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BOTTLE MAKING 31 PET planet insider Vol. 17 BIG CONTAINERS, ONE STOP SOLUTIONS 7,; PZ YHWPKS` ILJVTPUN [OL TVZ[ JVZ[ LќLJ[P]L HUK ÅL_PISL WHJRHNPUN HS[LYUH[P]L MVY IPN JVU[HPULYZ J\Z[VTHYPS` THKL MYVT /+7, [PUWSH[L JHUZ WVS`JHYIVUH[L HUK HS\TPU\T 7,; JVU]LYZPVU IYPUNZ NYLH[ HK]HU[HNLZ PU [LYTZ VM JVZ[Z ZWLLK HUK LHZL VM WYVK\J[PVU HZ ^LSS HZ SVNPZ[PJZ >P[O THU` `LHYZ VM L_WLYPLUJL :07( PZ `V\Y VUL Z[VW ZOVW MVY PUUV]H[P]L WYVK\J[PVU [LJOUVSVN` ZVS\[PVUZ MVY Q\Z[ HIV\[ HU` SHYNL ZPaL JVU[HPULY YHUNPUN MYVT [V SP[LYZ ^OL[OLY YL[\YUHISL VUL ^H` ZX\HYL YV\UK VY ZX\HYL Z[HJRHISL :[HY[PUN MYVT [OL KLZPNU VM [OL WYLMVYT HUK [OL JVU[HPULY [OYV\NO PUQLJ[PVU HUK ISV^ TV\SKPUN [V ÄSSPUN HUK OHUKSPUN ;OPUR IPN [OPUR :07( INJECT BLOW FILL PALLETIZE 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 ^^^ ZPWH P[ Nongfu Spring, which was established in 1996, is best known for its natural spring water drawn from the ‘Lake of a Thousand Islands’. Desig- nated as one of China’s most important tourist destinations, the lake spans an area of 573km 2 and includes 1,079 islands. Although Nongfu Spring has developed several other natural springs subsequently, its site at the ‘Lake of a Thousand Islands’ remains the largest and is the best-known. For each of its production sites, the company has built large-scale facilities dedicated to bottling water from na-tural springs. The water reaches the production line in its natural state, retaining the original taste and purity of the spring water. A second Combi PET line Nongfu Spring’s first PET 4l bottles were launched commercially in the Chinese market in 2014 and immediately received a positive response from Chi- nese consumers. They met the growing market demand for such family-oriented packaging in China – which registered a growth in sales in 2013 of 53% in the 4l bot- tled water format. Since the launch of its PET bottles, Nongfu has seen its sales increase significantly in this market segment. Based on the success of this first line running in the main Nongfu Spring production site at the ‘Lake of a Thousand Islands’ (known as Qiand- aohu in Chinese), located just 350km Southwest of Shanghai, the company emphasised its confidence in Sidel by acquiring a second line, based on the same Combi 14 technol- ogy. It is now running at 14,000bph, which increases Nongfu Spring’s production capabilities while achiev- ing a great level of perfor- mance. www.sidel.com www.nongfuspring.com