Sidel

High-performing and innovative packaging solutions

Sidel provides end-to-end packaging solutions that meet the needs of customers and consumers around the world, by delivering products, services and designs that boost performance, sustainability and flexibility – now and into the future.

Sidel is a leading global provider of packaging solutions for beverage, food, home and personal care products in PET, can, glass and other materials. Leveraging over 170 years of proven experience, we help shape the future of the packaging industry through advanced systems and services, line engineering, eco-solutions and other innovations.

Sidel has over 40,000 machines installed in around 170 countries, and more than 5,000 employees worldwide who are passionate about providing equipment and service solutions that fulfil its customers’ needs. As a long-term partner, we apply vast technical knowledge, packaging expertise and smart data analytics and automation to bring performance to new heights.

Our strategy

Our customer-driven strategy has a comprehensive and innovative portfolio and high-performance orientation. Our aim is to always deliver the value our customers need to achieve their goals by first understanding each challenge they face. We are known in the industry as a knowledgeable partner – addressing market needs and individual customer goals with our innovation capabilities and longstanding expertise.

Sidel draws on its customer-focused and widespread expertise to deliver new levels of performance for the industry with a focus on digitalisation, sustainability and optimising customer total cost of ownership. Our packaging is designed to minimise environmental impact, and our solutions help reduce water, energy and material use. Our approach to reducing costs and increasing competitiveness never compromises food safety and security to give our customers and consumers peace of mind.

Our solutions

Sidel serves brand owners, manufacturers, co-packers, and other customers in the beverage, food, home and personal care industries. We are a leading provider of complete lines, blowing, filling, labelling, material-handling, end-of-line, engineering and packaging design solutions for multiple applications.

We offer processing equipment supplied by Tetra Pak and leverage a wide range of partnerships to meet our customers’ full needs. Within the Sidel Group, we deliver value-added services for both Sidel and non-Sidel equipment, with the latter served by Competek, which is part of our Group. Other parts of the Sidel Group include Gentlebrand and Makro Labelling. Gentlebrand provides branding and design services. Makro, which is our most recent addition to the Group, delivers cutting edge modular labelling machines.

Our customers

We support both non-alcoholic beverage producers (water, carbonated soft drinks, liquid dairy and non-dairy products, juices, nectars, isotonic, soft drinks and teas) and alcoholic beverage producers (beer, wine and spirits), as well as food (edible oils, sauces and dressings, coffee, biscuits, pet food and more) and home and personal care producers across diverse categories around the globe.

Sidel facts:  
Net sales 2024 €1,720 million
Sales in >90 countries
Number of employees December 2024 5,144
Technical Training Centres 15
R&D Centres 12
Production plants 14

MARKET

In 2024, the beverage, food, home, and personal care industries were all about innovation, championing sustainability, health, and variety while keeping pace with the ever-evolving tastes of consumers. To stand out in a competitive landscape, understanding consumer behaviour is the name of the game.

Milk splash, liquid dairy products

LIQUID DAIRY PRODUCTS (LDP) AND PLANT-BASED ALTERNATIVES

The LDP and plant-based alternatives market is dynamic, driven by population and spending growth. Significant growth is expected in drinking yogurt in China, as well as milk in India. The liquid dairy products and plant-based alternatives market is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of 2.5% by 2027.

Orange juice

JUICES, NECTARS, SOFT DRINKS, ISOTONICS AND TEAS

In response to evolving consumer preferences and lifestyle changes, the consumption of energy drinks is growing overall, and at an even higher rate in Asia. Tea consumption is also growing in China. The juices, nectars, soft drinks, isotonics and teas market is projected to increase at a CAGR of 3.7% by 2027.

Water

WATER

Water is expected to account for the greatest proportion of consumption growth in the coming years due to the shortage of potable tap water in several regions along with continued consumer health consciousness. The market is expected to grow by 5.4% CAGR by 2027.

Carbonated soft drinks

CARBONATED SOFT DRINKS

Despite concerns over high sugar content, the industry is expected to experience volume growth in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. The market for these beverages is projected to increase at a CAGR of 2.1% by 2027.

Beer in glass

BEER, WINE AND SPIRITS

The trends of health and eco-responsibility are driving innovation in the industry with more low or non-alcoholic offerings, although these are not offsetting the alcoholic ones. Due to various factors, the wine industry has been significantly challenged. The demand for ‘refillable’ glass options is rising significantly in response to sustainability regulations, mainly in Europe. The market is expected to grow by 1.1% CAGR until 2027

FOOD, HOME AND PERSONAL CARE

Following the challenging times during heightened inflation, food, home and personal care goods are now growing again in volume. The food market is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of 1.8% by 2027. Meanwhile, the home and personal care sector is projected to grow at a CAGR of 2.2% through 2027.

Technology

Introducing the ultimate in-line PET bottle quality control

Sidel has unveiled IntelliADJUST™, a revolutionary quality control technology for PET bottles that ensures consistent quality and high efficiency. This smart bottle blowing control system enhances production capabilities, allowing superior bottle quality while supporting the use of recycled PET (rPET).

The easy-to-use blowing solution maximises the number of marketable bottles by ensuring that quality control is consistently high. IntelliADJUST™ offsets any production line variations by using algorithms to identify measured thickness deviations and automatically correcting the heating and blowing parameters to ensure consistent quality without any interruptions.

The solution uses advanced interferometric sensor technology to guarantee optimal material distribution and uniformity. With autonomous in-line control and real-time adjustments, it effortlessly reduces the impact of production changes on bottle quality.

PET bottle quality control

Qual-IS™ – the intelligent aseptic quality supervisor

Sidel has launched Qual-IS™, an advanced digital quality control and food safety solution that boosts traceability and data analytics in aseptic production. This innovative system combines laboratory testing, traceability and sampling into a single platform. With Qual-IS™, customers can ensure food safety and product quality, enhancing consumer satisfaction and protecting brand reputation while driving profitability.

Each bottle is assigned a unique code that tracks its entire manufacturing journey, including details about the preform, cap, recipe and production parameters. By integrating quality control across the aseptic production line, Qual-IS™ sets a new standard in quality management.

“Qual-IS™ is our latest digital solution – a smart, dynamic quality control system, specifically designed to sustain a high level of quality control at all times thanks to its advanced traceability and data analytics,” explained Enrico Savani, Product Manager for Sensitive Product Filling at Sidel.

Operator using Qual-IS™, a quality control system for aseptic production