With the 2008 opening of two new packaging and tooling centres (PTCs) in Guadalajara, Mexico, and Beijing, China, in 2008, Sidel has enhanced its local service capability and its customer proximity for new packaging development and blow mold manufacture.
The launch of Coca-Cola’s new On-the-Go (OTG) bottle shape, replacing the traditional contour bottle for small formats (40cl, 50cl and 60cl), started in late 2007 in China before being extended to Europe in 2008, and now to North and South America.
Sidel’s unique, worldwide network of six PTCs has enabled it to handle the major order from Coca-Cola bottling system for nearly 2,000 OTG molds in one year.
The Coca-Cola bottling system was looking for a world-class partner that can manage bottling system complex projects thanks to its network and its expertise. The PTCs created by Sidel concentrate all packaging development skills in one site: bottle and mold design, as well as the manufacture of blow molds and perso parts.
All products meet the same high-quality standards, since each centre benefits from the Sidel Group’s expertise in various blow mold technologies acquired over the last 50 years.
Above and beyond simple mold manufacturing, Sidel also guarantees the industrial performance and, in many instances, improvements of the bottle’s mechanical properties. As an example, Sidel was able to readjust the OTG bottle design by addressing technical challenges in terms of material stretching and positioning of the radii found in the original design made by an independent designer.
Mexico is the latest country to see the new bottle shape arrive on its shores. In Mexico, Sidel has received an order for more than 400 molds from the network of converters that work with Coca-Cola bottling system. Order fulfilment was made possible by the newest PTC, which opened in Guadalajara in May 2008.
This plant’s industrial capacity, added to that for the PTCs in Atlanta, US, and Sao Paulo, Brazil, brings total production up to 8,000 molds per year for North and South America, and has enabled Sidel to ensure delivery of the new molds within the country in a record time of just four weeks.
Source: Sidel
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