Sidel is celebrating a successful week following exhibiting at drinktec 2022 (between 12-16 September) in Munich. Existing and potential customers met with packaging experts at the Sidel booth and there was a very strong attendance that surpassed expectations for visitor numbers, post-pandemic.
The Sidel stand showcased customer success stories from projects around the world, alongside interactive multi-media presentations and demonstrations of advanced systems and services, line engineering, and digital and eco-solutions, including aseptic production, sustainability, packaging optimisation and holistic turnkey solutions.
It was an immersive experience for visitors to the booth, illustrating the latest packaging equipment and was designed to engage all the senses. The response to this alternative approach to showcasing packaging technology was warmly received by customers and competitors alike, and feedback at the show suggested that Sidel is now recognised as setting a new trend when it comes to exhibiting at an event in the packaging industry.
Digital evolution
Sidel showcased top-class digital solutions enabling customers to face challenges, and reach peak production performance without compromising operational costs, product quality or environmental impact. The Evo-ON software suite offers powerful cloud computing and data analytic technologies.
Nathalie Periera- Sidel Vice President Digital Portfolio said that conversations that she had at drinktec focused on efficiency, time and cost savings. “At drinktec our customers told us that whatever challenge or decision they are facing right now and whatever the topic, a really important factor is the need to be efficient and not waste time and money. They also want to make the right decision about the operation of their equipment at the right time. We presented the Evo-ON software suite to visitors; designed to supervise and optimise line performance. Through a unique cloud suite with built-in intelligence, Evo-ON smart apps turn unused raw equipment data into powerful knowledge that customers can use to achieve peak performance. Our customers are on a journey towards being more confident in using digital solutions to help them manage the efficiency, reliability and safety of their lines and are starting to realise that Sidel can provide them not only with useful data through the Evo-ON platform, but with the applied expertise required to help them make smart decisions.”
Sustainable transformation
Eco-friendly packaging alternatives were showcased, from 100% recycled PET (rPET) and light-weighted primary packaging with tethered caps, to optimised secondary and tertiary packaging alternatives.
Francesca Bellucci -Sustainability Director at Sidel said that customers at drinktec were positively impressed by the focus Sidel put on sustainability. “Sustainability is a journey that Sidel embarked upon many years ago and, therefore, we are already able to offer to our customers a lot of fantastic savings in energy, water, chemicals and in plastic consumption. We have demonstrated that we are serious about sustainability by setting our science-based targets; we are on the 1.5 degrees pathway in response to the Paris Agreement, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in order to limit global warming and we are reducing our scope 1&2 emissions by 50% by 2030 and scope 3 by 25%. At drinktec customers told us that sustainability is a key topic on their agenda now. It started a few years ago with the big corporations, but now it’s cascading down to smaller customers and when they see that we can offer them not only sustainability savings, but also cost savings, the interest grows immediately.”
Aseptic
With 47 years’ experience in aseptic packaging equipment technology, Sidel premiered the Aseptic Predis X4 their new development.
Guillaume Rolland – Vice President PET & Sensitive Portfolio at Sidel said that customer needs are always evolving. “Customers visiting our booth were very interested in solutions for sensitive products- so liquid dairy products, juices, nectars, soft drinks with many of them interested in investing in aseptic technology. There was a high level of interest in our new Aseptic Predis X4 solution, showcased at the event for the first time, which is an integrated blow-fill-cap solution that incorporates consolidated Predis dry preform sterilisation. As always, these customers are focused on food safety and quality, alongside easy-to-use solutions that allow them to be extremely flexible, giving them the ability to produce many different types of bottled products on their line. They are increasingly interested in the way that Sidel’s digital solution, the Evo-ON platform, supports our Aseptic equipment because it makes these lines even safer and easier to manage.”
Complete line solutions
Sidel has expertise and a comprehensive portfolio of services in every related field, including line concept, engineering, line control and automation, packaging technologies and equipment.
Philippe Leclerc – Vice President End of Line & Can & Glass Portfolio said that a lot of the feedback that he received from customers at drinktec was that they were really looking for complete line solution. “They were also happy to hear that we are more than a PET company with a much wider offering when it comes to packaging solutions. We also heard that the way that we presented our innovation and capabilities was very helpful to customers. That’s because we presented an animated and interactive ‘digital twin’ video on a touch screen, where it was possible to see an overview of the way that the whole line works or zoom right in and look at the detail of the machine – for example to see how a filling valve works. “
