PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2017

BOTTLE MAKING 27 PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 09/17 www.petpla.net Management has decided to put additional investment into its Taiping plant where in-house manufacture of preforms is achieved by using Husky- Hypet injection moulding machine. In all, fifteen bottle lines are filled by Spritzer. At the beginning, there were Western manufactured stretch and blow systems, followed by Asian bottling systems and stretch wrap made by various Western manufac- turers. Each bottle is tested inline to ensure nothing goes wrong with the mix. Spritzer has introduced a small, yet excellent, portfolio of beverages other than water, ranging from soda and flavoured water to more functional drinks. Two years ago Spritzer Manage- ment Team decided to bring in large recyclable PET containers as an alternative to PC five-gallon ones – indeed, PC is no longer used in Malaysia. Ms Chong Mee Yoong, Spritzer’s Deputy General Manager, is considering expanding into aseptics. “That would allow us to broaden our portfolio in areas where we have not hitherto been active”, she says. Per- haps aseptic bottling will be the next big step for Spritzer Berhad. www.goldenpet.com.my www.spritzer.com.my mer’s disease. Consequently, Spritzer is now also sold as a health drink in the UK. Although Golden PET continues to earn money from preform bottles and caps that are manufactured for a vari- ety of different uses, Spritzer Berhad During a visit of manufacturers to the bottling plant, the number of flawless prod- ucts are counted at the end of the process.