published on 26/05/09
Longer shelf life, improved environmental standards and greater cost effectiveness are claimed for liquid packaging specialist Sidel’s dry preform decontamination system , which is currently being installed by a team of mechanical contract engineers.
Extending the Predis system from beverages distributed in the cold chain to ambient air temperature products allows aseptic packaging to lengthen the shelf life of sensitive drinks, such as juice, tea, flavoured water and energy drinks sold at room temperature, says the company.

“The dry sterilisation solution for preforms ensures superior hygiene for sensitive beverages while offering unrivaled cost-effectiveness along with product and environmental benefits,” according to Sidel. The system is easy to install and as well as being cost effective, overheads are reduced by the use of a team of contract engineers from a local outsourcing team, the same team are also responsible for the maintenance within the factory.

The company’s Predis filling technology has been commercially available since 2006 for products in the cold chain and was extended last year to cover high acid products sold at room temperature. Applications for low acid products sold at ambient temperature should be available soon, according to the company.

The technology has been adopted by beverage producers in Europe and North America, it adds.

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