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2006-10-20 News Release
Plastics bottles with
invisible PLASMAX barrier
Innovative SIG barrier technology for PET plastics bottles proves its
industrial capability in production with beverage customers in Europe.
In addition to its carton packaging arm for beverages and food products
(SIG
Combibloc Division ),
SIG is unremittingly expanding its superior range of production and filling
systems for plastic bottles (SIG
Beverages Division)
under the concept of its “value added bottling” strategy.
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Information and Suppliers of beverage filling equipment.
A key part in this strategy is the innovative barrier technology from
SIG Plasmax, the most important long-term growth driver of the future
for the division. In the course of this year, three further pilot units
were installed with notable customers; Since April, Eckes-Granini, one
of the leading producers of fruit juices in Europe, has been producing
PET bottles with the new, invisible PLASMAX barrier, at Henniez’s
facility in Switzerland. For several months now, production of the coated
bottles for the brands “granini” and “hohes C”
has been operating smoothly and at full speed. In the meantime, over five
million plastics bottles have been produced for the Swiss market. Eckes-Granni
are impressed and convinced of the industrial capability of the PLASMAX
equipment under full production conditions.
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PLASMAX technology from SIG.
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Plasmax is a cutting-edge technology for coating PET bottles. A barely
perceptible layer of glass, applied by plasma, forms a barrier against
oxygen ingress and carbonation loss from the bottle. This shielding effect
increases the shelf-life of products filled in PET bottles. -> ->
Dr. Peter Nagel, Senior Vice President and responsible for product development
of the Eckes-Granini
Group
stated, “The barrier quality and high uptime availability of our
PLASMAX unit has exceeded our expectations.” Pius Bernhardsgrutter,
Head of Development, Eckes-Granini S.A. emphasises the easy handling of
the system, “Our employees were able to operate the machine independently
within a very short time”. The performance under industrial production
conditions for Eckes-Granini S.A. is a major step forward in achieving
successful commercialization of the innovative PLASMAX technology. A further
two pilot units ordered this year were put into operation, one with Rexam
and the other with a third large customer in the USA.
In the PLASMAX process, an extremely thin transparent coat of glass is
applied to the internal surface of PET bottles. Despite having a minimal
net weight, the coated plastics bottles are provided with the properties
of their glass counterparts. The internal barrier coating prevents the
ingress of oxygen and in the case of carbonated soft drinks and beer it
also prevents the exgress of CO2. This benefit maintains the appearance
and taste of the filled product and ensures a significantly longer shelf
life than that of the currently widespread PET bottles without barrier
protection. Plastic bottles from the PLASMAX process are “crystal
clear” and fully recyclable. Moreover, PLASMAX technology is highly
economic: total cost of ownership is lower than with comparable barrier
technologies – often significantly so.
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SIG Holding AG.
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has created further expansion with SIG for local production of coated
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