PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2012

EDITOUR REPORTS 21 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 06/12 www.petpla.net two lines; a glass bottle line with a capacity of 15,600bph and a PET bottle line with capacity of 14,400bph, giving a total annual capacity of 60 million bottles per year. An additional facility, producing mineral water and carbonated soft drinks is due to open in September 2012. A further PET line will be added with a capacity of 35,000bph, which should be ready to produce for the 2013 season. As an addition to filling lines, there are two Husky systems used for manufac- turing preforms; HyPET 120 with a 32 cavity mould for PET preforms and Hye- lectric 160 with a 32 cavity mould for HDPE caps. The preforms are designed with 1810 PCO classic system hence they may be produced in 20g, 30g, 32g, 35g and 37g weights. Further improvements are currently being considered, including a proposal to switch to returnable PET bottles, as is happening in Germany, and this would bring ecologi- cal benefits.At present, the company is planning to install a 5l and 19l filling line using returnable and non-returnable bottles and for preforms for 19l bottles made of polycar- bonate. The glass line will be for returnable bottles. For maximum control of quality and to make the production process less dependent on outside suppilers, the Ararat /CZKOWO ECRCEKV[ KP C OKPKOWO QH URCEG 6JG -*5 +PPQUGRV #UDQƂNN OCEJKPG Q 8GT[ UOCNN CUGRVKE \QPG TQQO KP TQQO EQPEGRV Q 69+0 EQPEGRV HQT FQWDNG ECRCEKV[ Q (NGZKDKNKV[ VJCPMU VQ HCUV HQTOCV CPF RTQFWEV EJCPIGQXGT .GCTP OQTG CDQWV -*5 +PPQUGRV #UDQƂNN D[ XKUKVKPI YYY MJU EQO CUGRVKE QT UECP VJG 34 EQFG Group has installed a CO2 plant with a capacity of 500kg/h, which is easily able to handle 4,320 cases of carbonated soft drinks per day. These increased quantities have required improve- ments to the logistics systems and the loading bays have been enlarged to 1,000m2. A stationary washing system has also been installed for heavy trucks and other vehicles. As well as a growing domestic market the company is also targeting export markets not only to the north towards Russia, but also to Iran. *by Alexander Büchler Musheg Mkhitaryan, Nadezhda Gulaga, Sergey Hovhannisyan and Alexander Büchler