high levels of foreign the longer countries on the other side of reserves having dried up and the need the world will determine our future. to protect the remaining reserves Secondly, if you are ever reliant on one causing a shortage in US$ supply to all major income generator (such as oil), you manufacturers who need to import key had better play a big part in establishing raw materials. Opening letters of credit

BY SHAUN BOUWER, VINMAR, NIGERIA

Nigeria is a republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. It comprises 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja is located. The population was estimated at 182 million people in 2015.

Nigeria has a resilient manufacturing industry which includes plastics, vehicles, leather and textiles. The Nigerian plastics industry has grown from 50 companies with a production capacity of just 100 tons in 1960 to over 3000 companies with a production capacity of over 100,000 tons per year.

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shops to big multinational injection moulding companies employing over 500 staff. Nigeriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plastics subsector comprises of both polymer production and plastics conversion. The plastics industry is fragmented and largely dominated by foreign players (mainly of Indian and Lebanese origin). Most new entrants over WKH ODVW Âż YH \HDUV KDYH EHHQ PHGLXP DQG small scale producers, producing mainly PET plastics for packaging food, soft drinks, water and other beverages.

Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals is 1LJHULDÂśV VROH SRO\ROHÂż QV PDQXIDFWXUHU producing HDPE, LDPE and polypropylene at its plant in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

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How do asynchronous dosing systems work?

Mo explains: With asynchronous dosing the individual material components of a recipe are dosed in portions independently from the processing machine cycle, therefore an additional mixing device is required.

VOLUMETRIC dosing systems can be operated asynchronously or synchronously. For each method, you can choose between metering all components or metering all components except the main one.

For asynchronous dosing where all the components are metered, all materials for a recipe are fed to a mixer from their respective dosing modules. The control system for the dosing unit is not integrated with the control system of the downstream equipment. A probe in the mixer starts and

stops the dosing cycle when it detects material. The dosing system runs until the SUREH LV FRYHUHG DJDLQ DQG WKH ¿ QDO GRV LQJ F\FOH LV FRPSOHWHO\ ¿ QLVKHG Alternatively, there is the variation where all components except the main one are metered. This is frequently deployed for injection moulding machines for the addition of one or two ingredients (additives). In this method, the main component (granulate) is continuously fed into throat of the processing machine.

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Rise of transparent polymers in the Middle East New polymers being produced in Middle East an interesting trend

BY DR NIALL MARSHALL

TRANSPARENCY is something that is generally valued in many applications.

The Middle East is well known for SURGXFLQJ SRO\ROH¿ Q JUDGHV WKDW SURYLGH good clarity, usually in packaging, such DV FODUL¿ HG SRO\SURS\OHQH %233 JUDGHV DQG SRO\HWK\OHQH ¿ OP JUDGHV +RZHYHU it is not widely seen as a supplier of transparent polymer. This is changing.

2QH RI WKRVH WUDQVSDUHQW SRO\PHUV is polystyrene, but various grades of polystyrene, both transparent and opaque, have been produced in the Middle East for many years. There are two large producers of polystyrene in Saudi Arabia and another large producer in Egypt. Approximately WRQV RI *336 DQG +,36 DUH produced in the Middle East every year.

Another transparent polymer produced in the Middle East is PET. The most common use of PET is packaging: monoand multilayer sheets for packaging meat and cheese; injection stretch blow moulded bottles for carbonated soft drinks, water and fruit juices; smooth, glossy thermoformed containers for fresh fruit and vegetables and yoghurts and GDLU\ SURGXFWV ,Q WKH 0LGGOH (DVW WKHUH are a number of producers of PET, the ODUJHVW EHLQJ LQ 2PDQ SURGXFLQJ PRUH than 1 million tons per year of PET resin and sheet with another 750 000 tpa being produced in Saudi Arabia and 420 000 tpa in Egypt.

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Either as part of a strategy to become a major player in engineering polymers, which included the acquisition of GE Plastics, or as a result of being one the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest producers of engineering SRO\PHUV IROORZLQJ WKH DFTXLVLWLRQ 6$%,& began the process of producing new polymers in Saudi Arabia.

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Almost half the PC produced is sold in the Middle East (including Turkey) where it is mostly used in sheet which is used in URR¿ QJ VN\OLJKWV DQG OLJKW FRYHUV DV ZHOO as in electronic components, packaging, appliances and optical media (CDs, '9'V %OX UD\ GLVNV

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as computer and cell-phone housings.

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Polyacetal is also used in certain projects where its corrosion resistance, good slide behaviour without lubrication and wear resistance makes it an interesting material for metal-replacement.

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mastered German and the art of injection moulding Wily Englishman was entertaining and insightful BRYAN Stanley Hodson, the wily Englishman who was the agent for Engel injection moulding machinery in South Africa for over two decades, during which time he made an important contribution towards the development of the sector in the country, passed away recently in Johannesburg at the age of 72.

Though physically diminutive, Bryan made up for that with incisive intellectual abilities, including a knack to learn languages easily â&#x20AC;&#x201C; he was one of the few %ULWLVK SHRSOH WR VSHDN *HUPDQ Ă&#x20AC; XHQWO\ and he was thus well received by Engel (an Austrian company) and the injection moulding community in general, which for long was led globally by a number of top German manufacturers.

