Sidel

  • 07 February 2024

    In-line PET bottle quality control with automatic adjustment

    Sidel, a leader in innovative PET packaging solutions, is launching its latest quality control technology for PET bottles. IntelliAdjust is set to transform customers’ ability to produce PET bottles to a high and consistent standard. The smart bottle blowing control system offers high performance and easy to use technology that enables...
  • 04 October 2023

    New rPET bottle for carbonated soft drinks

    To help carbonated soft drink (CSD) packaging producers embrace material circularity, Sidel has launched StarLITE R - a 100% rPET bottle. Sidel’s signature StarLITE family is evolving to address the challenges associated with working with recycled content. StarLITE R allows CSD producers to...
  • 21 June 2023

    A platform for the transition to recycled PET

    Sidel is demonstrating its expertise in recycled PET (rPET) by launching its “RePETable” offer. This unique portfolio of services is designed to help the packaging industry make an efficient transition to rPET bottle production while offering support to improve the circularity of primary packaging...
  • 02 November 2022

    Recycled and recyclable: rPET bottle without label

    A unique label-less recycled PET bottle, 1Skin, has been created by Sidel. Combining distinctive shelf-appeal with the highest eco credentials, it has been designed to help Sidel’s customers achieve their sustainability goals and drive sales of high-end products. The one-litre bottle is destined for the booming market in...
  • 18 October 2022

    Sidel opens new hub for recycling primary packaging

    Sidel has opened a new hub dedicated to PET recycling. At its unique small-scale PET recycling pilot line in Octeville (France), the company will develop its understanding of PET recycling with the aim of giving comprehensive support to the market as it switches to greater use of recycled PET...
  • 06 July 2022

    Sidel accelerates towards sustainability

    Sidel has pledged to halve its emissions by 2030 and confirmed that all its sites will be 100% green energy-powered by the end of this year. This puts it in line with the 1.5°C pathway - the best efforts to limit global warming. The global packaging solutions company has revised its sustainability targets and...
  • 20 April 2022

    New safe PET aerosol container offering brands a sustainable and competitive edge

    Launched by Sidel, PressureSafe is an innovative PET aerosol container design that will give home and personal care brands the opportunity to offer more environmentally sustainable dispensing spray packaging. This new PET product-packaging solution is approved for the traditional PET recycling stream. Intended for...
  • 28 July 2021

    Complete aseptic line for milk drinks in PET bottles

    Thanks to Sidel’s end-to-end complete aseptic PET line, UHT liquid dairy products (LDPs) from Spanish milk producer Covap are now also available in PET bottles for the very first time. This new PET bottle opens the door to meet changing market demand and ensures product integrity and safety...
  • 16 June 2021

    Tethered caps: consumers prioritise product safety and user-friendliness

    Tethered caps - closures that stay connected to the bottle when opened and used - will become an everyday part of life for consumers in the European Union starting in July 2024. Sidel carried out a survey to get a better understanding of consumers’ environmental perceptions, their requirements for closures in general and...
  • 12 May 2021

    New base solution to increase the stability of flat PET and rPET containers

    Sidel is introducing the StarLite HPC base. The new, oval bottle base alternative for flat PET containers helps achieve optimum performance and can also comply with rPET up to 100%. The new bottle base not only increases container stability by up to 25%, but also optimises bottle weight and energy consumption, reducing...
  • 16 February 2021

    Nuuk, the new rPET water bottle concept inspired by Greenland

    Sidel’s art designers have created the Nuuk bottle concept, drawing inspiration from the purity of ice and its formations. The Nuuk brand takes its name from Greenland’s capital and the fjords that make it famous. The “Frozen, Authentic, Unique” slogan highlights the brand’s attributes, which are closely linked to water and its features. Produced…