BOTTLE MAKING 15 PETplanet Insider Vol. 23 No. 11/22 www.petpla.net Wide neck containers for body building supplements Two Sipa ECS SP 80 injection-stretch-blow moulding (ISMB) units have been installed this year at JSC Plastikse in Lithuania. The wide mouth jars produced on these lines are dedicated to sport nutrition powder and pills. tion. Just like the smaller ECS SP 25, it was designed with high-speed production in mind, using hydraulics when large forces are required and servo electric drives for fast movements. This combination is claimed to be very energy efficient, helping the machines achieve a small carbon footprint. Both the ECS SP 80 and SP 25 accept moulds not only made by Sipa, but also others originally designed to run on equipment from other brands. www.sipa.com happy to place on the market a new kind of product which is fully designed for recycling and manufactured with 100% green energy from renewable resources. Solar panels installed on the factory roof provide much of the energy we need.” says company GM Leonid Sterlin. The ECS SP 80 machine can produce containers with neck finishes up to 130mm in diameter. Various special features make it possible to produce containers with optimal material distribution. For example, the conditioning system provides a preform thermal profile based on the bottle specificaECS SP 80 ISBM unit with its take-out robot system Everything is on a large scale at JSC Plastikse. The company, located close to Vilnius, is one of the biggest PET converters in the Baltic region. Among the wide range of PET packaging supplied for different markets, it makes 2 l and 4 l PET jars with wide mouths, to be filled with body building supplements and sports nutrition. Both formats are being produces with Sipa ECS SP systems. The 4 l PET jars with 120mm necks, weighing 140 g as well as 2 l jars 100mm necks weighing 90 g are produced in a very short cycle time. Production of the jars from resin to the finished container is carried out without any interruption. In this way, small batches and customised jars can be produced. Designed for recycling JSC Plastikse has been in business since 2000, positioning itself at the forefront of packaging products for beverage, food, cosmetic, chemical, and medical industries worldwide. “We pride ourselves on innovation and flexibility, providing customers with high-quality customised products and services. Nowadays, packaging of a supplement product is more demanding than ever, the people are taking care about their body and health much more than before. We are The two ECS SP80 machines installed side by side at Plastikse
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