PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2014

ON SITE 55 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 10/14 Sidel Combi for CSD achieves 17% reduction in energy consumption at Refres Now The Argentinian beverage producer Refres Now has invested in the biggest Sidel Combi ever built for filling car- bonated soft drinks and has achieved a reduction in energy consumption of 17%. As part of a complete line, the Sidel Combi was installed at the company’s bottling plant in La Matanza for the bottling of family pack sizes, which are in great demand in Argentina at the moment. The La Matanza plant of Refres Now, located in the Greater Buenos Aires province of Argentina, is one of the largest soft drinks production facilities in the world. The plant produces more than ten different products each day, bottling a total of over 3.5 million litres. The company’s working relationship with Sidel first began back in 2005 when Refres Now was originally founded. The recently installed complete line features a Sidel Combi Eurotronica FMc and a Sidel Starblend mixer. The line is presently achieving produc- tion output rates of 30,000bph for the larger 2,5l bottles of car- bonated soft drinks. The Combi is equipped with 20 blow moulding stations, 162 elec- tronic flowmeter filling valves and 18 capping heads. Brush- less motors and an interface between blowing and filling functions contribute to energy savings and improved security. In addition to the energy savings, the bottles now fea- ture an increased base stabil- ity. These higher quality bottles are therefore better suited to withstand the forces of trans- portation and handling through- out the entire supply chain. The higher stability also avoids costly bottle deformation which may occur due to the increased internal pressure of the carbon- ated drinks resulting from the ambient conditions in Argen- tina: temperatures can reach up to 45°C with humidity levels climbing to 78%. In order to keep up with Sidel’s very latest developments, the company owners Orlando and Walter Canido recently visited several Sidel production sites in France and Italy to witness the Sidel Matrix system in operation and to see first-hand the latest technology. www.sidel.com IMAGINE FILLING MULTIPLE PRODUCTS ON THE SAME LINE… NOW YOU CAN! Water, juice and soft drinks, all on a single machine? The Flextronic modular platform adapts effortlessly to still or sparkling, clear or pulpy and hot or cold-fill, and easily switches from one bottle neck-size to the other. A revolutionary filling technology that gives you extreme operational flexibility with minimal product loss and downtime at flavor switch. Clean, safe and versatile. Welcome to the new generation of fillers. carbonated still hot-fill cold-fill pulp non-pulp water juice soft drink SIPA S.p.A. - Via Caduti del Lavoro, 3 - 31029 Vittorio Veneto (TV) - Italy Tel. +39 0438 911511 - Fax +39 0438 912273 - e-mail: sipa@zoppas.com www.sipa.it