BOTTLE MAKING 25 PETplanet Insider Vol. 24 No. 07+08/23 www.petpla.net Launching a one-stop shop to seamlessly switch to recycled PET The RePETable offer Sidel‘s ‘RePETable offer’ portfolio of services is designed to help the packaging industry make an efficient transition to rPET bottle production while offering support to improve the circularity of primary packaging. Sidel aims to facilitate a smooth and efficient market switch to recycled PET by establishing a ‘no fear’ one-stop shop for rPET - the RePETable offer. These service solutions are intended to enable customers to adopt up to 100% rPET without impacting bottle production. Sidel also offers support to the industry to develop innovative and more sustainable primary packaging materials that are designed for recycling. The offer consists of a range of services designed to extend virgin PET benefits to rPET and achieve consistent production performance and bottle quality. Sidel packaging experts are continuing to develop advanced knowledge about recycled PET resin and solutions for efficient bottle production by leveraging its unique small-scale recycling pilot line in France. The offer has been designed for customers to pick and choose services that best suit their specific needs. Sidel’s RePETable offer is additional to its packaging optimisation services for lighter bottle weight, helping customers make a cost-efficient transition to recycled PET. Consistent production performance and bottle quality With more than 40 years of blowing and PET packaging expertise, Sidel says it has developed a deep understanding of recycled PET resin characteristics, its variability and its impact on bottle production. “To reach the same level of performance as virgin PET, rPET bottle production process needs to be adapted to suit the resin used,” says Jérôme Neveu, Packaging & Moulds Product Manager at Sidel. “Therefore, our RePETable offer is made of solutions to address the challenges associated with rPET bottle production securing bottle mechanical resistance with optimum material stretchability and bottle shaping.” Sidel offers rPET-ready features with packaging services and mould solutions, equipment upgrades and process support which achieve consistent, high production performance and bottle quality, even with up to 100% rPET. The blowing process is optimised to manage challenges associated with rPET grades and outof-spec rPET is identified and rejected before processing. Primary packaging designed for recycling Sidel’s investment in its smallscale recycling pilot line is supporting primary packaging suppliers in innovating with new materials for closure, sleeve, glue, label, additives, colouring and any other primary packaging material. The services delivered through this pilot line ensure primary packaging recycling process efficiency, resin quality, and rPET bottle performance. Sidel is using this line to recreate every step of the recycling process from washing, drying and pellet extrusion to crystallisation and Solid State Polymerisation, including dedicated process and laboratory controls at every step. Sidel packaging and equipment experts study all aspects of the process from post-consumer PET bales to flakes, including pellets ready to be injected into preform up to rPET bottle blow moulding and industrialisation. A cost-efficient transition to rPET As the demand for rPET continues to rise, driven by regulations across the world and brands’ commitment to packaging circularity, the cost of rPET is fluctuating and remaining higher than that of virgin PET. Sidel’s packaging optimisation services for bottle weight reduction help to offset rPET resin costs and achieve savings with a quick payback. www.sidel.com
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