PET Mold Refurbishment and Conversion Flexible programs to improve quality and performance PET mold refurbishment helps improve performance. Benefits • • • • • Cycle time improvements Resin savings Improved preform quality Lightweighting opportunities Maximizing value and longevity of existing equipment • Replaceable wear components for cost reduction on future refurbishments • Compatibility between different machine generations Mold refurbishment Maintaining best-in-class preform quality requires regular mold maintenance and scheduled refurbishing programs. As a mold ages under regular operating conditions, preform quality begins to diminish. Husky offers a wide range of refurbishing services to address this issue. These services can often be performed at customer locations to reduce downtime and shipping expenses. More comprehensive refurbishments can be performed at one of our many local refurbishing facilities around the world. Mold conversion and lightweighting The success of preform and bottle producers depends, in part, on having a partner that helps take advantage of lightweight- ing opportunities, thread conversions and new preform and bottle designs. Husky lightweighting and mold conversion services are designed to meet these needs in a timely and cost-effective way. Husky is the only moldmaker with the capacity to manage large-scale, market-wide programs while still responding to the needs of customers who want to convert a single mold. Husky’s in-house preform development and prototyping capabilities simplify and speed up the mold conversion process by integrating the design and manufacturing of our production tools. This process ensures that prototyping results can be effectively repeated.

With this additional capacity, customers are able to more rapidly convert to new lightweight designs and realize a quicker financial return. With brand owners unwilling to accept preforms with a mixture of old and new threads, in most cases, it will be necessary for Husky’s customers to convert multiple molds at once. Proactive mold care results in extended mold life Very poor quality Part cost and thread flash (mm) Global investments facilitate large conversion programs Husky has the capacity to manage even the largest conversion and refurbishment programs. In recent years, Husky has invested...