PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2010

TRADE SHOW PREVIEW 39 PET planet insider Vol. 11 No. 10/10 www.petpla.net Strong fresh air for PET-bottle industry Gain new heights in savings and energy-efficiency with the new oil-free ZD compressor Time to gain new heights. The highly energy efficient ZD compressor, with superior screw and booster technology, offers Class Zero quality air and is extremely silent with no vibrations. The air-cooled ZD provides you an exceptional reliability , no water consumption, while driving down investment and installation cost. It all adds up to sustainable productivity for today’s challenging low carbon economy. This new ZD is The answer for all your high pressure 40 bar applications. For more information, visit www.atlascopco.com/petcompressors Rudolf Wild GmbH & Co KG Natural sweeteners and flavours Wild will be exhibiting the latest results of its ongoing drive to develop natural alterna- tives for flavourings and sweeteners. The latest of these is Stevia, which is derived from tropical plants common to the Americas. With extracts possessing up to 300 times the sweetness of sugar, Stevia fits into the demand for low-carbohydrate, low-sugar sweeten- ing ingredients. Wild says that its products open up new opportunities for breweries, min- eral water companies and soft drinks manufacturers. Beer-based drinks sweetened with Stevia join a range including near-water, tea and nectar drinks. Wild will be showing ideas for beer-mix products and for alcohol-free malt-based drinks, as well as products with fruit pulp, tea drinks and alcohol-free ciders. www.wild.de Hall 1 | Booth 119 Nate Filling machines and flow meters Czech company Nate (nápojová technika a.s.), which is based in Chotěboř, will have on its stand a working exam- ple of its PETblok 40/4/8 filling machine in ultra-clean execu- tion mode. The machine will subsequently be installed at the Clean Water Company, which produces mineral water in Nov- osibirsk, southern Siberia. Nate also makes a range of flow meters for mineral water, soft drinks, CSD and beer applications, for pressurised filling PET bottles between 0.2 and 3l, with output capac- ity from 2,000 to 30,000bph. the company says that, among other features, changes in fill volumes can be accommodated without adjusting the valve. The filling process is controlled from the filling machine’s control system and its electro-pneu- matic control enables adapta- tion to different types of drinks and gas concentration. The company’s volumetric fillers with flow meters are suitable for CSD, dairy-based, higher viscosity and other non-carbon- ated beverages. www.nate.cz Hall 5 | Booth 431-433