PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2011

BOTTLE MAKING 25 PET planet insider Vol. 12 No. 11/11 www.petpla.net using a PPS 300/12 L preform injec- tion moulding machine and SFL 2/2 stretch-blow moulder producing over 900bph. 10l for hot fill In just eight months, Sipa recently delivered a complete solu- tion to a South Asian company for the production of 270g, 10l hot- fill soy sauce containers. It devel- oped the preform and bottle designs, with production by a PPS 300/12 L preform injection moulding machine and an 1100 b/h SFL 2/2 stretch- blow moulder. 6,000 5l bph for water and edible oil The company introduced new systems for large containers at Yihai Kerry, part of Wilmar Interna- tional. It now uses several dozen 26 SFL linear stretch blow mould- ing machines to produce 5l cooking oil bottles, with a new SFL 6/6 XXL linear stretch-blow moulder capable of running at 6,000bph. Another SFL 6/6 XXL is produc- ing 6000 68g 5 L water b/h at a multinational beverage company’s operation in Spain. The bottle resists a top load of 100kg by using nitro- gen during the filling phase. Sipa says that its approach is to work collaboratively with custom- ers, rather than just as a supplier in handling all aspects of mechanically demanding products like large PET containers. It can undertake mould- ing trials as well as all types of rel- evant mechanical tests on prototype containers. www.sipa.it Sipa supplies solutions for the produc- tion of large containers.