PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2018

BOTTLE MAKING 41 PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 06/18 www.petpla.net BOTTLE MAKING 41 1984/1985, with two Nissei ASB 250, 0.33l PET bot- tles were produced for Coca-Cola Tahiti for the first time, followed by 1.5l bottles in 1987/1988. The fol- lowing year, another five new models for Coca-Cola brands, ranging in size from 0.5l to 2l were added. In 1996, the company made its own preforms on Husky 16-cavity equipment for the first time. Sidel SBO1 and SBO4 blow moulding machines were added over the following two years. In 2004, it made its first closures for water bottles, on Corva- glia moulds; since 2015, one-piece PCO 1810 CSD closures have been produced on z-moulds under license of Universal Closures Ltd. “PET processing and production accounts for roughly 45% of our business at Plastiserd, and clo- sures, about 3%”, he explained. At present, Plastis- erd uses two Husky HyPET 120 systems and one HyCap 160. Three 24-cavity moulds are used for the production of 26g, 44g and 52g CSD preforms, as well as 16g and 27g preforms for water. “We currently use moulds from Husky and GDXL as well”, Mr Bellanger continued. “The quality here is extremely good and we are very enthusi- astic about the Chinese alternative. We previously used moulds from China for production back in the noughties, and that is certainly one of the reasons why we proved to be so successful over the years. With our low rates of output, depending on the application, these moulds constitute an ideal invest- ment.” Further preform processing takes place at Plastiserd’s second site, which is situated roughly 14km away and which we also visited. This facility is home to a range of blow moulding equipment, including two Sidel SBO4 and SBO1 machines. The bottles produced here are sent across the road – quite literally – to a Brasserie de Tahiti plant, which bottles Coca-Cola products; completing the circle. www.plastiserd.pf Plastiserd’s blown PET bottles Bottle production for the Brasserie de Tahiti bottling plant ) " ) + ' (% ! ()( ' !, .( ) .$*' ( ) $*' *# ) ! ) #$!$ ! #$, $, # $#) #*$*( ' ( ' , ' ' ) # # , $#) # '( # !$(*' ( ( # )$ #(*' $*)() # # % ' $'" # # , # ) $# (.() " $' %' $'"( ) $"%' (( $# %' (( $' %( # ) &* ! ). $#)'$! (.() "( *!!. ( # # * !) . " !!$,( $' ! ' ( ! %'$ * ) $# , ) $#( ' ! + #) ( # ) '"( $ # . # ! - ! ). $*) $" * %! () +$!*" ( ! (( # ' . $#(*"%) $# # !$, ' '*## # $()( !! # $))! ) $# .$*/!! ($$# " # ))% ,,,( " $" # + #)( #