EVENT REVIEW PETplanet Insider Vol. 25 No. 10/24 www.petpla.net 43 Technologies, is claimed to offer significant material savings but without compromising quality or bottle integrity. The 250ml bottle weighs just 6.2 g, is made from 100% rPET and is designed for high-speed production lines. It offers cost savings and sustainability without compromising quality. Despite their reduced weight, the bottles maintain high stability and product safety, making them suitable for various shapes and sizes. The use of rPET in the production of the Premium LITE bottle helps to reduce the demand for virgin plastic and promotes the recycling of existing plastic materials, in alignment with the principles of a circular economy. The collaboration between KHS and Husky Technologies has achieved savings of 1-2 g material per bottle, offering substantial cost savings without compromising functionality or aesthetics. KHS says that its InnoPET Blomax Series V stretch blow moulder is specifically designed to deliver maximum bottle quality at low energy consumption in high-speed systems. The technology provides precise control over the bottle’s wall thickness, which is essential for process stability with large batches of ultralight PET bottles and is key to maintaining structural integrity and meeting the demands of filling lines, logistics, and end consumers. Low labour label store Also presented at drinktec 2025 was KHS’ Innoket AutoReel, which addresses the challenges of frequent label reel changes that can require manual intervention and restocking as often as every 15 minutes in high speed beverage and liquid food packaging operations. The compact label reel storage system designed to provide up to eight hours of roll-fed labelling, without operator intervention. Its ergonomically-designed drawer system allows individual reel refills during ongoing operations, without interrupting production. The active drawer remains locked, for safety. It is suitable for all standard roll-fed labels and can be flexibly integrated into existing KHS Innoket Neo RF or InnoPET TriBlock lines. Its compact design makes it suitable for space-limited production environments. KHS asserts that the developments and new technologies integrated into the FreshSafe QuadBlock, Premium Lite PET bottle and InnoPET Blomax Series V stretch blow moulder, and the low-intervention Innoket AutoReel, offer improvements in efficiency, sustainability and product quality to the PET bottle manufacturing industry. www.khs.com Weighing just 6.2g, KHS Premium LITE is also designed to meet the requirements for high-speed filling. The compact KHS Innoket AutoReel label reel storage system enables up to 8h of roll-fed labelling without operator intervention. (Photo: Jan Schwerdtfeger)
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