Page 64 - Food&Drink Business magazine September 2022

Sidel is pushing the boundaries again in the aseptic packaging market with the introduction of the Aseptic Predis X4.
According to Sidel, the new system combines the highest food safety standards, unprecedented ease of use, maximum flexibility, and best-in-class environmental footprint.
The Aseptic Predis X4 is an integrated blow-fill-cap solution that incorporates
consolidated Predis dry preform sterilisation, making it ideal for the growing market of sensitive beverages in PET bottles.
“It builds on Sidel’s proven and successful aseptic technology, and introduces further innovation in design and digitalisation. The result is that it offers the best possible
experience in both food safety and operation,” the
company stated.
With more than 45
years’ experience and expertise in the
aseptic packaging equipment market, Sidel has been a
pioneer in introducing preform
sterilisation systems. The Aseptic Combi Predis
technology received FDA
approval in 2017, and has now had more than 200 installations worldwide.
An evolution of its existing range, the Aseptic Predis X4 is developed by Sidel to continue to help its customers to meet the growing market for healthy and nutritious drinks with a long shelf life, such as juice, nectar, soft drinks, isotonics, teas and liquid dairy products.
Demand for these products is expected to reach 192 billion units by 2024, a rise of rise 44 per cent compared to 2011. Sensitive products represent 55 per cent of the non-alcoholic beverages market and forecasted growth (at 2.3 per cent CAGR 2019-25) is higher for PET than for other materials.
The Aseptic Predis X4 will be introduced for the first time at
drinktec 2022 and will then go through a progressive deployment plan across applications and regions.
“Continuously listening to our customers’ needs, and taking into account their inputs, we have designed the Aseptic Predis X4 to set new standards in making our customers’ lives easier in total safety,” said Guillaume Rolland, vice- president PET & sensitive products at Sidel.
“Keeping the user experience at the heart of our design, we’ve made the system so complete, safe and simple to use that we say, ‘it looks after you’.
“It is easy, flexible and sustainable. It can be adapted to multiple production types and has the best yet environmental footprint.” ■
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Sidel unveils Aseptic Predis X4 packaging system
SIDEL CHARGES TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS
Sidel has pledged to halve its emissions by 2030 and confirmed that all its sites will be 100 per cent green energy-powered by the end of the year, putting it in line with the 11.5°C pathway.
The global packaging solutions company has revised its sustainability targets, and is on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at its sites and facilities by 50 per cent by 2030, compared to a 2019 baseline.
This is a significant step-up compared to
its previous goal, set only a year ago, of a 30 per cent reduction in emissions in the same timeframe.
Sidel began switching its 17 production sites to renewable energy in 2019, and will complete the process by the end of 2022. The success of this transition has enabled it to revise its targets upwards.
In early 2022, it launched Evo-ON, a cloud-based digital platform, which helps customers monitor and optimise energy
consumption on packaging lines.
Sidel has a strategy to help its suppliers
lower their emissions, encouraging them to make a greenhouse gas inventory, commit to science-based targets, and develop their climate change policy.
In addition, Sidel has signed up to R-Cycle, a voluntary initiative to bring to life the ‘digital product passport’ – an open global tracing standard for packaging, to help drive forward the circular economy.
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