Summit Package Development is pleased to announce that it will again be presenting its highly regarded course:

PET Fundamentals

 This course will be presented at Summit’s Technology Development Center in Braselton, Georgia from March 29-30, 2010.  Summit is located  approximately one hour from Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport. Cost for the course is $895 and includes all course materials and lunches.  There are numerous hotel options in all price ranges, all convenient to Summit’s location.  To sign up for the course, call 706-824-0011 or e-mail Pat@BottleDevelopment.com

PET Fundamentals is usually taught as an in-house training course for some of the world’s largest manufacturers of PET bottles, consumer product companies, and PET resin and equipment manufacturers.  Due to numerous requests, Summit is now holding an open enrollment course.  Class size will be limited to twelve students, allowing close student interaction, and hands-on demonstrations in Summit’s laboratories.

Each course is tailored to fit the needs and interests of the class participants.  The class is informal with adequate time for questions and answers.

Course Content

PET Fundamentals is a course covering the fundamentals of PET, its chemistry, processing, recycling and design considerations. It is the only course that includes detailed information on both bottle and preform design.  The course stresses the practical side of all topics and is geared to giving you information useable in your day-to-day jobs.

Topics include:

·         Background of  PET Bottles

·         Advantages of PET Bottles

·         Basic PET Chemistry

·         Key Material Properties & Attributes

·         PET Crystallization

·         PET Orientation

·         PET Processing

·         Preform and Bottle Testing

·         Container Design

·         Preform Design

·         PET Recycling

·         Future Trends & Technologies

Don’t miss this opportunity to improve your knowledge of the PET bottle industry, obtain answers to your questions, and to meet others involved in the PET container industry.

Who Should Attend?

Many people from a variety of company disciplines have attended PET Fundamentals and reported that they finally received answers to long-standing questions. 

Product designers and project managers benefit from understanding the underlying principles affecting preform and container design.  Production personnel benefit by understanding why PET processes so differently from other packaging materials and the critical role moisture plays in this processing.  Quality Management personnel learn how to determine what tests will best analyze critical package performance parameters.  Sales & Marketing staffs are better able to address their customer’s questions and concerns about PET containers.

Regardless of your function, if you are involved in the design, production, sales or testing of PET containers, PET Fundamentals will provide you with new insights that will help you do your job better and save you and your company time and money.