ONsite 46 PETplanet Insider Vol. 24 No. 03/23 www.petpla.net Indian Pepsi bottler set to expand outside India One of the world’s largest bottlers for PepsiCo outside the US has extended its Sipa machinery to expand its operations. Varun Beverages India Pvt Ltd (VBL) is an official bottler for Pepsi in India, where it has operations all over the country. Over the last few months, the company has been investing in XForm preform injection moulding systems, in Xtra rotary stretch-blow moulding, and in Sincro Bloc, thus integrating bottle blowing, filling and capping equipment in a single system. During 2022, three XForm 500 GEN4 XP systems, equipped with 180- and 144-cavity Sipa moulds, have been installed at different locations in India. All the machines are dedicated to the production of preforms for PepsiCo carbonated soft drinks, for bottles ranging in size from 250 up to 2,250ml. A Sincro Bloc 16-100-15 was installed in December 2022. VBL also works for Pepsi in other countries, including Zimbabwe, where it plans to grow its presence. It established a green field production facility in Zimbabwe four years ago, aiming to cater for what it said was “an untapped market with huge potential.” With a new Xtra 16, which went into operation in May last year, it clearly is on the way to realising that potential. The company listed high productivity and low energy consumption as two of the main reasons why VBL chose Xtra. Sipa states that Xtra can produce more bottles per cavity than any other stretch-blow moulding machine in its category, thanks in large part to its very wide active process angle (200 degrees), leading to a low TCO. VBL produces and distributes a wide range of carbonated soft drinks (CSDs), as well as a large selection of non-carbonated beverages (NCBs), including packaged drinking water sold under various PepsiCo trademarks. It has been associated with PepsiCo since the 1990s, and now has franchises for various PepsiCo products across 27 States and 7 Union Territories in India. VBL has 31 manufacturing plants in India and six more in other countries. www.sipasolutions.com BEYOND THE HORIZON PROCESS SOLUTIONS FOR POLYMER RECYCLING AND SOLID STATE POLYMER UPGRADING Polymetrix, a Sanlian Buhler Company, provides process technology including EPCM services for the polymer recycling and manufacturing industry. Leading supplier of rPET systems and integrated rPET plants for single line capacities up to 70’000 tons per year. www.polymetrix.com www.slhpcn.com
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