I don’t really do technology. My focus is primarily on society and consumers, brands and producers. But at our Global Soft Drinks Congress a fortnight ago in Germany, I was particularly impressed by six supplier presentations that showed how much can be saved in operating costs by pushing to the limits of new technology.
- Water usage can be reduced by 70% using Sidel’s dry sterilisation process, along with numerous other efficiency improvements in energy, cleaning and compressed air.
- Integrated energy production facilities from ContourGlobal can increase bottling efficiency by over 40%, accompanied by other benefits for energy and CO2, carbon and air emissions.
- 50% PET weight reductions in bottle neck threads were demonstrated by Sipa.
- Further 35% lightweighting opportunities for caps were presented by Bericap.
- A 74% carbon footprint reduction was offered by CCL through switching to super stretch sleeve labels instead of shrink sleeves.
- Up to 50% sales increases have been achieved by use of Frigoglass ice cold merchandisers.
For more information on the Congress presentations, go to www.zenithinternational.com/events. If you have other significant cost saving examples, please do send them to me.
2 comments:
Dear Mr Hall,
One more fair question:
We are awared about the weight reductions in PET bottles and the closures.What we dont know is how to apply them in our production since the suppliers, as they say, have not put in production yet.
Hope my update provides the answer you were seeking. Let me know if you need more.
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