Sidel
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| Sidel | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1965 |
| Headquarters | Hünenberg, Switzerland |
Key people |
Sam Strömersten (CEO) Juergen Foss (CFO) |
Number of employees | 5,460 [1] (2014) |
| Parent | Tetra Laval |
| Website | www.sidel.com |
Sidel is offering complete and modular PET packaging solutions, including people, services and equipment.
With 30,000 machines installed in more than 190 nations,the company's fields of activities are filling equipment(for over 80 years), preform and bottle production lines (or more than 50 years) and labeling (for more than 35 years). Sidel has 40 years of aseptic packaging expertise, and were one of the first companies to introduce PET bottles to the beverage industry over 30 years ago.
Part of Tetra Laval group and headquartered in Switzerland, Sidel has over 50 office locations, 13 production sites and 7 training centres worldwide and 5,400 employees worldwide.
Products / Technology
Liquid filling
Sidel covers the entire process chain for liquid filling. The portfolio includes:
- complete line solutions, including standalone equipment such as
- blow moulders,
- fillers: the aseptic filling lines comprise wet sterilisation technology and dry preform sterilisation using hydrogen peroxide. The single packaging functions can also be fitted to a combined line.
- labellers
- associated services
PET bottle design
- Development of different shapes and sizes
- flexible moulding technologies
- convenience aspects concerning the handling of large PET-containers or light weighting
- logistical aspects such as better storing solutions.
Equipment training and maintenance
Sidel runs seven training facilities in France, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, USA, Malaysia and China. They offer seminars and technical trainings in different sectors such as filling technologies, maintenance and product applications. The company also took part in the European project "SKILLS, Multimodal Interfaces for Capturing and Transfer of Skills", funded by the European Framework Programme IST FP6. Sidel’s contribution to the five-year project phase was to test and develop virtual and augmented reality platforms for industrial training.The company has also developed individual, customer-orientated on-the-job training and offers maintenance services on-site.
History
References
PETplanet Insider Articles
Issue 07 / 2017: Sharper edges, increased design freedom
Issue 03 / 2017: Protecting sensitive beverages
Issue 03 / 2017: CSD in harsh conditions
Issue 04 / 2017: From pellet to shelf
Issue 11 / 2016: Sidel Matrix Blowers awarded certification for energy efficiency
Issue 11 / 2016: Maintaining healthy properties
Issue 11 / 2016: Complete line solution: Maintaining healthy properties
Issue 10 / 2016: The labelling of PET bottles today and tomorrow
Issue 09 / 2016: Second 4l PET bottling line running for Nongfu Spring
Issue 04 / 2016: Bottling/Filling: Lifecycle of PET bottling line
Issue 03 / 2016: Bottle making: Aseptic filling at higher speed
Issue 12 / 2015: Bottling / Filling: Filling challenge in Asian market
Issue 11 / 2015: Labelling: Smooth labelling operation
External links
Sidel Website
Sidel Youtube
Sidel Blog
