Sidel in two Minutes

Employees  5,294

Net sales in mio Euro  1,350

Countries covered  >190

Number of plants  26

R&D units  8

Service units  31

Products
With more than 30,000 machines installed in 190 countries, the Sidel Group is one of the world leaders in solutions for liquid packaging including water, carbonated soft drinks, milk, sensitive beverages, edible oil, beer and other alcoholic beverages, in three main types of container: glass bottles, plastic bottles and drink cans. Sidel can support complete line engineering needs, from preliminary design to developing an invest ment budget, drafting plans for line layout or building the bottling line on-site. The equipment offer encompasses blow moulding machines, barrier treatment, Combi equipment, fi llers, conveyors, labellers, pasteurisers, palletiser / depalletiser, robotic equipment and end-of-line operations.

Market presence
Sidel has installed more than 30,000 machines in 190 countries: from China to Brazil, taking in the United States, Germany, Japan, South Africa and Russia on the way. Sidel is making its mark today as a multicultural group, employing around sixty different nationalities, totalling some 5,000 employees.

Customers
Our customers come from all parts of the beverage industry; from beer and alcoholic beverages to soft drinks, juice and mineral water. In addition, we offer solutions for other liquid food categories, such as edible oil and dairy products.

Environment and CSR
The world leader in liquid packaging for PET bottles, Sidel’s concern for the environment is not a recent development. We have an established track record of source reduction initiatives and have been particularly instrumental in PET bottle lightweighting. Our industry-leading knowledge of PET, package design and equipment expertise enables customers to achieve optimal package and line performance vis à vis package weight, with many able to achieve as much as 20-30 per cent gram weight reduction. Sidel has proposed a number of equipment innovations aimed at reducing the consumption of energy and other resources. In addition, we have led research in the field of packaging material possibilities, from the use of recycled materials to testing materials made from renewable resources.

R&D
Sidel is a pioneer in beverage packaging solutions, especially for PET bottles. Some innovations are: the Combi system, facilitating bottle making, filling and capping for PET bottles; Predis, a revolutionary sustainable solution to enhance aspetic hygiene. Sustainability is Sidel’s new frontier for innovation.

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