PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2013

BOTTLE MAKING 44 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 10/13 www.petpla.net 20l and 30l one-way Dolium beer keg. Dispack-projects nv, funded with Bel- gian private equity, started developing an inexpensive but sustainable alterna- tive. Three years of intensive research, development and testing followed, in cooperation with several national and international brewers who were instrumental in defining an extensive list of specifications. Once Dispack has come up with the design, the next step was test production. Innocan plays a major role in developing and realising the production process of the Dolium one-way keg. Albert Wauters, CEO Dispack-projects: “Some time ago we realised that there was significant demand for a cost efficient solution to the export of beverages and in particular, for beer. Stainless steel Dispack-projects, in partnership with Innocan, launches Dolium, a one-way beer keg in PET Racked, stacked, launched Dispack projects and Innocan, both small and medium-size Belgian com- panies, specialized in pack- aging, have combined their expertise and introduced a 20l and 30l one-way beer keg in PET. The concept, called Dolium, is stackable and 100% recyclable. Innocan is a medium-sized com- pany headquartered in Antwerp. It has two production sites in Antwerp (Bel- gium) and Roanne (Innocan France). There are two further in-house pro- duction-sites in Gent (Belgium) and Perpignan (France). Distribution part- ners are Adriaansen (Belgium), Hou- weling (Netherlands) , Invopak (UK) , and Manypack (France). The com- pany was founded in 2010 by Alain Cap and Gust Gysen. Together they have over 50 years of expertise in the PET sector and in blow-moulding in particular. Their common goal was to find a more sustainable alternative for the existing HDPE-cans. One of the first developments is a stackable 20l PET-bottle, the first from a complete new generation of stackable and pat- ented PET bottles. Innocan delivers a total concept, from PET-bottle to fitting caps and handles. After developing the first 20l PET bottles, other volumes of 10l, 15l and 25l followed quickly and the range is expanding continu- ously. Today, Innocan is developing the stackable version in 5l, for which there is a high market demand. In addition, Innocan is also busy developing a water bottle in PET. The Dolium concept For the most recent develop- ment, Dispack and Innocan forged a partnership for the production of the The Dolium keg is produced from mono- layer PET preforms ... ... in a hole-though-the wall-priciple... ... at the Innocan plant in Antwerp. The blow-moulded Dolium keg