PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2013

BOTTLING / FILLING 32 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 05/13 www.petpla.net Sacmi Open Day, Imola, Italy on March 13, 2013 Meet the specialist Sacmi – Complete solutions for the beverage industries: From pellet to pallet By Wolfgang von Schroeter On the Sacmi Open Day Event in Imola, Italy, the company presented itself as a complete solution supplier for the beverage industy, from the pellet to the pallet. Sacmi reinforced this view with the compre- hensive range of machinery on display at the Open Day – one exhibit each for the Formsleeve+, IPS, CCM, SBF as well as CBF. The invitation was addressed to a global clientele and there was definitely no doubt about the tone of resolve and determination of Sacmi that emanated from it: It was early on at the start of the 2013 season – the year of the strategically signifi- cant drinktec and K Fairs – that the portfolio of machines and “turn key“ systems for the beverages industries was scheduled for presentation and it is hard to think of anything further that could be added to this portfolio. Up to 2000 the Sacmi CMMs (Compression Moulding Machines for the manufac- ture of caps and closures) were not only highly successful but they were the only products for the beverages industry. Today the product portfolio extends from the preparation of the beverage to container production, and from filling to closing and labelling all the way to final packaging operations. “Everything is linked in our mar- kets. All equipment under one roof supplied, serviced and guaranteed by a single supplier. Sacmi has become such a supplier.“ Vezio Bernardi, Gen- eral Manager Beverage, explained the whys and the wherefores as well as the corporate strategy employed by Sacmi in relation to compression moulding, injection moulding, blow moulding, filling, labelling and, finally, packaging and how all this is going on in a hive of activity. And it is not only with its new machines that Sacmi is attracting the attention of the markets to itself, but also and in particular with innovative products – as will become clear at the Open Day. ”The trend is away from individual machines to the supply of complete lines – machine makers today must cover the range - such as blowing/filling/capping/label- ling, all fully integrated and emanat- ing from a single source - as indeed already happens today. We are partic- ularly proud of having developed over the past few years a new technology embracing the compression moulding, filling and capping of containers in one integrated unit all under one roof.” Some 200 people travelled to Imola, a small industrial town in Emilia Romagna. (Its most celebrated residents were Enzo & Dino Ferrari, who built their famous Formula 1 race track here in Imola and whose presence is almost everywhere in the town.) And they came from all over the PET world, including the USA (Pepsi), China (Cofco), from Russia (Europlast), France (Danone) and Sacmi’s product innovations pre- sented at the Open day event: (F.l.t.r) Container labelled by Formsleeve, S.U.P.E.R. preform and closure, pharmaceutical container by CBF, dairy conatiner by CBF