The award was handed by François Moisan, executive director for International Strategy and Research at the ADEME (Agence De l’Environnement et de la Maitrise de l’Energie/Environment and Energy Agency), during the Pollutec fair in Paris. The award has been given every year since 1987 by the ADEME, part of the French Ecology ministry, with the support of Orée, a non-profit organisation that specialises in environmental management with businesses and local authorities, and Credit Cooperative.
Sidel’s main contribution to the award was the installation of its latest dry-decontamination technology for bottling beverages, the Combi Predis/Capdis FMa, at Saint-Alban-Les-Eaux, a Refresco France plant where Lipton Ice Tea drinks are bottled for PepsiCo France.
The award also embraces the ecological design of the bottles used by Refresco France, especially its choice of using 50% recycled PET.
Françoise Raoul-Duval, Sidel’s vice president for Sensitive Products, said: “The expectations of beverages players globally are becoming ever more focused on sustainability, product safety, flexibility and cost efficiency. This can be especially hard for sensitive products, which require extra special care and expertise. Sidel is proud that the judging panel of Entreprises et Environnement has recognised the benefits of our Combi Predis/Capdis FMa technology.
“We are also proud that this resulted from a customer partnership to take an innovative and sustainable approach at the Refresco France plant for the benefit of PepsiCo’s popular Lipton Ice Tea drink. We look forward to continuing to work with PepsiCo, Refresco and our many other customers worldwide to achieve reliable, sustainable and cost-efficient solutions for sensitive products.”
Source: Sidel Group
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