Bottling and Filling Special

In the heart of the Caucasus region, Georgia is one of the richest nations in mineral and thermal waters, even if its large-scale marketing is a fairly recent activity, entrusted to leading companies such as Aqua Geo. In this state of the former USSR, on the border between Europe and Asia,

Reaching new heights in water bottling Polish producer of mineral water, Masspol is a supplier to one of the leading chain stores in the country. What allowed them to secure a long-term business partnership, was to expand their offering with a 5 l bottle. Answering the call for the upsizing trend, STM

Yili Group, Asia’s largest dairy company, received support and expertise from Sidel to install a versatile Aseptic Lab filler, which has been designed primarily for research and development and is situated in Yili’s specially constructed facility. It will enable the regional market leader to launch new products and adapt existing bottles,

Processing demineralised seawater The Saudi-Arabian drinking-water producer Makkah Water Company has, for now, finished updating and expanding capacity at its main plant in Jeddah. The new, high-performance water treatment system from Krones passed final acceptance testing in October 2022. Before that, acceptance testing on two new high-speed filling lines was completed

The 3R approach (Re-duce, Re-use, Re-cycle) has become a “must” in the global beverage bottling market. And within this three-pronged pursuit of a circular economy, Sacmi has a wide range of solutions on offer for bottlers in PET. Less weight, same performance Sacmi has identified new standards for closure caps which

Intravis GmbH is known for its vision inspection systems for plastic packaging. Many manufacturers of closures are familiar with the company’s systems such as the CapWatcher Q-Line. Not as well known is that Intravis also has a portfolio system explicitly for closure inspection in the wet area of filling lines: the

Additional operating modes, extended functionality, new machine connections: The Heuft One expands its range of applications. From now on the entry-level device can not only be used for checking full containers but also as a smart distribution system, for detecting downtimes and serial faults on master machines or for localising the

With the global rise in electricity prices, compressed air energy costs have risen to as much as 91% of the total cost of ownership. Operators urgently need to review the efficiency of their system, according to Graham Read, Product Manager for industrial compressors in Europe at Compair. For many years, the

A special designed compressed air recovery system by Dr hab. Eng. Waldemar Karaszewski, Vice President of TES STM Group One of its regular customers approached TES STM Group  to add a 5 l water bottle to their product range. The client decided to invest in a complete filling line based on the

ABC Compressors launches energy-saving Horizon Synchro range At Drinktec 2022, ABC Compressors presented its latest Horizon Synchro (branded) range of air compressors. The company says that the new machines have been designed from the start with improved airflow efficiency, better heat transfer and more stability. Energy saving is the key feature

Investment in European technology Ongoing projects include a new factory and further investments in technology to expand the production capacity on new and existing brands. Big Tree Beverages, headquartered in Zambia and part of the Trade Kings Group has, in just a few years, evolved into a market leader. Its product