At Anuga FoodTec 2012, Sidel will set new standards for sensitive products bottled in PET. With new packaging solutions, new and improved technology and an ever-growing service portfolio, Sidel is the leading player in aseptic PET and strives to be “A Better Match” for the sensitive products industry.
Sensitive products have become the fastest growing area for PET bottles in recent years as a result of consumers’ expectations for more natural, healthy and value-added products. This has led to a rise in demand for aseptic, hot-fill and ultra clean solutions to package juices, nectars, isotonics, teas, liquid dairy products and products with pulps and particles.
Beverage producers need to focus on food safety and simple and efficient packaging solutions to satisfy growing demands, but also on flexible solutions that cater to different packaging formats and types with minimal production downtime and costs.
Unique in aseptic filling
Sidel will unveil a number of pioneering technologies and innovative packaging solutions designed to satisfy the rising demands for healthier drinks while respecting the specifications of those sensitive products. Among them are extensive aseptic capabilities, including the proven dry preforms decontamination technology PredisTM. Combi Predis/Capdis FMa has been specifically designed for the aseptic blowing, filling and capping of sensitive products in PET bottles and is still unique in aseptic configuration. Sidel was the first company to introduce such innovative technology in 2006 to improve customers’ total cost of ownership and sustainability targets regarding water and energy consumption. The technology also offers unlimited lightweighting possibilities. Sixty Combi Predis™ systems have already been sold worldwide, equivalent to more than five billion bottles produced with Predis™ to date, saving 600 million liters of water and around one million liters of chemical agents.
Sidel will also present different hot-fill and aseptic filling technologies, dedicated to beverages with slurry in PET containers, meeting relevant official standards for many types of end products with pulp, fibers, puree, sacs, particles, juices or dairy products.
“As our customers grow and innovate, we must meet their needs. Sidel has all the ingredients to succeed: people with expertise and dedication; a portfolio with a wide range of solutions and a strong development pipeline; a worldwide set up to ensure reactivity everywhere; passion for our customers’ products, needs and solutions”, says Françoise Raoul-Duval, Sidel’s Sensitive Products Vice President. “With its exceptional aseptic and hot-filling capabilities for products distributed in ambient temperatures, Sidel offers high-end solutions that benefit all players in the supply chain.”
At Anuga FoodTec, Sidel will also address a broad array of life cycle management solutions covering the entire beverage industry and the retailers’ needs.
The entire spectrum of the Sidel portfolio serving the needs of the sensitive products market will be presented at Anuga FoodTec, 27 – 30 March 2012, Cologne, Germany, Hall 7, Stand A11-B24.
