China’s CR Beverage takes delivery of Sidel aseptic complete lines to meet the growing market demand

Chinese bottled water provider CR Beverage has invested in three of packaging solutions supplier Sidel’s complete high speed aseptic complete lines to meet increased consumer demand for packaging for teas, juices and carbonated drinks, in line with the 4.6% compound annual growth rate of the market, predicted by Global Data for 2023-2027.

After more than eight years of collaboration between CR Beverage and Sidel in China, and following the successful installation of Sidel's innovative complete line packaging solution for its big format water production, CR Beverage once again turned to Sidel for its aseptic lines.

At CR Beverage’s Yixing plant and Chengdu plant, Sidel installed three high speed aseptic complete lines featuring the Aseptic Combi Predis FMa for tea and plum juice and Aseptic Combi Predis Fmac for all high and low acid products and carbonated drinks with 28 and 38 bottle neck. The one at its Chengdu plant is equipped with a four EvoDECO labelers and conveyors. The lines are now producing 54,000 bottles/hour for 450ml format and 27,000 bph for 1L.

Sidel claims its Aseptic Combi Predis offers the simplest, fastest and safest dry preform decontamination on the market, designed to ensure food safety, product integrity and a longer shelf life for sensitive products without using preservatives.

It adds that it also facilitates the lowest total cost of ownership without compromising food safety or production simplicity, while maintaining a high output, easy operation and very flexible production. And, as no water is used in this process and the use of chemicals is radically reduced, it offers an optimised environmental footprint to attain the highest sustainability standards required.

The Aseptic Combi Predis uses dry hydrogen peroxide mist to sterilise preforms before blow moulding, reducing water, energy, and chemical usage. This process ensures a sterile environment for filling and capping, maintaining product safety and sustainability.

Sidel’s Aseptic Predis is locally manufactured at its Beijing plant. Over the past five years, since its set up, Sidel Beijing plant has delivered more than 20 sets of the equipment to customers throughout China and Asia.

These three high-speed Aseptic Predis complete lines to CR Beverage were all produced at the Sidel Beijing plant, and the one-time pass rate of aseptic validation reaches 100%, says Sidel.

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