KHS is investing in one of the biggest PET growth markets in the world and can now enable its Chinese customers to profit locally from its unique Bottles & Shapes program with all the design, laboratory, and bottle sampling experience of its PET experts from Hamburg, Germany.
“The distances are much shorter, time and costs are saved, and we speak the local language,” states Frank Haesendonckx, head of Technology at KHS Corpoplast. “These are very good reasons for us to now also provide 40 years of KHS PET expertise in China, with our own lab and bottle design.”
Leo Zhang and David Gropmann are responsible for Bottles & Shapes at KHS in Shanghai. Cutting-edge laboratory technology, a Series IV lab machine and a state-of-the-art bottle design program are now also available in China, practically as a mirror image of the PET competence center in Hamburg. With a wealth of PET expertise gleaned over 40 years in 10,000 assessed bottle projects, the Bottles & Shapes experts in China coordinate their work in close consultation with the engineers at KHS Corpoplast in Germany.
The result is comprehensive PET bottle consultancy always geared towards the entire line—including the first draft designs for a perfect market launch. “We're proud and happy to now be able to professionally satisfy a key customer requirement with Bottles & Shapes here in China,” says Geoffrey Chan, managing director of KHSFillingand Packaging Equipment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai. “Different time zones and language barriers are no longer a problem. Our customers greatly appreciate this and we will continue to steadily expand our local presence here. We've already agreed on blow mold manufacturing in China—in accordance with KHS's strict standards and specifications.”
