C14_SIPA Magazine_issue4_2013_uk.pdf
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HOTLIGHT 28<br />
SpARKING A REvOLUTION<br />
back in late 2010/early 2011,<br />
siPa and one of its key customers<br />
developed some of the lightest<br />
hot-fill bottles in the world.<br />
The bottles are made and used<br />
by urC in the Philippines for a<br />
market-leading brand of green<br />
tea-based drink.<br />
They have a very light 28-mm<br />
neck, which siPa unsurprisingly<br />
calls the hotlight 28.<br />
1.2 Billion Bottles in<br />
south eAst AsiA<br />
Two years on, and the hotlight<br />
28 is, for want of a better word,<br />
hot in south east asia.<br />
siPa customers are using it<br />
across the region. last year, installed<br />
capacity for hot-fill bottles<br />
with hotlight 28 necks rose<br />
by a massive 1.2 billion bottles.<br />
urC itself uses the neck on two<br />
sizes of bottle with 350 ml and<br />
1.5 l capacity.<br />
The hotlight 28 is shorter than<br />
standard hot-fill neck finishes,<br />
which is the main reason why<br />
the neck-and the bottles it sits<br />
on-can be so light.<br />
The hotlight 28 weighs just<br />
3.8 g, but despite its ultra-low<br />
weight there is no compromise<br />
on the seal. it really does represent<br />
a revolution in hot-fill<br />
thread finishes.<br />
This 28-mm neck is the evolution<br />
of a traditional neck finish<br />
for hot fill weighing 5.2g. That’s<br />
37% more. reflecting its heritage,<br />
the hotlight 28 allows the<br />
production of hot fill and Csd<br />
containers, with PCo1881, in<br />
the same blowmolding equipment<br />
through minimum changes<br />
PetWorK - HotliGHt 28<br />
only. The filling and capping is<br />
therefore performed in the same<br />
filling line without any personalization<br />
change. hot-fill bottles<br />
and Csd bottles can be closed<br />
with the same cap!<br />
vAliDAtion froM<br />
the Most iMportAnt<br />
plAYers<br />
The hotlight 28 has now been<br />
tested by several authoritative<br />
organizations: major international<br />
cap maker bericap; PTieurope,<br />
a global leader in PeT<br />
packaging design, development<br />
and engineering services; and<br />
Parma university, one of the<br />
oldest and most prestigious universities<br />
in the world.<br />
all tests performed showed positive<br />
results relating to all major<br />
parameters: secure seal Test,<br />
opening Performance, hot fill<br />
Test, removal & band break<br />
Torque Test, seal release angle,<br />
Microbial permeation.<br />
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