BOTTLE MAKING 33 PETplanet Insider Vol. 23 No. 01+02/22 www.petpla.net Cypet Technologies launches Circular Economy PET IBCs 1,000 l container in PET Cypet Technologies Ltd, which is headquartered in Dali, Cyprus, about 20 km NW of Larnaca and 10 km south of Nicosia, has a production facility in India, and is an international manufacturer of single stage injection stretch blow moulding systems. It specialises in large-capacity packaging, transforming resin directly into finished containers such as bottles, jars, jerrycans, kegs and drums. The company says that is set to “disrupt the global intermediate bulk container (IBC) market”, with the extension of its product range to stretch blow mould production of 1000 l IBC bottles in PET. Cypet is actively seeking a partner with whom to strike a strategic cooperation agreement, to implement its PET IBC bottle technology across the world. Cypet has established a reputation for using its technology to mould very large PET containers, including 50 l beer kegs; 55 lcrates; and 50 land world-record 120 l, 400mm neck diameter drums, produced on its K53 machine that was demonstrated at the 2019 K’ Show. The technology has opened up new markets and applications for PET packaging. Larger IBC containers, such as the 1000 l range, have typically been made of HDPE. Cypet saw moving from drums to IBC bottles as a natural step. The used IBC market is growing very fast and it is convinced that introducing PET bottles will change it for the better. The company believes that PET offers a number of economic and environmental advantages. The 1000 l bottle is 35% lighter than an equivalent HDPE containers, which means that it has the potential to reduce the plastic used in IBCs by a total of around 150,000 tonnes a year. It also means that less energy is required to produce the bottles in the first place, and to transport them subsequently. Transportation advantages would be ongoing through the life of the bottle, with consequent benefits to fuel consumption and carbon emissions. PET is a totally recyclable material. It can be used to make new bottles or in other PET applications, from packaging to construction, helping to make manifest a genuinely circular economy – recover, reuse, recycle. As the PET IBCs cost less, it may well be more practical and cost-effective to recycle and remanufacture the bottles than to wash them, which would reduce water consumption and the use of cleaning materials, to the benefit of the environment. HDPE cannot be made transparent; PET can be produced with glass levels of visibility, which makes visual inspection of IBC contents and monitoring of their condition much easier. “Cypet technology is taking PET where it has never been before,” says Constantinos Sideris, Managing Director, Cypet Technologies. “This opens up a new range of opportunities. We are very excited to see how this leap in PET processing technology will improve the environmental impact, economics and performance of IBCs in the bulk packaging industry.” www.cypet.eu Challenge mastered: Full precision during tethered cap inspection. HEUFT ... knows how! HEUFT SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH AmWind 1 · 56659 Burgbrohl · Germany · info@heuft.com · heuft.com Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC) Accessories IBC Bottle IBC Cage IBC Pallet
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