PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2017

BOTTLING / FILLING PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 01+02/17 www.petpla.net 29 anticipated customer base. As well as high speed lines, it also aims it’s the company maintains. While a replace- ment for a worn xenon lamp costs more than USD $1,000, the manufacturer guarantees 100% effectiveness for up to 10 million flashes, enabling the treatment of 50 million caps with 30mm diameter, or 40 million caps with 40mm diameter. Claranor has sold more than 200 systems to date. While the major- ity have been installed in Europe, it also enjoys healthy sales in the USA, Middle East and Asia. In 2016, turnover was US $4.5 million. The devices are still exclusively produced at the Avi- gnon location and shipped worldwide. Eighteen distributors globally take care of local sale and support. At present, Claranor works with local technicians, who visit customer facilities and pro- vide on-site support. Over the medium term, the goal is to create a network of completely self-sufficient dealers. Its customer base includes machine manufacturers Serac, Krones and KHS, Sidel, and CFT; among its customers are numbered Nestlé Waters, Coca- Cola, Danone and Unilever. Inactivation profiles of A. brasiliensis, B. subtilis, B. pumilus, B. atrophaeus depending on medium Fluence Results obtained by C. Levy, PhD student, on Claranor 3 lamp pilot equipment, 2008 “We may develop sterilisers for the food industry in the future but, at the moment, our chief goal is to achieve a higher degree of name recognition for our preform treatment technology. To do so, we are planning a lot of partici- pation at trade fairs in 2017. Among others, we will be present at Interpack, of course, and at Drinktec later in the year,” Mrs Franc concludes. www.claranor.com Chart of xenon lamp emission spectrum and absorption by DNA and proteins