Bryan was born on 15 November 1944 in Manchester, England. His father was still in the army, his mother had to work and Denis, his older brother by 12 years, was his best friend and with who he had a strong bond throughout his life. After school he went to a technical college and excelled at chemistry DQG VFLHQFH +LV Âż UVW MRE ZDV ZLWK ,UZLOO 5XE ber in Salford.

Languages were easy for Bryan and he taught himself German from a language

school tape. He spoke and wrote it so well that he began translating technical material.

An injection moulding company in Germany advertised a position for their English-speaking client division. Bryan applied, got the job and moved to Vlotho an der Weser, a little town between Hannover and Bielefeld in Germany, where he met his future wife Swanhild. They married two years later, in May 1972 and had two daughters.

Bryan loved any outdoor sport, he was DQ H[FHOOHQW VNLHU DQG PDVWHUHG GLIÂż FXOW Glacier skiing. Summer weekends were spent swimming or sailing on the lakes in the Black Forest of Switzerland. Gliding was added to his activities and he spent many happy hours in the little plane gliding up KLJK ,Q KH ZDV VHQW WR 6RXWK $IULFD WR Âż QG D QHZ DJHQW IRU %XFKHU *H\HU EXW instead fell in love with the country and the opportunities it offered. The couple immigrated to South Africa, where Bryan joined Bordic Sales. They explored the then wide open spaces around Johannesburg DQG IXUWKHU DÂż HOG VXFK DV WKH WKHQ (DVWHUQ Transvaal, and became hooked on the beauty and tranquillity of the Kruger Park and game watching. ,Q %U\DQ DSSOLHG WR EH WKH DJHQW IRU

Engel, the Austrian manufacturer of injection moulding machines. He was accepted and started building up the businessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interests in South Africa. At that time he was also studying at Damelin College for a business PDQDJHPHQW DQG Âż QDQFH GLSORPD +H Âż Q LVKHG ZLWK Ă&#x20AC; \LQJ FRORXUV DQG (QJHO $XVWULD offered him the position of MD of Engel SA. $W KH ZDV VWLOO D UHODWLYH \RXQJVWHU EXW he took up the challenge with enthusiasm, RYHUVHHLQJ WKH FRQVWUXFWLRQ RI D QHZ RIÂż FH building with showroom and spare parts division in Strijdom Park.

Some major projects ensued, with Engel becoming the machine of choice for many of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top convertors.

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Henry Louw, founding chairman of Polyoak, and his wife Lynette, both received their 35 years of service

Congrats to Polyoakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Henry Louw, 35 not out ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CONGRATS to Henry Louw of Polyoak, who has been at the helm of this top plastic packaging manufacturer for 35 years. The milestone was celebrated at Polyoakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Long Service Awards in September where he received his long-service award. Several other Polyoak personnel received awards for over 25 years of service across the country.

When Henry and colleagues took over the company in 1981, Polyoak was a relatively small blow and injection moulding business in Cape Town run by John Nield.

The company had literally started in Nieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garage. Hair curlers were its main product and, before you laugh, it needs to be pointed out that these plastic mouldings were quite revolutionary at the time â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and just about walking off the shelves.

Polyoak also manufactured oak-lookalike foamed polyurethane items, some of them decorative simulated wood products, hence the name.

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Polyoak soon commenced a trajectory which has continued since. It started making its own moulds and entered the packaging market in 1983, began moulding garment hangers for Woolworths in 1985 DQG VHW XS LWV ¿ UVW SODQW RXWVLGH WKH &DSH in Johannesburg, in 1987. It has since created various other divisions, including Dairypack (1986), African Closures (1988), PolyPet (1999) and Contan (2012).

The management team led by Henry has created a culture where employees have bought into the growth and success of the group, to the point where Polyoak now operates with 33 manufacturing plants around South Africa, including plants in Namibia and Zimbabwe, and employs over 2000 people around the country.

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THERE is an exciting new agency collaboration LQ WRZQ IRU WKH ¿ UVW WLPH LQ 6RXWK $IULFD D SDFNDJLQJ WHFKQRORJ\ FRQVXOWDQF\ KDV MRLQHG forces with a packaging design agency to form an alliance that ensures customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; concepts are seamlessly, professionally and strategically translated into products. Ingrid Schoeman (left), MD of Packaging IS, has 25 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience working with FMCG packaging and materials and has an in-depth understanding of packaging components across the spectrum of applications, print technology, and legislation SHUWDLQLQJ WR WKH ODEHOOLQJ RI IRRGVWXIIV $QJHOD Deary, MD of Calibre Brand Solutions, has been at the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s helm for the last 25 years.

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Appointments & on the move Claus Maurer has been appointed Executive: Technical Services at African Cables in Vereeniging. He was previously procurement manager ATC Telecom Cables in Brits. %UHWW *ULIÂż WKV, production manager at BIC in Industria, Johannesburg, has accepted a promotion with the company and taken up a position at BIC Dubai. Congratulations.

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Tony Dean retired at the end of June after 32 years in the thermoplastic pipe and Âż WWLQJV PDQXIDFWXULQJ LQGXVWU\ +H ZDV formerly managing director of Petzetakis Africa until 2006 and in the same year joined Flo-Tek Botswana and South Africa as CEO. In November 2013 he joined Rare Plastics as MD, working with the new pipe manufacturer until his recent retirement.

