PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2012

EDITOUR REPORTS 33 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 03/12 www.petpla.net way beyond the Slovenian market both in neighbouring coun- tries and in the USA and Australia, most recently in Thailand and Russia and plans are afoot for India. This is something which is partly rooted in the fact that Slovenian expats have been enquir- ing about the product in their new homelands. In 1997 other types of beverages came on-board (see below). Since 2000 Radenska has been the leading manufacturer of natural mineral water and soft drinks. Pivovarna Lasko has become the biggest shareholder in Radenska. In subsequent years Radenska received multiple repeat accolades in respect of its products. For this reason the company has committed itself to sponsoring various types of sports such as ski jumping, volley ball, handball and football. From small beginnings an important bottler has developed in the meantime with 200 employees and premises extending to around 12 ha. With a total of nine highly mineralised springs available to it (Radenska has more than 100 approx., ranging from a depth of 60m to 300m, not all of which are in perma- nent use, however). Radenska is the only company in Slovenia producing mineral water with its own in-house produced CO 2 . The Radenska mineral water family comprises, in addition to the Classic line, a CO 2 -reduced ”Light“, a ”Natural“ as well as a functional water line known as ”Plus“. Further products include the flavoured water line Oaza, Radenska ACE drink, Radenska Iced Tea, the carbonated soft drinks brand Ora and a discounter lemonade called ”Stil“. By way of a side product there is also the sports drink “Sprint“ complete with sports cap. In the flavoured water sector, Radenska works with Wild, Döhler, Etol and other additives producers. By producing its own preforms on a Husky HyPET 225 and a GL 300 it is possible to influence subsequent bottle design on an individual basis. Thus both transparent as well as varicoloured preforms can be found here and these subsequently undergo further processing using the two-stage process. Bottle sizes of 0.33l, 0.5l, 0.75l, 1.5l and 2l are created on a Sidel blow moulding machine. The shape of the finished bottle, with the exception of the Pepsi bottles, consistently features characteristic sweeping indentations. All bottles, apart from Sprint, make use of the PCO 1810; however, a switch to 1881 is planned for the future. A total of 80 million bottles leave the plant each year; out of 100 million preforms produced, 20% are sold in addition to those that undergo further processing by the company itself. A propor- tion of the CO2 produced is also sold on. Plamegal Trio We met: Ivo Mrsic, Director Ivo Mrsic explains the production area Eisbär Material Drying PRODUCER MODEL LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION LOWEST ENERGY CONSUMPTION ON THE MARKET RATING AAA Energy A Eisbär B C D E F G All the others A WWW.EISBAER.AT WUHRMÜHLE 22 / A-6840 GÖTZIS T +43 5523 55558-0 / COOL@EISBAER.AT