drinkworld Technology + Marketing 2/2022
drinkworld Technology + Marketing is the leading magazine for the entire drinks industry worldwide. Feature articles and short communications cover the whole spectrum of processing, bottling, raw materials, logistics, packaging and marketing of beverages. We also report on special topics of regional interest and the trends in the beverage industries worldwide. Readers are executives and decision-makers in the brewing, dairy and mineral water industries, manufacturers of non-alcoholic drinks, wine growers and bottlers.
drinkworld Technology + Marketing is the leading magazine for the entire drinks industry worldwide. Feature articles and short communications cover the whole spectrum of processing, bottling, raw materials, logistics, packaging and marketing of beverages. We also report on special topics of regional interest and the trends in the beverage industries worldwide. Readers are executives and decision-makers in the brewing, dairy and mineral water industries, manufacturers of non-alcoholic drinks, wine growers and bottlers.
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Packaging<br />
the customer’s specifications, with<br />
the amount used to join the client’s<br />
1.0-liter bottles reduced from 1.8 to<br />
1.0 grams. “The dedication shown by<br />
KHS’ expert team was truly impressive.<br />
They understood and implemented our<br />
complex requirements perfectly. This<br />
is by no means par for the course but<br />
the result of a fantastic exchange of<br />
knowledge, from which both parties<br />
profit in the long term,” praises Hubert<br />
Decroix.<br />
Efficient and economical<br />
The numerous further developments<br />
and cooperative nature of the<br />
companies’ partnership ultimately<br />
convinced the beverage bottler to<br />
invest in the resource-conserving<br />
KHS system for its 1.0-liter bottle in<br />
2020. In May 2021 the first Innopack<br />
Nature MultiPack machine with an<br />
output of up to 25,000 bottles an<br />
hour was successfully commissioned.<br />
Since September of last year the new<br />
six-packs have been marketed at<br />
E.Leclerc’s around 750 supermarkets<br />
throughout the nation – with great<br />
success: since the market launch sales<br />
have increased by 15%. “This new style<br />
of packaging is very popular with our<br />
customers. They understand that we<br />
want to make a valuable contribution to<br />
the protection of our environment with<br />
our Nature MultiPacks,” Hubert Decroix<br />
explains. By doing away with the shrink<br />
film, Aquamark currently saves about<br />
25,000 metric tons of plastic a year.<br />
During the course of the Aquamark project KHS developed the Nature MultiPack machine further so<br />
that it can now easily process lightweight bottles made entirely of recyclate.<br />
Moreover, the new acquisition proves<br />
convincing as it consumes less energy<br />
than the shrink packer previously in use<br />
thanks to the omission of the heating<br />
tunnel. With this saving and by cutting<br />
down on the amount of adhesive<br />
needed, costs per pack have been<br />
considerably reduced. Hubert Decroix<br />
estimates that he will have a full return<br />
on his investment in two years. “At the<br />
start of the project we of course studied<br />
all of the systems on the market. None<br />
of them could match the benefits of<br />
KHS’ plant engineering as regards<br />
sustainability, efficiency and economy,”<br />
the Frenchman says. “The Nature<br />
MultiPacker has definitely exceeded<br />
our expectations. It has an efficiency of<br />
98% – which is a marvelous result.”<br />
<strong>drinkworld</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> + <strong>Marketing</strong> · June <strong>2022</strong><br />
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