Tony has decided to consult to the industry and has formed a new company, Lynton Consulting; based in Johannesburg.

6WHSKHQ :RROYHQ has been appointed business development manager at Hosaf, the KAP group company based in Durban.

After completing sales & marketing studies, Stephen became involved in chemical and polymers sales â&#x20AC;Ś and has spent his career to date in this sector. He has gained experience at Holpro Chemicals; ICI , Associated Additives and most recently at Protea Chemicals in Durban. He takes over from the late Steven Bird.

The appointment comes at an auspicious time for Hosaf, with the company ramping up production of PET from 128,000 tons a year to a massive 240,000 tpa. The additional capacity is expected to come on stream in mid-August 2017. At present Hosaf, South Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only manufacturer of PET (and indeed the only manufacturer in Southern Africa), cannot supply SAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demand for the material, so Stephen faces an interesting challenge for the near future.

Albert Pretorius has been appointed technical sales manager for KZN for Advanced Polymers. With a varied career that has mixed both converting

and polymer sales experience, the new appointment with Advanced is an exciting step for Albert. After starting out in the SA SROLFH IRUFH ZKHUH RIÂż FHUV OHDUQ PXFK about the tricks of con artists), where he spent a number of years, Albert got LQYROYHG LQ SODVWLFV FRQYHUWLQJ Âż UVW ZLWK a leading packaging manufacturer and then with a brushware business. He then moved into polymer sales and worked at Plastomark and Protea Polymers. He PRYHG GRZQ WR 'XUEDQ Âż YH \HDUV DJR DQG earlier this year accepted the position as Advanced Polymersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; new manager for the KZN region.

(PSOR\PHQW FUHDWLRQ GULYH LQ :HVWHUQ Cape â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tooling consultant Kassiem Omar has taken up a post as Deputy Director: Work & Skills Programme for Occupations in the Department of Economic Development & Tourism (DEDAT) at the Western Cape government. Omar, formerly of the Institute for Advanced Tooling at Stellenbosch University, is now involved in work placement for unemployed youth in the region. The programme starts from four-month work readiness learnerships and hopefully culminates in permanent jobs.

We wish Kassiem well. One of his plans is to convince plastic converting companies to partner with DEDAT to take on such young individuals, whom the Western Cape government is backing with stipend funding. Interested companies can contact .DVVLHP DW GXULQJ RIÂż FH hours. (DEDAT also has a division for artisan placements.)

1HZ *0 IRU $PFRUÂśV /LTXL)RUP YHQWXUH â&#x20AC;&#x201C; AMCOR Rigid Plastics has appointed $VKLVK 6D[HQD as general manager of LiquiForm Group LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amcor. Saxena will be based at the Amcor plant in Saline, Michigan, USA. He will be responsible for directing the LiquiForm technology from concept to commercialization. LiquiForm is a EUHDNWKURXJK EORZ PRXOGLQJ DQG Âż OOLQJ

manufacturing technology which uses consumable, pressurised liquid instead of compressed air to form plastic containers. %\ FRPELQLQJ WKH ERWWOH IRUPLQJ DQG Âż OOLQJ processes into one step, this gamechanging technology eliminates numerous PDQXIDFWXULQJ VWHSV VLJQLÂż FDQWO\ UHGXFLQJ cost and waste.

Mauritian-born Florence Douteau has been appointed business development manager for Boxmore Packagingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mauritian operation. With a clear mandate to develop a new customer base in the Indian Ocean islands, she aims to focus on building relationships and maintaining customer loyalty.

6KDULQ 6ZHHW has been appointed to Boxmore Packagingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s board as group sales director. She joined Boxmore in December 2012 as sales manager and was promoted to group sales manager in March 2015.

6KH Âż UVW MRLQHG WKH SDFNDJLQJ LQGXVWU\ LQ 1999 with Huhtamaki Flexible Packaging.

From there she joined Astrapak and then Tadbik Pack SA, gaining experience in a UDQJH RI Ă&#x20AC; H[LEOH SDFNDJLQJ VXEVWUDWHV IURP laminates to monowebs in a variety of print processes.

Her current post at Boxmore sees her providing direction for a team comprising of the divisional sales manager for beverages, the divisional sales manager for specialities and the group internal sales manager.

Sweetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role is crucial to remaining â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;in touchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; with the market. As a dedicated resource on sales and customers, she can manage customer behaviour, monitor trends and now be empowered to make decisions.

PETCO recently welcomed Janine Basson as Stakeholder Relations Manager. Janine, who graduated with a degree in Marine Biology, has spent most of her career working in communications DQG PDUNHWLQJ VSHFLÂż FDOO\ IRFXVHG RQ sustainability issues, including time spent with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), managing the WWF-SASSI programme, and Pick â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;n Pay.

