PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2016

ON SITE 71 PET planet insider Vol. 17 No. 07+08/16 www.petpla.net ON site An ErgoBloc L twice over Gaseosas Posada Tobón (Postobón), Colombia’s market leader in the CSD segment, is stepping up operations at its plants in Yumboand Bogotá. In the summer of 2016, Posto- bón is commissioning two complete lines from Krones. One of these is tasked with filling CSDs in the Yumbo facility at a speed of 54,000bph, while the second one in Bogotá, rated at 40,000bph, will be handling water. It is on the latter line, too, that the Cristal brand will be bottled, for which Krones has developed new lightweight PET containers: The 0.33l bottle, for example, weighs a mere 8.4g. For the first time, ErgoBloc L technology will be used in both plants. The ErgoBloc L system consists of a stretch blow moulder, a labeller and a filler, and will be complemented in each line by a conventional dry end. Krones can look back on a long-standing business rela- tionship with Postobón. The Colombian beverage producer has already installed 14 Krones PET lines in its facilities, and together with Krones has achieved purposefully planned growth. www.krones.com