PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2011

BOTTLING / FILLING 41 PET planet insider Vol. 12 No. 09/11 www.petpl a.net Producers), and to do so on a KHS line. The company was also among the first to introduce 1l refillable PET bottles for soft drinks and 1l refillable PET bottles for mineral water. CEO Horst Kuhl explains, “Our pioneering work was and still is rewarded with a growth in sales. At present 75% of all the bottles the company fills are refillable PET bottles, 15% are non- refillable PET bottles, and just 10% are glass.” Ingolf Hänßgen continues “Although we prefer to use mainly refillable PET bottles as more sus- tainable, we recognise that for space reasons the market can scarcely accommodate any more refillable products. This is partly why we are only launching our new Landträume line to market in non-refillable PET bottles, for example.” According to Kuhl it was also partly for this reason that the company invested in the new KHS packing line. This will give them more flexibility for the needs of the retail market for both their tried-and- tested range and their new products. The new KHS shrink pack line achieves an output of up to 18,000 non-refillable PET bottles in shrink packs/h. The line currently handles six- packs of both 1.5l non-refillable PET bottles and 0.75l non-refillable PET bottles. The plan for the future is for it to pack six-packs of 0.5, 0.33, and 0.25l non-refillable PET bottles as well. The line is certainly equipped for this. ORIGINAL DESIGNS DEPENDABLE EXECUTION OPTIMIZING THE PRODUCT & THE PROCESS PET bottles are what we know and what we do. At Sidel, we design original and creative bottles as well as the tools for flexible line conversion and top performance.Weoptimizeeveryaspect of theproduct and process design so that your production is more cost-effective and your products are easy and light to transport. Based on advanced lightweighting tech- nology, blowing and molding expertise, and material performance, we bring top quality and responsive- ness to your local production site. WORK WITH US & GET A BETTER MATCH FIND US AT PACK EXPO, BOOTH C-329 FIND US AT IDFA, BOOTH #801 www.sidel.com Inline robots grasp, turn, and move the side-clamped shrink packs with millimeter accuracy, taking up only a minimum amount of space. Shrink packs are pushed directly onto the loading plate ...