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 centers 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 sterilization technology and dry preform sterilization 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 04 / 2010: Flexible PET line for South Australia
Issue 04 / 2020: Sidel honoured for packaging concept AYA at World Food Innovations Awards
Issue 03 / 2020: Extended shelf life white milk in PET bottles
Issue 12 / 2019: A recycled vision in white
Issue 11 / 2019: Increased shelf life, decreased weight
Issue 09 / 2019: Sidel acquires Comep
Issue 07 / 2019: Sidel introduces 6.5g bottle for 500ml still water
Issue 06 / 2019: Creating value from concept to consumer
Issue 06 / 2019: Sidel announced as Yili Group's Global Strategic Partner Supplier
Issue 04 / 2019: Dry septic PET lines
Issue 04 / 2019: New Sidel Group CEO appointed
Issue 03 / 2019: Active base inversion
Issue 01 / 2019: Best practice for the food, home and personal care industry
Issue 12 / 2018: Molecularity and service are key
Issue 12 / 2018: Booming juice market in Saudi Arabia
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 labeling
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 labeling 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: Labeling: Smooth labeling 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
External links
Sidel Website
Sidel Youtube
Sidel Blog
