PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2011

BOTTLE MAKING 26 PET planet insider Vol. 12 No. 09/11 www.petpla.net SIPA Nissei ASB Aoki + 1 4 5 2 3 + Technical specifications The Nissei ASB and Aoki machines are small machines. The difference in design between the two Japanese companies is marginal, although both companies may disagree with such a statement. (please see issue 7+8/11 for technical data sheets). 1 Plastifying unit (Sipa: extruder, Aoki + Nissei ASB: injection units 2 Preform moulding 3 Conditioning (Aoki: 2+3 in one step) 4 Stretch blow moulding 5 Bottle ejection well as the factory of Sipa in Vittorio Veneto, Italy (Roberta Gualtieri). Nissei ASB is a public company trading on the stock exchange – reasonably open with facts and figures even on finances. Aoki and Sipa are privately owned companies, where informa- tion is obviously scarcer and filtered/ screened by the owners, as can be seen from the visit reports. In this issue you can read the report about Nissei ASB (page 33). In issue 10 we will pub- lish our reports about our visits at Aoki and Sipa. Comparison of technical specifications of single stage machinery supplied by Sipa, Nissei ASB and Aoki