PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2013

TRADE SHOW REVIEW 35 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 11/13 www.petpla.net mmm$he[Z[hi$Z[ Y O U R PA R T N E R F O R B L OW MO U L D S . STEPS TO THE PERFECT BOTTLE. >YZV 9Zh^\c IZX]cdad\n BVcj[VXijg^c\ 8bem CekbZ &%% HZgk^XZ Big blow Spanish company Side SA has announced the com- mercial launch of the latest generation of its reheat- stretch-blow-mould machines, designated 5001e. It is designed specifically for the growing large, BPA-free water bottle segment and has been developed to produce PET water bottles in the popular four and five gallon (15 and 19l) sizes, and has capacity to produce containers up to 30l, in both returnable and one-way formats. The Side machine is equipped with handle-insertion technology. Handles are placed onto the container during the blow moulding stage by a robotic arm; five-gallon bot- tles with inserted handles can be produced at a rate of 400/h. The machines can also be equipped to produce wide mouth (up to 100mm neck) containers. A single machine can produce a wide range of bottles and con- tainers. Side says that tools can be changed easily and quickly. www.side.es www.stretchblowsystems.com Convenient multipack sleeving design saves material Finpac presented a new sleeving design that it claims can cut costs by between 30 and 60% of costs. Its Sleevepack system combines the product label with a multipack sleeve, which saves material. The Sleevepack sleeve does not cover the entire package surface; it is designed to bundle two, three or four containers together within an external sleeve. Perforations made by the sleev- ing machine enable easy opening of the pack and leave a partial sleeved surface on each individual package. The use of hot melt under the sleeve, activated by a thermal shrinkage, leaves part of the sleeve as a label on each product. This can carry the product brand or description along with all legal wording. Finpac says that Sleevepack can eliminate the cost of clustering for multipackaging and save material. finpacit.wix.com/finpac drinktec review