Farewell to George Warman, one of SAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top trade publishers up at the 1952 Olympics in GEORGE Warman, the raconHelsinki. After that he became teur publisher who set up one of involved fulltime in trade South Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most successful publishing in South Africa, trade publishing houses, passed ZRUNLQJ ¿ UVW IRU 7KRPVRQV +H away recently at the age of 91. became involved in the plasBorn in May 1925 in Burgtics industry just as the sector ersdorp, Warmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family later began to grow in South Africa, moved to Johannesburg and he with the PLASTICS & PAINT went to school at Jeppe. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d The bowtieclad publisher publication at Thomsons provEDUHO\ ¿ QLVKHG ZKHQ DJHG George Warman ing popular. he signed up for the Royal Navy His reporting ability and prowess at in 1943, at the height of World War II, partnering with some of the industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possibly exaggerating his age to get in. leaders suggested he had a successful In what was a major step for a youngster formula and it came as no surprise when from the platteland, George took it in his he started his own business, George stride and joined the British destroyer :DUPDQ 3XEOLFDWLRQV LQ 7KH HMS Kimberley which, incredibly, was journal PLASTICS SOUTHERN AFRICA one of the few ships to survive the war ZDV *:3¶V ¿ UVW KLW 2WKHUV VRRQ IRO unscathed. lowed, including Machine Tool Review, Then, with similar enthusiasm, he beLaboratory Market Spectrum and Archicame a correspondent and next popped

tecture SA, and the house eventually SXEOLVKHG RYHU WLWOHV Warmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business trajectory reDOO\ WRRN RII LQ WKH PLG V ZKHQ KH gained the local rights to publish the medical journal UPDATE along with a number of other British medical and dental publications. GWPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heyday was WKH V DQG WKH VXFFHVV DWWUDFWHG the attention of investors, leading to his decision to sell the company in 1998. But without Warmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s panache and drive, the business began to falter almost immediately and within a few years all WKH WLWOHV KDG Ã&#x20AC; RXQGHUHG DQG YLUWXDOO\ all folded. What promised so much produced so little, and it was a disappointing end for what had up till that point been a ¿ YH GHFDGH MR\ ULGH ZLWK PXFK VXFFHVV and laughter with one of the lasting luminaries of the SA trade publishing sector.

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ARMSA implements own tank standards Âľ3ROLFLQJÂś RI VWDQGDUGV XVHG WR OHYHO SOD\LQJ Âż HOG AFTER years of expectancy and even anticipation, ARMSA has decided to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;get goingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and is implementing its own tank standards system.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the net result after the Association of Rotational Moulders of Southern Africa held its tank standards workshop in Johannesburg in September.

ARMSA has been working with the SABS for approximately the past decade, submitting its draft tank standards, but came to the realization earlier this year that the introduction of the standard cannot be delayed any longer.

About 45 people attended the workshop at Emperorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Palace near OR Tambo on 22 September, and GHOHJDWHV ZHUH LQWHUHVWHG WR KHDU Âż UVW

hand, of the standards implementation process experience of SAPPMA, the regional plastic pipe manufacturersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; body. According to SAPPMA director Jan Venter, numerous requests had been made to the SABS (Bureau of Standards) but response was usually either delayed or didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t materialise. At the end of last year SAPPMA noticed a large number of manufacturing permits had expired and approached the SABS on the topic. No FODULÂż FDWLRQ ZDV UHFHLYHG ,W WKHQ EHFDPH apparent that the SABS and SANS (South African National Standards) were in fact operating separately, whereas most manufacturers had been under the impression that they were part of the same body. To add to the complication, another organisation, SANAS (an accreditation system) is also active.

With ARMSA, the tank standards history is even longer. Standards from Australia were adopted in 1988, but these were never fully recognised. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where are we now with tanks standards?â&#x20AC;? asked ARMSA chairman Wayne Wiid. Âł,W ZRXOG EH TXLFNHU DQG PRUH FRVW effective to use our own ARMSA standards,â&#x20AC;? he added. The ARMSA standards have been drawn up in a SANS document (1731:201X) and are comprehensive and far-reaching. The standards cover virtually every aspect of production, such as levels of UV additives DOORZHG PLQLPXP 0), OHYHOV PLQLPXP accelerated weather testing periods; use of recycled material content (which is zero); FDA or European Union food compatibility levels and, among others,

Product of Year 2016 roto winners The usual suspects â&#x20AC;Ś continue the process of perfecting their products ONE has to wonder why some companies remain so reluctant to enter product design FRPSHWLWLRQV ,QGXVWU\ UHVHDUFK LQ 6RXWK Africa last year showed that slightly more convertors were involved in R+D than expected, which was a relief as the reverse trend would have been a very negative sign.

And, although some manufacturers assure that they have products but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to enter due to the risk of being copied, or donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seek the limelight, their reluctance to enter does leave the suspicion that, possibly, not much product development is taking place.

But those who join in the spirit of the challenge do get rewards, while recognition for the design and production teams back at the plant tends to create positive momentum.

At this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ARMSA Product of the Year competition, entries were received from a handful of companies, ironically including some of the more successful businesses in the roto sector.

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And the winners are â&#x20AC;Ś Gary Wiid of Pioneer Plastics, James Kitching of Duys Roto Moulders and Gerrit du Plessis of JoJo Tanks were winners at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ARMSA Product of the Year awards. Pioneer got gold, JoJo silver and Duys a commendation at the event at Emperors Palace

Electric chair â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The indoor/outdoor chair seat from Duys Rotomoulders is designed to be robust and usable in all environments. Designed in a singlecavity steel mould, the expected use is recreational, industrial as well as in administration environments.

