PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2011

TRADE SHOW PREVIEW 38 PET planet insider Vol. 12 No. 11/11 www.petpla.net Brau Beviale will be opening its doors again on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 in Nuremberg, Germany. The exhibition covers all aspects of the beverage sector. A total of 1,300 exhibitors will be presenting their latest developments to an anticipated 32,000 visitors. In our second preview for Brau Beviale, we have gathered information from exhibitors which is sure to be of interest to every company in the PET bottling sector. PETplanet insider will be there and we hope that you will look out for us as you make your way through the halls. Do visit us in Hall 7A / Stand 720 and share PETplanet’s experi- ences on the ‘Go-to-Brau Beviale’ round trip with the Editourmobil. Bigger PET bottles and new barrier technology Appe will be showcasing its latest designs and develop- ments in PET contain- ers for beer, wines, juice, CSD and min- eral waters. Its Deep Grip bottles are repre- sented as an alter- native to extrusion blow moulded HDPE bottles with integrated handles. Recesses of up to 25mm each side are intended to create effective hand-holds in containers up to 7l. Typi- cal applications will include juice and dairy. Appe’s new barrier technology is particularly aimed at juice and wine applications and is claimed to offer improvements over existing barrier technologies in terms of performance, clarity of material and recycling potential. The company’s testing programme has shown good results in prevention of vitamin C loss and oxygen ingress. The stand will have individual sections focusing on capabilities in beer, wines, juice, CSD and mineral water, including its recently- launched Heineken keg, a small draft beer system for home use. Visitors will be able to discuss various initia- tives in recycled PET production and its 100% remanu- facture into packaging applications, as well as Appe’s in-house energy reduction programmes. www.appepackaging.com  www.sacmi.com PET Verpackungen Hall 4A | Booth 413 Wide-ranging preforms, bottles and jars PET-Verpackungen GmbH Deutschland will be presenting its full range of standard and bespoke services. The company designs, devel- ops and manufactures PET preforms, bottles and jars for standard, tailor- made and specialised applications in the food & beverage industry. PET- Verpackungen will also be talking to visitors about bioplastics, reflecting the increas- ing demand from the market to become ‘greener’. www.pet-verpackungen.de Appe Hall 4 | Booth 409 Sidel Hall 5 | Booth 121 New developments in beer bottling Sidel’s main focus will be on beer bottling, a sector to which it has delivered more than 7,000 pieces of equipment in over 100 countries over the past 40 years. Its new pas- teurisation system called Swing is claimed to reduce energy consumption. It uses a single heat exchanger for all pas- teurization zones, rather than one for each. Its ‘rain devia- tion’ system ensures that hot and cold water never mix. The company says that very precise control of the pasteurising units, by its Prince (Prediction In Control Equations) system, optimises the process and enables close monitoring of the quality of heat treatment of the product and protection of fla- vour and aroma. The Prince software system is now offered as an option and upgrade on Sidel’s entire pasteuriser portfo- lio. Visitors to the stand will also be able to discuss the com- pany’s installed machinery estate and tools such as its inte- grated data acquisition and production management systems, and its customisable MES (manufacturing enterprise system). The company’s new bottling and packaging technologies are available as part of the new generation of equipment and can also be retrofitted on existing machinery. www.sidel.com