Sidel installs new lines at three Coca-Cola HBC sites

LEADING provider of PET solutions for liquid packaging, Sidel has won three contracts with Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company in Nigeria, Russia and Belarus.

The company is installing a new line in Coca-Cola HBC’s plant in Ikeja, Nigeria where all major categories of soft drinks are forecast to grow in volume and sales, thanks to better economic conditions. It will bring in a complete bottling line for carbonated soft drinks. PET bottles in 500ml format will be produced at a capacity of 42,000 bottles per hour, with 1,500ml formats produced at 22,000 bottles per hour. After installation which began in May, the first saleable products will ready by early July this year.

In Moscow, Coca-Cola HBC will add another line comprising a Matrix?Combi, a Matrix Labeller, a mixer, two packers, a handle applicator, a conveyor, a high-level linear palletiser and a stretch wrapper. This line can produce 500ml and 1,500ml PET bottles at a rate of 45,000 and 33,500 bottles per hour, respectively. Sidel is also providing Coca-Cola's operators with over two weeks of training, on-site technical support for six months and ongoing spare parts and maintenance support.

In Minsk, Belarus, the Sidel Eurostar, the mechanical pressure level filler for bottles and its accompanying Sidel rollfed labeller, has already been successfully completed and the line is now under way producing 9,000 2Lbottles an hour. (Photo courtesy of Sidel)