The chair is made from LLDPE compound material and is equally suitable around a swimming pool or in a hospital waiting room. Add on features include D FXVKLRQHG VHDW ZDWHU Âż OOHG LQOHW WR UHGXFH ULVN RI theft) and illumination point for low voltage light. Duys received a commendation for this new product

Product of Year 8-day ice test â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wild Coolerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; coolbox from Pioneer Plastics, which won the ARMSA Product of the Year competition for 2016, is a beast of moulding. Previously we had the 7-day test, where frozen goods had to remain chilled for a week â&#x20AC;Ś well, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got more severe: itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now an 8-day test. The Wild Cooler achieves this through additional insulation, in the form of a polyurethane foamed inner core layer. Other features of the product include moulded brass inserts and varying surface textures. But the aspect that really caught the judgesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DWWHQWLRQ ZDV WKH VXUIDFH Âż QLVK 3LRQHHU DFKLHYHG D SLQKROH IUHH Âż QLVK Âą YLUWXDOO\ on a par with that of a quality injection PRXOGHG SURGXFW Âą E\ XVLQJ D VSHFLDO additive which also assisted in the mould release of the product

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Adventure tankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Pioneer got a gold award as well, for its Adventure tank combination. The quality of the Jerry cans and other fuel and water tanks from Pioneer has improved over recent years with the use of CNC cut aluminum moulds. Now the Pretoria company has added to its Adventure package by supplying the products in a space-saving 3-in-1 package. The mouldings actually stack into place and are secured through a moulded through-hole. It was arguably this solution to gain extra mileage from an existing product which caught the judgesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attention

The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Haysaverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; JoJo Tanks, which is synonymous with water tanks around southern Africa, used its established tanks expertise in what is a new area for the group, animal feed containers. The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Haysaver,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; which won the silver award in the Product of the Year competition, is designed for feedlots for cattle. The 90° moulding can be clipped into others, so a circular solution can be achieved, the advantage being that the units are relatively easy to move. Slightly elevated, hay or other food for the stock is kept dry; lateral holes allow for the vessel to remain aerated. The holes are drilled in a downstream operation. It would have been possible to produce the item by injection moulding where the holes would be moulded too, but costs would have been astronomical. JoJo also succeeded LQ DFKLHYLQJ D KLJK VWDQGDUG VXUIDFH Âż QLVK and most users would struggle to identify whether the item was injection or roto moulded

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We went, at very short notice, deep into the Kalahari bushveld with the one and only Kingsley Holgate where, around the Âż UH WKDW QLJKW KH UHJDOHG XV ZLWK VWRULHV RI H[SORUDWLRQ DQG ZLOGOLIH .LQJVOH\ ZDV WKH JXHVW VSHDNHU DW WKH $506$ HYHQW +H KDV YLVLWHG HYHU\ FRXQWU\ LQ $IULFD WKHUH DUH

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PROFESSOR Roy Crawford, a regular visitor to roto conferences and technical seminars in South Africa over many years, recently passed away in his adopted country, New Zealand.

Originally from Norther Ireland, where he was vice-chancellor for research at Queens University Belfast, Roy had particular expertise in the rotational moulding area. He was widely recognised as a world leader in WKLV Âż HOG DQG JDYH NH\QRWH OHFWXUHV courses and seminars on the subject all over the world, including at several of the ARMSA Rotation conferences in South Africa. In New Zealand, he was vice-chancellor of the University of :DLNDWR IURP 5R\ UHWLUHG last year but continued to do consulWDQF\ ZRUN RQ D SDUW WLPH EDVLV ARMSA chairman Wayne Wiid

said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Royâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simplistic yet educated approach to rotational moulding had a huge impact on the entire rotational PRXOGLQJ LQGXVWU\ +LV NLQG QDWXUH positive attitude and presence will be sorely missed by anyone that ever had the privilege of meeting him.â&#x20AC;?

Clive Robertson of ACD RotoFlo, and a former ARMSA chairman, UHFDOOV WKH LQĂ&#x20AC; XHQFH 5R\ KDG LQ 6RXWK Africa: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Roy left behind a long list of technical papers and studies; a numEHU RI YHU\ UHDGDEOH ERRNV RQ URWR moulding, but most of all, a long list of very well respected specialists in roto moulding who studied under him or ZHUH LQĂ&#x20AC; XHQFHG E\ KLP WR VWXG\ URWR moulding as a technology. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can honestly say they more than RI RXU LQGXVWU\ LQ 6$ KDV DQG ZLOO still apply many of Royâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contributions, if not most of them,â&#x20AC;? added Clive.

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TUT design students

excel at â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; topic THE topic for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sasol Student Design Competition proved exceptionally popular with design students at the Tshwane University of Technology.

Seldom if ever has a higher standard of design been presented from one centre at the local roto event â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and that says something, as the design competition has been held annually for about the last 15 years. Surprisingly good knowledge of the roto process was evident too, with

students referring to the type of material used (LLDPE), which few students know of, as well rib design, types of moulds available and wall thickness. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evident that tuition at TUT is getting the message across.

The competition, part of the roto development programme run by ARMSA, UHDFKHG LWV Âż QDOH IROORZLQJ WKH WDQN standards workshop at Emperorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Palace in Johannesburg on 22 September.

Unfortunately the expected challenge from the young designers at UJ (University of Johannesburg) didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t materialise this year. According to TUT industrial design lecturer Hein Dubery, this can happen: sometimes the topic proves an interesting challenge for the group and then competition between the students generates more interesting solutions, and sometimes this doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen.

