PETpla.net Insider 07 / 2017

BOTTLE MAKING 22 PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 07/17 www.petpla.net Dairy industry to shift towards PET bottles Tasty, sweet, creamy, watery, savoury. We associate these words with liquid dairy products from our childhood. We used to know them in glass or HDPE bottles, plastic or carton containers. However, not so long ago, another type of packaging appeared and its demand has been continuously increasing: the PET bottle. The dairy company Organic Milk is not an exception. Not long ago the company installed an APF-3002 automatic stretch blow moulding machine for PET milk bottles. Supplied by PET Technologies they manufactured two sets of moulds for vari- ous bottle volumes. A preform heating system as well as an air-cooling system are intended to produce high quality bottles with original designs. Dairy product container development is not an easy process due to the chemical characteristics of a liquid product. Air, light or microbes can easily destroy them. So why does Organic Milk choose PET? On the one hand, it is an opportunity for a brand to stand out from similar products on the shelves: different designs, different volumes, and different bottle colours. On the other hand, PET’s hermetic cap capabilities, external odour protec- tion barrier, lightweight nature and sustainability, all contribute to easier logistics and geographical sales expansion as well as total production and delivery chain cost reduction. The PET bottle market expansion rubs shoulders with the manufacturing cost reduction trend which is common for all industries. Now it is the dairy market’s turn to take a chance. Milky coloured or transparent, single-serve or half-gallon size, easy to hold and open, lightweight and sustainable: the PET bottle is becoming a reasonable alternative for both dairy products manufactur- ers and consumers. PET Technologies is among one of the few companies who started shifting milk plants towards PET almost 15 years ago. As a result, plenty of blow moulders in CIS countries produce well-designed and high performing PET bottles using PET Technologies machinery. www.pet-eu.com bottle making Injection moulding machines Thermal shaping technology Extrusion plants Tool systems Materials and components 25 th Fakuma ! More than 1700 exhibitors from all over the world will present global offerings for technologies, processes and products made of plastic, as well as equipment and tooling for pla- stics processing, in 12 exhibition halls. 17. –21. OCTOBER 2017 FRIEDRICHSHAFEN The Entire World of Plastics International trade fair for plastics processing + 49 (0) 7025 9206-0 [email protected] Organizer: P. E. SCHALL GmbH & Co. KG www.fakuma-messe.com You’ll be awaited by flexible, indivi- dualised solutions for current and future challenges faced by the automated, globalised economy.