Moving forward together
We once again surpassed our financial objectives, while offering revolutionary product innovations and services that help our customers to do more with less, enhance quality and increase efficiency.
Our net sales reached €1.78 billion, which is a new record, complemented by a 10% increase in our order intake. I believe the key success factors were our deep customer understanding and working as a unified team with clear goals. A collaboration mindset where we freely exchange expertise globally has been fundamental – not only for our financial performance, but also for bringing value-based innovations to market worldwide.
Redefining what’s possible in our industry today
Our most important launch in 2025 was the EvoBLOW Laser, which marked a significant market breakthrough for PET packaging and line performance. The technology enables a new level of lightweighting, line efficiency and ease, while offering energy savings, increased bottle design flexibility and a major step forward for recycled PET (rPET). An exciting development was how we began combining EvoBLOW Laser with our PET coating technology to deliver very lightweight bottles for carbonated beverages with an extended shelf life. Other launches included our CoboREEL® collaborative robot to automate and optimise the label reel-loading process, and the StarLITE®-R STILL bottle base that ensures 100% rPET integration, lightweighting and high-speed production. We also released EvoFILL Can Compact, which is a high-performance filling solution that provides exceptional product quality and reduced total cost of ownership. In aseptic technology, our new Aseptic Predis X4® dry-preform sterilisation solution has already been adopted by major brand owners, leveraging five decades of expertise in sensitive products to deliver on quality, sustainability and food safety, while drastically improving flexibility and efficiency.
In food, homecare and personal care markets, we strengthened our reach across complete line solutions, leveraging our packaging and line engineering and integration expertise, and continuing to respond to the vast complexities and variable needs in these markets.
“Our most important launch in 2025 was the EvoBLOW Laser, which marked a significant market breakthrough for PET packaging and line performance.”
Meeting customer demands on sustainability
With sustainability remaining top of mind, our products and services help customers to use less energy, material and water, while incorporating more recycled PET. The newly launched products mentioned above all offer our customers industry-leading sustainability benefits, and we were pleased to win two SEAL (Sustainability, Environmental Achievement and Leadership) Awards – for the EvoBLOW Laser and the SWING Evo pasteurizer.
In terms of our own sustainability footprint, our decarbonisation roadmap was validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in 2025, including our path to net-zero emissions by 2050 and ambitious emission reductions by 2030. We increased the electricity we generate from solar power during the year and our dedicated employee network of Sustainability Builders advanced awareness and sustainability-related activities.
The continued rise of digital services
In a world where data is everything, our services are becoming increasingly digitalised with 95% of our new lines sold in 2025 connected to our Evo-ON® software suite. Evo-ON is a unique cloud suite with built-in intelligence powered by AI that is designed to supervise and optimise any aspect of a customer’s line performance in real time.
Helping our customers to embrace digitalisation through our digital services is proving essential to boost line performance, enable remote and proactive servicing, minimise downtime and reduce their overall costs. By empowering line operators to better monitor and enhance performance, we can offer performance-based services that are tailored to the customer’s specific objectives.
Our quality culture
Quality is part of everything we do – from how we develop products and engage with customers to supply chain collaboration. Our three-pillar strategy includes corrective action, preventive action and quality management, to prevent issues and maintain performance and trust with customers.
We promote a quality mentality throughout our global business and constantly follow up our performance. Our work with quality fully supported by our leaders, Quality & Continuous Improvement Network, and quality ambassadors that extend across all functions and regions to foster quality in everything we do.
Positive outlook for Sidel
In a world of continued geopolitical uncertainties and competition from uncertainties and new-entry competitors with aggressive pricing strategies, we will remain focused on doing what we do best – offering industry-leading products and services that enable customers to do more with less.
Going forward, I see significant opportunities in aseptic products, sustainable packaging, performance services and digital tools. Our ambition is to continue to grow responsibly, addressing and anticipating evolving customer needs as a true partner at every step. We will also continue to invest in growth markets in Asia, South America and Africa.
We launched our new Sustainable Excellence three-year transformation programme in 2026 that is focused on the enablers of sustainable growth to further fuel innovation and create value. This programme gives us the basis to continue to move the industry forward together with our employees, customers and supply chain partners in 2026 and beyond.
Pietro Cassani