PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2015

ON site 50 PET planet insider Vol. 16 No. 10/15 www.petpla.net PepsiCo in Ukraine saves 42% energy in its beverage production The energy saving was achieved by upgrading two of its blowers to the energy-efficient Ecoven supplied by Sidel’s dedicated line improvement team, part of the company’s Sidel Services business unit. From two plants located in the Mykolayiv region of Ukraine, PepsiCo produces almost half a billion packs of juice products annually, with a daily capacity of three million units. One of the Mykolayiv plants features two Sidel Combi 16 blow moulding machines and the new upgrade saw the original ovens replaced with the new Sidel Ecovens. The line improvement programme was designed to save energy and improve sustainability, with PepsiCo committed to sustainability initiatives in the Ukraine. Depending on the format of the bottle being pro- duced, the new Ecovens is said to achieve savings of up to 50% on the electricity being consumed. Each blowing module has fewer oven modules and lamps, with the heat- ing time of preforms lowered by up to 15%. This represents significant savings in production costs and improves the environmental footprint of the production process. Compared to previous ovens on its blow moulding equipment, Sidel’s Ecoven technology reduces the con- sumption of electricity PepsiCo in Ukraine is represented by “Sandora” and “Wimm-Bill-Dann Ukraine” and is one of the leaders in the Ukrainian food and beverages market. The company holds the leading position in the market of juices and juice prod- ucts with brands such as “Sandora”, “Sadochok”, “San- dorick” and “Bonus”, along with others. The brand portfolio also includes carbonated beverages - Pepsi, 7UP, Mirinda; cold tea Lipton Ice Tea; the mineral waters “Essentuki” and “Aqua Minerale”; and the energy drink Adrenaline Rush. www.pepsico.ua www.sidel.com SGT invests in its Rezé preform plant Société Générale des Techniques is extending its plant at Rezé to meet growing customer demand. In February 2015 SGT’s Chairman and CEO, Mr Frédéric Mignot, laid the first stone of what will become a large extension of the Rezé plant in Loire-Atlantique. This extension demonstrates the company’s intention to boost its competitiveness on the PET packaging market. With this new investment of 14 million euros, the Rezé site’s production capacity will increase from 2.5 to 3.5 billion units per annum. “The plant has constantly grown and been modern- ised since the company was formed in 1981”, explains Mr Mignot. “At present, to meet the requirements of our national and international customer base, we need to install new machines to gain flexibility, efficiency and quality.” This newly built extension will house 5 new state- of-the-art and super-efficient HyPET HPP5 injection presses. One of them will be reserved for multilayer applications to meet demand from certain customers. An automated quality control system will also be installed to complete these machines at the cutting-edge of tech- nology. With this new machinery, SGT is marshalling the necessary resources to achieve the targets it has set itself: food safety - SGT is FSSC 22000 - certified, product quality and environmental protection. The plant is in the process of obtaining ISO standards 50001 and 14001. The site currently has a workforce of 97 and works with more than 400 customers worldwide. “We realise that none of this would have been possible without the continued confidence of our customers”, adds Frédéric Mignot. “We wish to thank them for their loyalty and hope this plant extension will meet all their requirements”. SGT offers a comprehensive range of 202 PET pre- forms for packaging liquids for human consumption (still and sparkling waters, dairy products, fizzy drinks, fruit juice, oil and vinegar, wines and spirits, etc.) and other liquids (household products and domestic heating oil). In line with its environmentally responsible approach, the company also produces preforms from recycled PET (rPET). The extension works will be completed in Octo- ber 2015. The new workshop should be up and running as soon as it is completed. www.sgt-pet.com