Sidel supported Bickford’s Australia with remote line conversion and maintenance on aseptic line
Bickford’s in Australia reached out to Sidel to launch two new PET formats for its premium syrup and juice brands, to complement previously designed & commissioned 1 litre formats. Sidel states that their experts conducted the line conversion with its latest remote solutions in just two days for each new format. In addition and to respond to Bickford’s commitment to product quality and safety, Sidel carried out the maintenance of the Aseptic Combi Predis remotely, while optimising line efficiency.
Founded in 1839, Bickford’s is an independently owned business under The Bickford’s Group with its head office based in Adelaide, South Australia. The company owns a wide product portfolio of non-alcoholic beverages, encompassing carbonated soft drinks (CSD), juice, cordials, syrup, flavoured and plant-based milk, and flavoured water. Bickford’s was already equipped with a PET line from Sidel, managing both sensitive products and CSD via an Aseptic Combi Predis and a Combi SF300, respectively. With the trend towards premiumisation, it is crucial for beverage brand owners to focus on flavour variety and product diversification in the market while maintaining safety. Thanks to the partnership on the 1 litre formats, Bickford’s reached out to Sidel again in order to introduce two new formats that would further increase their market share & category penetration and to perform maintenance for good product safety.
Sidel supported the customer to reach their ambitions with highly skilled experts and two advanced remote solutions: Remote Video Assistance (RVA) and Remote Access. Bickford’s flexible complete PET line was tuned-up for introducing smaller format variations of two 1 litre PET bottles– adding a 500 ml option for Bickford’s premium syrups & flavoured milks and a 250 ml format for their premium juice brand.
Taking advantage of real-time video assistance, Sidel experts empowered the Bickford’s team to implement line configurations, with regards to products dependent parts and moulds etc. Remote Access to the customer blow moulder, filler and labeller was also leveraged by the Sidel team to optimise recipe process parameters. To keep up with product safety, 100 Clean In Place (CIP) cycle maintenance was also carried out remotely. Following careful guidance with RVA, the maintenance of Bickford’s Aseptic Combi Predis from disassembly, spare parts replacement, reassembly to testing and validation was accomplished in only three days.
