PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2011

REGIONAL MARKET REPORTS 13 PET planet insider Vol. 12 No. 09/11 www.petpla.net Over 140 years of added value through innovative technology and reliability Consultancy | Turnkey systems | Single machines | Service Pass ion for Packaging. The new shrink packer: KHS Innopack Kisters SP Focus on saving energy and resources: Next-generation, film-wrapped multipacks - Fully closed shrink packs for maximum packaging stability - Cardboard pads and trays no longer necessary Direct online printing on the shrink film for reliability and flexibility New shrink tunnel for considerably reduced energy consumption khs.com Werner A., Christian S., Ernst W. Packing technology design engineers „Our Baby – Your Benefit“ Hall 5/5–127 09.-11.11.2011 Nuremberg, Germany with all our suppliers and ultimately to arrive at these two plants”. This is how Michael describes what seems at first glance to be quite a complex approach to configuring the production lines. In all, 300 million preforms for 17 bottle geometries ranging from 0.5 to 2l per year pass through the plants. In addition, there are also different colourways available. www.sinebrychoff.fi degree of flexibility is a requirement here too, the com- pany has integrated four Lanfranchi bottle silos between the SBM and the filler. “This means that we have up to one hour’s buffer facility between the blow moulder and the filler, more than enough time to fit in format changes. This also enables us to conveniently discharge bottles to the filler from outside”, says Project Manager Michael Slotte. A current example is the bottle from Rosti of Sweden which is used for the energy drink “Battery+“ “Converting the stretch blow moulder from a 28 to 38 mm neck is simply too com- plex an operation, so we are happy to accept the external bottles” says Michael. The plant has been purchased from 7 suppliers alto- gether – the compressors from Atlas Copco, the stretch blow moulder from Sidel, the filler along with the rinser as well from Sidel and the labelling device from Krones, the pasteuriser from Gea and the typical Finnish palletising systems from Nekos, together with the hard display from the local automation engineers. Sidel was responsible for the overall integration. “One size doesn’t fit all and so we have decided to put together the system components that are best for us in each case. We had eighteen months’ grace from the time when Parliament decided to do away with the tax on disposable bottles before the actual start. We made proper use of this time to hold discussions Michael Slotte in front of the Sidel plant for the bigger bottles (aptly named Obelix). The second (almost identical plant) is located nearby and produces the smaller bottles. This one is called Asterix. There are no plans for a third plant for very small size bottles to go by the name of Dogmatix.