Liquid packaging provider Sidel is celebrating 50 years of partnership with world-leading bottled water company Nestlé Waters.
At a commemorative event at the company’s facility in northern France, Sidel showcased three new technologies in PET packaging manufacture. Its Matrix Combi Hotfill is a Predis dry preform decontamination system; while its Matrix Lab and Matrix Combi blowers will be used to produce bottles for the Vittel and Perrier brands respectively.
Henri Attias, Sidel’s VP global key accounts, said: “This year marks 50 years of partnership, collaboration and numerous successes in the field of bottled water. For half a century, teams at Nestlé Waters and Sidel have worked together to support the development of the international brand portfolio of Nestlé Waters and ensure operational excellence.”
The two companies’ commercial partnership was one “built on common goals and many common beliefs,” according to Sidel. Nestlé Waters was one of the first bottled water producers to switch from glass to plastic packaging, allowing for enhanced food safety, improved industrial performance and a greater emphasis on environmental sustainability.
David Findlay, executive SVP operations for Nestlé Waters, said: “This celebration event is recognition for all the efforts made by Sidel to deeply understand and respond to Nestlé Waters’ challenges and needs. This long standing relationship has helped us to perform and better compete in our business. I have every confidence we have built a great platform to be even more successful in the future.”
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