GOLD AWARD The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Coach Box,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; winner of the 2016 competition, is an accomplished design allowing for the easy movement of balls, beverages or other sporting equipment which also doubles up, wait for it, as a seat â&#x20AC;&#x201C; clever thinking. Heinrich Olwage, the winning student, made intelligent use of the roto process too, creating a light but sturdy moulding

Hein Dubery (centre), lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology, was pleased indeed that the TUT design students excelled at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s challenge

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;KeepiBowlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; by Oarabile Mokoka is another solution for sports training management, for the storage of balls which is able to rapidly redeploy; it got second prize

The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bouncerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is quite literally that: a concave moulded dish allowing an instructor to redirect a ball at an irregular trajectory for waiting slip Âż HOGHUV E\ $PDJHODQJ 0RMD it won third prize

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bobcatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is a training device which a trainee can pull; resistance can be increased by adding more water; it received a commendation for Marlin Patel

Another product with a clever name, the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Resistrainerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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Fine day boost KZNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big day Field of 136 turn out, just days before storm WHAT A DAY to start off with. After the past two years, when overcast weather and rain put a damper on proceedings, this year the sun was shining and the Royal Durban Golf course was in good shape. And thank goodness we chose this day: just three days later Durban had the biggest storm in \HDUV :H KDG Ă&#x20AC; RRGV DQG WKH ZKROH RI the Royal Durban course was under water.

PISA KZN hosted the PISA national AGM the day before and the executive stayed over and participated in the KZN Golf day. It was an honour to see the executive members driving around with their GPS-sponsored golf shirts on. Well done guys.

A total of 136 players teed off and all were on time. In fact, not one team was late to start â&#x20AC;&#x201C; well done to all the players.

Each player received a golf shirt sponsored by GPS Plastics in memory of Kas Govender, a director and the father of the managing director of GPS, who passed away on the 6 August 2015.

GPS, through Kevin Govender, has sponsored three golf days in the past and is a stalwart when asked to sponsor or help the PISA KZN cause in any way. GPS Plastics received the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Chairman`s Awardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for service to PISA KZN. Awards were also made to companies who sponsored holes or major prizes, including Continental Compounders, Hosaf, Lovemore Bros, Mpact and Skyland Masterbatch.

At the end of the day a slap-up buffet The VIPs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Yep, Kevin Carlisle of Associated Additives, Zama Xaba of Kaymac and ex-Springbok coach and selector Ian MacIntosh were the VIP guests of PISA national chairman Garth Taylor

Winners on the day, the Banbury Chemicals fourball included Douglas Slogrove, Mark Neil, Bruce Naidoo (PISA KZN chairman) and Dean Sinclair of Banbury Chemicals

supper was held followed by the prize giving. One of our guests for the day, ex-Springbok selector and coach Ian McIntosh then conducted an auction of D UKLQR FDUYLQJ 7KHUHDIWHU WKH UDIĂ&#x20AC; H ZDV GUDZQ ZLWK SUL]HV LQFOXGLQJ Âż YH GD\V VHOI catering accommodation for four persons at Happy Wanderers on the South Coast and the same prize for White Mountain in the Berg. These prizes were valued at R6500 each.

As the PISA golf day is well-known for giving prizes to every competitor, the players once again not let down and the prize

Bob Bond, the PISA conference convener, Clement Makhoro, ex-chairman of PISA KZN, Jacques Lightfoot, PISA Northern chairman, and David Rule, the PISA national secretary

ARMO Gold Coast 2016 Martin Wells of SA PLASTICS mag and Wayne Wiid of Pioneer Plastics were at the ARMO Gold Coast â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;016 roto moulding conference in Australia in June, where they met Daniel Wos of Polyworld, one of Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top roto companies. Both Martin and Wayne gave presentations at the 3-day Australasian roto event 84 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2016

table really looked like Game Discount store. Many of the prizes were donated by participating companies.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winner was the Banbury Chemicals fourball led by Dean Sinclair, with each of the players receiving a vacuum cleaner from Home of Living valued at R950 each. Second prize went to the President Plastics â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;IIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; team, with the players each winning a food processor.

PISA KZN once again excelled itself with the organisation of the day and the proceeds will be put to good use that further the aims of PISA KZN. The President Plastics team was the runner-up on the day. Here Kevin Govender (centre) of GPS Plastics, one of the sponsors of the day, presented the prizes to Selvin Padyachee, Shiren Govender, Ravi Murugan and Karun Naicker

Visconti launches new website VISCONTI Garment Hangers has launched its new website www.viscontihangers.com. The objective of the website is to highlight the outstanding service and top quality hangers offered by Visconti, focusing on its customers and adhering to ethical business practices. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quality is not negotiable,â&#x20AC;? said Jane Curtis, Visconti CEO. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our customers are at the heart of everything we do. This focus underpins our approach to business and our aim to add further value to our customer partnerships. The objective is to simplify the hanger selection process.â&#x20AC;?

The website design is stylish, but clean and simple. It will assist hanger decision makers in the clothing retail fashion industry, and highlights Viscontiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s global footprint and technical expertise in the design and manufacture of plastic garment hangers.

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Âś+RZ WR¡ JXLGH RQ Ă&#x20AC; HOG SUHVVXUH testing for pipes from DPI '3, 3ODVWLFV KDV GHYHORSHG D ÂľKRZ WRÂś JXLGH RQ Âż HOG pressure testing to ensure that the integrity of a pipeline is not compromised. $ Âż HOG SUHVVXUH WHVW LV XVHG WR WHVW WKH LQWHJULW\ RI SLSH MRLQWV completed on site. This test is covered by the SANS 2001:DP2 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Medium pressure pipelines standard, explains Renier Snyman, technical and product manager at DPI Plastics.

