PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2013

EDITOUR REPORTS 17 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 05/13 www.petpla.net Procomac HAL PET filling line and labelled on a Sacmi machine. Stacking and wrapping is fully automated, as is elevation of the pallets to another floor. Another filling line is dedicated to 19l (5 gallon) containers. Big plans: Aqua Don’s new production facility. Sergey Zai- chenko, General Director (right) and Michael Maruschke Aqua Don has one of the most modern and highly automated production facilities in Russia and is ISO 2000 and HASP certified. As quality has the highest priority, its modern lab can be considered as the “heart” of the com- pany. Here, water samples are tested for mineralisation under 40 different parameters every 60min; water aimed at the children’s market is tested every 30min. The bottle samples which the company plans to show at Brau Bevi- ale were neatly packed in a carton box, with a printed test certificate for all of them lying on the top! During our discussion, General Director Sergey Zaichenko stated that the trend in Russia is towards still water – an assertion confirmed by other compa- nies. There are two trends in bottle sizes: the overall trend is towards smaller bottles but, on the other hand, there is now a popular “family format”: the 5l container. Aqua Don has purchased new premises, with three new springs, just across the street from its current plant. A new line, dedicated to the production of 5l containers, is scheduled to start operations next year. When Sergey Zaichenko was asked if he could imagine expansion to other beverages outside water, he hesitated before saying: “Maybe juice, BUT only of highest quality”. Asked for a final statement for our PETplanet readers, he says “the producers of water shall put more focus on quality”. info@akvadon.ru July 30, 2012 Baltika We met: Dmitry Mitskevich, Public Relation Department Journey through the Russian beer history The first shipment of beer from the Baltika factory to the Russian market – just 27,000l – was supplied in November 1990. The Baltika brand did not actually exist at that time: the plant was producing beer under the Save RAW MATERIALS reduced plastic volumes Save ENERGY less energy consumption Save TROUBLE more quality and higher performance, guaranteed by a sole supplier Full INSPECTED online quality control / stand alone With Sacmi, the beverage specialists are always at your side. With our unbeatable technological know-how and continuous research we are creating new containers and closures designed to ensure outstanding performance. The new IPS injection system for preforms, the CCM compression press for caps and the quality control systems fully designed and built by Sacmi, allows for large-scale production with considerable advantages in terms of efficiency and flexibility. The outcome? Reduced plastic volumes, less energy consumption and lower running costs.All in a bottle: the one you’ll soon be making. Preform & Closure technologically together VISÍTENNOS 4.1 - C41/C49