Tetiana Pronikova

Head of Marketing

Speaker Biography:

Tetiana Pronikova is Head of Marketing at PET Technologies, a manufacturer of PET stretch blow molding machines and molds headquartered in Austria.

With a strong educational background, fluent in English and Spanish, Tetiana embarked on her professional journey in 2011. In 2015, she joined PET Technologies as Market Development Manager for Latin America. Later on, she was promoted to the Head of Region Development Group – Americas. Since 2023, she occupies current position as Head of Marketing.

Having a deep understanding of market trends and consumer psychology, Tetiana Pronikova is in close cooperation with the R&D department in terms of new product development.

Presentation Description:

The presentation will focus on the control of the heat profile of thick-walled PET preforms (that are used for 3, 4, 5-US-gallon bottles) and include:

• How to solve the temperature gap between the inner and outer part of the preform wall (that often leads to surface crystallization or internal stress whitening in 5-gallon bottle production)
• The use of airflow to manage surface temperatures
• See a case where just several degrees of temperature improvement can improve the bottle quality