Modern plastic pipes are manufactured under controlled conditions, with hydrostatic pressure testing of pipes and MRLQWV WR FRQÂż UP PLQLPXP SHUIRUPDQFH UHTXLUHPHQWV â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, when the pipe is laid on-site the jointing quality

and method is outside the control of the manufacturer,â&#x20AC;? Snyman highlights.

Field pressure testing establishes that the pipeline does not leak. The test pressure is raised above the operating pressure of the pipeline to allow the pipeline to settle under that pressure and to highlight possible leaks that would otherwise only develop after some time under pressure. www.dpiplastics.co.za

Renewable resources super-charging global bioplastics market growth ONE of the fastest-growing materials sector in the past decade has been the production of plastics from renewable resources, or bioplastics. BCC Research reveals in its new report that the growing trend is to compound biobased plastics with oil-based plastics to extend the reach of bioplastics into

markets for durable products used in cars and cell phones, among other applications.

As a rule, bioplastics are derived from renewable resources such as crops, biomass or algae.

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polymer materials that are produced by synthesizing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; chemically or biologically â&#x20AC;&#x201C; materials that contain renewable organic materials.

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Cape Town Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Recycling Web Portal provides handy links CAPE Town Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s waste minimization team has launched its recycling web portal, in the hope that through this initiative that more resourceful waste can be diverted from ODQG¿OO GLUHFWLQJ LW VWUDLJKW WR WKH UHF\FOLQJ LQGXVWU\ 7KH QHZ UHF\FOLQJ ZHESDJH DW ZZZ FDSHWRZQ JRY ]D recycle, links to the existing waste minimization initiatives LQ DQG DURXQG &DSH 7RZQ Manufacturers are encouraged to reduce industrial waste and links are given for IWEX (or Integrated Waste Exchange), a free online system that enables waste JHQHUDWRUV DQG XVHUV WR H[FKDQJH ZDVWH PDWHULDOV Another useful link is to the Western Cape Industrial Symbiosis Programme (WISP) programme that builds QHWZRUNV RI EXVLQHVVHV E\ LGHQWLI\LQJ PXWXDOO\ SUR¿WDEOH links or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;synergiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, so that under-used and under-valued resources from one business (materials, energy, water, logistics, assets and expert knowledge) are used by DQRWKHU Households are directed to where they can apply for a home composter for organic waste composting, as well as how and where they can join a kerbside recycling FROOHFWLRQ SURJUDPPH $OVR KDQG\ DUH OLQNV WR WKH FORVHVW UHF\FOLQJ GURS RII RU EX\ EDFN FHQWUH

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The global market for PP compounds The market impact of compatibles on the coffee capsules industry

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Global market for engineering plastics Global market for insulation materials Global market for plastic pipes Global market for synthetic rubber From Smithers Rapra Publishing, www.smithersrapra.com

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AROUND THE WORLD Ravago buys USA recycler

Survey cites demand for recycled polypropylene POLYPROPYLENE is a growing part of the overall US plastics recycling stream, and a new survey by the US Association of Plastic Recyclers, puts some numbers behind this trend.

The survey shows that demand by 21 major consumer brand companies who responded to the survey is at more than 280 million pounds annually. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We recognize the combination of factors impacting the current market for recyclables, however, consumer EUDQG FRPSDQLHV VSHFLÂżFDOO\ RXWOLQHG potential demand for this material. The challenge remains providing recyclers the feedstock to meet that demand,â&#x20AC;? said Liz Bedard, director of APRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rigid Plastics Recycling Programme. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Recycled PP is an important material with massive opportunity in a circular economy,â&#x20AC;? said Julie Zaniewski, packaging sustainability manager at Unilever. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Working in partnership with the industry we aim to increase the recycling of PP and increase recycled material content in our packaging to maximum possible levels.â&#x20AC;?

Covestro continues the spirit of

Solar Impulse Materials manufacturer supports new initiative for clean technologies WKH ZRUOG Ă&#x20AC;LJKW RI WKH VRODU DLUFUDIW 6RODU Impulse 2, Covestro is supporting a new, related initiative: the Leverkusen-based PDWHULDOV PDQXIDFWXUHU ZLOO EHFRPH WKH ÂżUVW partner of the recently founded International Committee for Clean Technology (ICCT).

The two founders and Solar Impulse pilots, Bertrand Piccard and AndrĂŠ Borschberg of Switzerland, established this committee to continue the legacy of their project. They also want to continue to demonstrate what is possible with modern PDWHULDOV DQG HIÂżFLHQW WHFKQRORJLHV Âą WR which Covestro is also committed. Âł%\ Ă&#x20AC;\LQJ DURXQG WKH ZRUOG ZLWKRXW D single drop of fuel, the Solar Impulse has shown what can be achieved with the help of the latest technologies available today,â&#x20AC;? said Covestro CEO Patrick Thomas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are all ecstatic to have played an essential role in this historic endeavor.

Our support for the ICCT demonstrates our commitment to advances in clean technologies and to providing sustainable solutions, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.â&#x20AC;?

