Peruvian PET bottle producer reports energy savings with new equipment

30 Mar 2018 --- Energy savings have been reported by Industrias San Miguel (ISM), who have seven lines producing PET bottles. They have managed to make energy savings of 8 percent “thanks to” the greater efficiency of the integrated Sidel Matrix blower and the packaging light weighting solutions proposed by Sidel. It is said this will aid ISM’s production of PET bottles, which are expected to remain steady in the market.

The commercial relationship between ISM and Sidel started in 2005. From the installation of the first blower, the team at the customer’s site was “impressed” with Sidel’s equipment, recognizing the savings in utilities and its.

The bottled water market is growing. In the Dominican Republic, in 2016, off-trade sales for bottled water rose by 2 percent in volume in that year, while sales figures rose by 5 percent in value - to reach 1.3 billion liters and DOP (Dominican Peso) 12.4 billion, respectively. Demand for bottled water in the region is expected to remain steady in the coming years.

Experiencing the biggest gain in market share in 2016, Industrias San Miguel continued to expand within the domestic bottled water market primarily under its Cool Heaven brand, increasing its sales in value by 17 percent.The organization also continued to further consolidate its position within soft drinks. Following the sustained growth of its Kola Real brand, its Frutop brand - a refreshing drink with the combination of natural fruit flavors enriched with vitamins A and C - its 360 energy drink and the introduction of a new passionfruit flavor during the year, ISM emerged as the leader within non-cola carbonated drinks.

According to Sidel, the Matrix blower offers 200 possible configurations to precisely fit all production needs; it also manages to reduce the consumption of electricity, air and materials as well as downtime. Featuring a minimal environmental footprint, the Sidel Matrix blower with its patented ECO ov-en technology offers the best oven efficiency on the market, reducing preform heating time, requiring fewer heating modules and lamps and thereby cutting electrical consumption by up to 45 percent. Furthermore, savings in compressed air of up to 30 percent are possible.