Mai Dubai installs new packaging line from Sidel

Mai Dubai has installed Sidel’s Super Combi solution. The line fills 86,000 bottles per hour (bph) in three different formats (200ml, 330ml and 500ml).   Alexander van ’t Riet, CEO of Mai Dubai said, “Our key considerations were the optimal use of space, high consistent quality and efficiency with flexibility. Sidel’s digital capability was very …

Sidel Super Combi Compact enhances performance and sustainability for Zulal

  Thanks to enhanced performance, Sidel’s Super Combi Compact complete water line has opened the door for more business opportunities for Zulal Water Factory in Sharjah, UAE.   Running at up to 45,000 bottles per hour, the line not only boosts productivity by 280%, it also helps the company save 56% on energy costs, when …

KHS and Eckes-Granini launch bottles made of 100% rPET

Eckes-Granini is making its packaging portfolio even more environmentally friendly with the help of KHS Group. Since the middle of May its one-litre Hohes C juice bottle has consisted entirely of rPET. Eckes-Granini has been using 25% rPET in its Hohes C PET bottles since 2018, and KHS’s Bottles & Shapes experts in Hamburg were responsible …

Sidel’s StarLITE™ HPC base said to increase container stability by up to 25%

Long-established packaging solution provider Sidel Group has launched a brand new base for flat PET containers, which the company claims not only increases stability but is also more environmentally friendly. The oval StarLITE™ HPC base is compliant with recycled PET (rPET) up to 100% and is said to increase container stability by up to 25%, while also …

Sidel’s StarLITE™ HPC base said to increase container stability by up to 25%

Long-established packaging solution provider Sidel Group has launched a brand new base for flat PET containers, which the company claims not only increases stability but is also more environmentally friendly. The oval StarLITE™ HPC base is compliant with recycled PET (rPET) up to 100% and is said to increase container stability by up to 25%, while also …

Brewing success in Nigeria expansion

By Elisa Conselvan Nigerian Breweries has commissioned a 5.1bn-naira (AED19million) automated PET bottling line in Ijebu-Ode plant.   Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun commissioned the line, with a capacity to produce 24,000 bottles per hour to world-class safety and quality standards.   Nigerian Breweries MD/CEO Jordi Borrut Bel said the line will ultimately become …

Sacmi’s new unit brings core businesses under one roof

Sacmi Rigid Packaging Technologies has brought all its solutions under one roof with its new Business Unit.   In doing so, the company aims to enhance its numerous market-leading technological plus-points and keep pace with the industry’s accelerating focus on sustainabil­ity, versatility and performance.   Business Unit General manager Vezio Bernardi said: “Sacmi has always …