Starting in 2017, Covestro will serve on the board of the Solar Impulse Foundation, thus sharing responsibility for the new ICCT. The company has been part of Solar Impulse from the beginning and has been a partner for the past six years. The endeavor would not have been possible without the high-tech materials the company provided for the ultra lightweight aircraft, including a special polyurethane foam that made the cockpit particularly lightweight and also provided optimal insulation against the heat and cold.

The solar aircraft recently landed in Abu Dhabi, returning to the airport from which it began its journey some 16 months before WR FRPSOHWH WKH ÂżUVW PDQQHG DURXQG WKH ZRUOG Ă&#x20AC;LJKW ZLWKRXW D VLQJOH GURS RI IXHO %HIRUH DQG GXULQJ WKH Ă&#x20AC;LJKW WKH PHQ EHKLQG the Solar Impulse had already persuaded 400 institutions and organizations that want to do their part for the cause to join the #futureisclean initiative. The new committee seeks to continue the work of the initiative by working as a non-governmental organization to inspire companies as well as individuals worldwide to work for a clean future.

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RAVAGO Group has made its third acquisition of 2016, this time buying Industrial Resin Recycling Inc, a recycler and toll compounder based in Michigan, USA. Belgium-based Ravago made the deal through its Ravago Holdings America Inc unit, which is headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The acquisition expands RHAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recycling platform by providing expanded regional service points in the Southeastern and upper Midwest parts of the United States. No purchase price was disclosed.

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IRR was founded in 1995 and is focused on post-industrial plastics, including PVC, PE, PC and PP. Earlier this year, Ravago acquired TH Hilson Co, a specialty chemicals distributor in Illinois, USA. Products distributed by Hilson include acrylics, polyurethane dispersions, epoxies, silicones, pigments, liquid colorants and a wide range of plastics additives.

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Solar Impulse successfully landed in Abu Dhabi with Bertrand Piccard at the controls, completing the last leg of the Round-The-World journey

Reinforced nylon rear cross beam wins 2016 Enlighten Award A glass-reinforced nylon cross beam took a top award in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Altair Enlighten Award, recognizing innovation in vehicle weight reduction. Developed by ContiTech Vibration Control for the rear suspension of the 2016 Mercedes S-Class coupe, the injection moulded cross beam achieved weight savings of 30% over the comparable aluminium component. The transmission cross beam is the largest part ContiTech Vibration Control has ever produced in nylon. Altair is a simulation software company headquartered in the USA. ContiTech is a division of automotive supplier Continental AG.

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World Plumbing Conference Regulations for sustainability in plumbing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a case for international standards

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THE 11th World Plumbing Conference and exhibition, held on 15-16 September at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, dealt with plumbingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s critical and essential role in providing a healthy and safe environment.

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DPI Plastics unveils latest products, apps at Plumbdrain Various capital-intensive projects boost quality, productivity at Johannesburg & Bellville facilities DPI Plastics recently exhibited at Plumdrain Africa 2016, a dedicated plumbing, drainage, sanitation, water, sanitaryware and plumbing engineering exhibition - the largest event of its kind in Africa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have been a longstanding exhibitor at this prestigious event, as it represents all of the key markets that our building products are utilised in,â&#x20AC;? said DPI Plastics Marketing Manager Martine Goodchild.

DPI Plastics is a founding member of the Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association (SAPPMA). â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are committed to adhering to the latest local and international standards in terms of environmental awareness and sustainability,â&#x20AC;? Goodchild added.

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awareness initiatives in South Africa,â&#x20AC;? Goodchild said.

The latest developments at DPI Plastics include various capitalintensive projects to boost the quality and productivity at its Johannesburg and Bellville manufacturing facilities. These include an ongoing mould replacement programme in Johannesburg.

The programme has seen the production of a brand-new mould IRU PP EHQG SLSH Âż WWLQJV '3, Plastics has also taken delivery of its new P-trap mould from Portugal, in addition to adding a second large-bore extrusion line at its Johannesburg manufacturing facility.

This follows on from the installation of the original Krauss Maffei 630 mm bore extrusion line in 2013.

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Smart electronics for smart clothing Covestro is showcasing an item of luminous clothing at the K 2016 fair. LEDs make it truly stand out, but can also perform key functions such as protecting pedestrians and cyclists against accidents. What makes it special is that the light-emitting diodes are not positioned on a panel or strip, but on a piece of soft fabric. The LEDs are positioned not on a panel, but on formable films made from thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). Visit Covestro at K2016 from October 19 to 26 in Düsseldorf, Germany, Hall 6, Stand A 75.

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Origine Bicycles turns to TeXtreme

to reduce weight, improve durability Fork built with TeXtreme materials is almost 19% lighter FRENCH bike brand Origine Bicycles have turned to TeXtreme® in their bid to make more durable, lightweight frames.

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us to develop a radical version of the frame Origin Axxome, increasing lateral stiffness through more compact drapes.

This results in steering that is sharper and more accurate for better control”, said Rémi Lefèvre, co-founder of Origine Bicycles.

The fork built with TeXtreme materials is almost 19% lighter than the standard one – 320g in comparison to 380g for previous version.

By using TeXtreme based on thin ply principles with its thin layers’ research studies shows the maximum strength until breakage is more than twice as high when comparing with conventional FDUERQ ¿ EUH IDEULFV www.textreme.com

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