Mr. Jaime Hernandez, Country Manager shares San Miguel's new directions in PET packaging and the sector’s progress in the next two to five years. The leading rigid packaging company spells out strategy to stay competitive in a challenging environment. As a leader in the Andean, Caribbean and Central American region, San Miguel’s PET growth in terms of market segments and trends is a major draw at this summit. Don’t miss this and other critical sessions.

Mr. Felipe Parra, General Manager, Apropet provides details on – What’s Next for Colombia’s PET Recycling Market?
Apropet – an alliance between Aproplast and San Miguel Industrias PET – has a processing capacity of more than 10,000 ton / Year  (1MM bottles /day). It also has a  PET recycling plant in Bogotá that provides SMI recycled resins to produce PET containers. Apropet spells out current situation of rPET in Colombia – zooming in on the recovery ratio as well as supply/demand and price trends. Mr. Parra also delves into rPET competing against virgin PET in a price sensitive environment for the recycling sector in the next 2-5 years