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 |
Company Profile
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 03 / 2019: Active base inversion
Issue 01 / 2019: Best practice for the food, home and personal care industry
Issue 11 / 2018: Adapting consumer demands
Issue 11 / 2018: 2 million cases of extra productivity
Issue 11 / 2018: Machine details
Issue 11 / 2018: Sidel group acquires PET Engineering
Issue 11 / 2017: Precise heating of preform to widen packaging opportunities
Issue 10 / 2017: Flexible labelling
Issue 08 / 2017: Complete beverage packaging solutions
Issue 08 / 2017: Five years of solid growth for Twellium Industrial in Africa
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 07 / 2016: Assembly line production
Issue 07 / 2016: 14g PET bottle for edible oil
Issue 06 / 2016: PET: The bottle and beyond
Issue 05 / 2016: Machine and bottle ‚light-lifting‘
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
Issue 10 / 2015: PepsiCo in Ukraine saves 42% energy in its beverage production
Issue 09 / 2015: Carbonated soft drinks growth in Oman
Issue 06 / 2015: Standing out from the crowd
Issue 04 / 2015: Sidel Matrix Intelliblower: consistent production of high quality PET bottles
Issue 03 / 2015: Growing forward… A Predis review
Issue 03 / 2015: Sidel sponsors Bevtec Asia
Issue 12 / 2014: New bottle and Sidel line for Lebanon‘s Tannerouine
Issue 12 / 2014: PET planet Award 2014
Issue 11 / 2014: Haiti bottler achieves 35% energy savings
Issue 10 / 2014: Sidel Combi for CSD achieves 17% reduction in energy consumption at Refres Now
Issue 10 / 2014: Al Ahlia Gulf Line achieves 20% energy savings with Sidel
Issue 09 / 2014: Thai newcomer chooses Sidel for country‘s first high-speed aseptic line
Issue 09 / 2014: Sidel appointments in senior positions
Issue 08 / 2014: Satisfying the booming African demand for cola
Issue 08 / 2014: Sidel presents low-output aseptic technology at Aseptipak Europe 2014
Issue 06 / 2014: Value creation along the suply chain
Issue 06 / 2014: Sidel wins three Coca-Cola contracts
Issue 04 / 2014: Romanian Quantum upgrades with Sidel
Issue 04 / 2014: Sidel‘s bright ideas cut energy consumption
Issue 04 / 2014: Raising the hygiene bar
Issue 04 / 2014: Sidel takes Knowledgeshare to China
Issue 03 / 2014: Let‘s play it safe
Issue 03 / 2014: Triple the light fantastic
Issue 01 / 2014: Rightweight strikes the right balance
Issue 01 / 2014: Sidel hat-trick
Issue 01 / 2014: Sidel hosts KnowledgeShare
Issue 11 / 2013: Big blow
Issue 11 / 2013: Increased resistance, less weight
Issue 11 / 2013: Sidel opens in Dubai
Issue 09 / 2013: Entering the Matrix
Issue 07 / 2013: Sidel, SBA renew partnership
Issue 06 / 2013: Low-output solution for aseptic production
Issue 06 / 2013: Sidel celebrates Chinese five years
Issue 05 / 2013: Noblesse oblige
Issue 05 / 2013: Sidel gets new MD in Germany
Issue 03 / 2013: Sidel opens up in Pune, India
Issue 03 / 2013: Sidel scores at Pentawards
Issue 10 / 2012: A french tea party
Issue 09 / 2012: China – Regional market reports
Issue 06 / 2012: High speed sensitivity beverage production
Issue 06 / 2012: Sidel invests in customer training
Issue 05 / 2012: Alpla and Sidel win 900 million bottle contract
Issue 04 / 2012: The whole fruit inside
Issue 04 / 2012: Sidel honoured in India
Issue 03 / 2012: Refresco France, PepsiCo France and Sidel jointly receive award for efficienct and clean technology
Issue 03 / 2012: SBO Compact2 linear blow-moulder
Issue 11 / 2011: High-speed, low-level palletising system
Issue 11 / 2011: New developments in beer bottling
Issue 11 / 2011: The conversion factor
Issue 10 / 2011: All shapes and sizes
Issue 10 / 2011: Sidel opens training lab in Beijing
Issue 09 / 2011: Hot filler for beverages with particles
Issue 07 / 2011: Lightweight hotfill bottle in SE Asia
Issue 07 / 2011: A ‚sensitive‘ affair
Issue 06 / 2011: High speed palletizing system
Issue 04 / 2011: Increased flexibility
Issue 04 / 2011: Sidel creates South Africa subsidiary
Issue 04 / 2011: New sidel training lab in Italy
Issue 03 / 2011: ALS compressed air-free automatic guide systems
External links
Sidel Website
Sidel Youtube
Sidel Blog
