Big 8 installs big beverage line
Thursday, 05 December, 2013
For nearly 30 years, Big 8 Beverages has been manufacturing high-quality spring water and soft drinks from Nova Scotia in Canada. The company now exports its beverages all around the world.
Recently, the company engaged Italian company SIPA to install a complete beverage line. SIPA also assisted in the design of Big 8’s new PET preform and spring water bottle designs for its 500 mL and 1 L PET bottles.
SIPA installed a SincroBloc, which included an integrated SFR 6 EVO rotary stretch blow-moulding unit and a Stillfill SP gravity filler. The line runs at 12,000 bottles/h when producing and filling 500 mL PET bottles.
The Sincro Bloc is a compact integrated system for high-speed blowing, filling and capping and is suitable for operations where reduced footprints are required. It can handle a range of bottles, necks and cap sizes and can be operated by just one person - providing significant savings in labour costs.
“Big 8 liked the idea of getting everything it needed for its new production system from a single source,” said Denis Marcon from SIPA.
“SIPA was able to configure the system to run at high speeds while producing quality bottles. The SFR 6 EVO impressed with its speed, compact design, easy accessibility and short changeover times.”
SIPA is represented in Oceania by HBM Plastics & Packaging Technologies.
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