PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2020

PACKAGING / PALLETISING PETplanet Insider Vol. 21 No. 05/20 www.petpla.net 21 Before being installed at the Tsumagoi plant, SMI’s new EBS 3 K Ergon stretch-blow moulder was presented to the Japanese “food & beverage” market during the Drink Japan 2018 exhibition, held in Tokyo in June, where it attracted much inter- est and approval from a high number of visitors. SMI were present at the exhibition in partnership with Correns Corporation, their local representative. Stretch blow moulder EBS 3 K Ergon Functions: stretch-blow moulding of 0.32 l and 0.5 l bottles in PET with a square base and 0.41 l and 0.5 l cylin- drical bottles with a production capac- ity of up to 6,000 bph. SMI claims the following advantages:  high efficiency rotary stretch-blow moulder equipped with motorised stretch rods (usually used for high speed production), which is intended to demonstrate advantages com- pared to linear blowers and to guar- antee the precise management of To face the internal growing demand for mineral water under the Tsumagoi and Oku-Karaizawa brands, the bottling company turned to SMI for the production of 0.32 l, 0.41 l and 0.5 l bottles in PET. Whether it is inhouse, post- consumer or bottle recycling: you can only close loops in a precise and profitable way if machines are perfectly tuned for the respective application. Count on the number 1 technology from EREMA when doing so: over 6000 of our machines and systems produce around 14.5 million tonnes of high-quality pellets like this every year – in a highly efficient and energy-saving way. WE DRIVE THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY. CHOOSE THE NUMBER ONE.