Sidel Highlights 2024/2025
Futureproof robotic palletising system delivered for Unilever
With volumes tripling at Unilever’s nutrition factory in Ploiesti, Romania, they needed a new system to handle their diverse range of brands. Sidel stepped in to install a centralised palletising system featuring eight robotic cells, hundreds of meters of conveyors, and four pallet handling shuttles. The setup serves 28 packing lines and can produce up to 98 pallets an hour. “We’ve been impressed by Sidel’s design capability to fit the detailed palletising specifications we required in a compact area and simultaneously oversee the complexity and high throughput coming from the packing lines,” said Iuliana Popescu Colt, Operations Manager at Unilever.
Sidel joins forces with Twellium to launch state-of-the-art packaging hub
Twellium Industrial Company, West Africa’s fastest-growing manufacturing company, partnered with Sidel to develop a new ultra-modern facility in Kumasi, Ghana. Sidel installed two cutting-edge processing and packaging lines capable of bottling different products in a variety of PET bottle sizes to optimise flexibility. The Kumasi site is now home to a complete PET water line with a production output of 80,000 bottles per hour. Utilising Sidel’s signature Combi solution, the system seamlessly integrates blow moulding, filling and capping into one compact integrated solution.
Cost-effective case packing solutions for Miswa Chemicals in the UK
Sidel automated three case packers for Miswa Chemicals UK, enhancing their operations for homecare, automotive and insecticide products. This upgrade boosted overall productivity by 40% by significantly reducing manual loading. Sidel delivered a cost-effective solution from its ready-to-go portfolio, capable of handling various primary and secondary packaging shapes and types. With multiple production configurations, the automatic case packer can efficiently manage up to 28 cases per minute, streamlining Miswa’s packaging process. “The Sidel project team perfectly understood our needs and was reactive in providing us with good technical recommendations,” explained Oren Patel-Champion, Director at Miswa Chemicals UK.
Empowering Chinese water brand to produce large bottle formats
China Resources C’estbon Beverage Co. Ltd (C’estbon Beverage), one of China’s leading bottled water brands, teamed up with Sidel to expand into big format water production. With Sidel’s cutting-edge complete line packaging solution, the new setup features the state-ofthe- art EvoBLOW XL blower and can produce, label, pack and palletise 12,000 4.5L or 6L bottles per hour. Equipped with a de-duster and no-contact filling, this system ensures the highest water quality. This bold investment positions C’estbon to meet the soaring demand for bottled water across China.
Innovative labelling solutions from Makro Labelling
In 2024, two years after joining Sidel Group, Makro Labelling continued to bring customer-focused innovations to market. These include advances in their state-of-the-art visioning systems: RAPTOR - for precise container orientation prior to labelling, and ALICE - for controlling the quality of the label and self-adjusting to prevent deviations. Makro also developed its exclusive partnership with ACTEGA to apply their new Signite decoration technology, which produces significantly lower waste than traditional pressure sensitive labels.
Sidel launches new service to boost customer environmental performance
Leveraging more than 40 years of experience with PET, Sidel has launched its groundbreaking Eco-Audit service to help customers optimise the environmental performance of their Sidel equipment. This comprehensive service begins with an in-depth audit of the container production process, followed by expert guidance to dramatically and swiftly cut down on resource consumption associated with PET containers and blow moulding. An initial Eco-Audit helped one customer to annually reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 157 tonnes CO2e and achieve savings of more than €180,000. In this instance, the pay-back period was just a few months.
Sidel’s Actis barrier coating receives APR Design® for Recyclability Recognition
Sidel’s Actis barrier coating met – and surpassed – the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) Design® criteria for the Recyclability Recognition pathway. After thorough rigorous independent testing, Sidel’s Actis coating received this prestigious recognition, evaluated against the industry’s toughest criteria that include various design features and plastics recycling. Sidel Actis (Amorphous Carbon Treatment on Internal Surface) is a pioneering plasma coating technology applied inside PET bottles to extend shelf life and improve lightweighting.
Sidel develops turnkey PET packaging line for AQua Vera
To ramp up production of its premium Vera water in PET bottles, AQua Vera teamed up with Sidel to create an exciting new turnkey bottling line. This state-of-the-art system boosts production capacity for their high-quality still water in 0.5L, 25cl and 1L formats, with an output of up to 20,000 bottles per hour. This collaboration marks the second time AQua Vera has partnered with Sidel at their Castrocielo site in Italy, reinforcing their trust in Sidel’s expertise and the proven performance of the Combi line installed in 2016. The new turnkey line also enhances efficiency and sustainability by optimising water, energy, air and plastic usage.
