Centrale del Latte di Brescia is an Italian dairy company founded in 1930 and is dedicated to distributing dairy products locally in Brescia at the foot of the Alps in northern Italy.
Centrale del Latte di Brescia factory
Centrale del Latte di Brescia is the first investment in Italy to introduce a combination of Sidel Aseptic Combi Predis dry embryo sterilization technology sterile environment-friendly blowing - filling - screw cap integration solutions.
This packaging line, how to help Centrale del Latte di Brescia PET bottled ultra-high temperature sterilized milk to double the aseptic production capacity?
Aseptic Combi Predis Dry - type Velectomy
At the beginning of 2000, Centrale del Latte di Brescia began moving from carton packaging to PET packaging to promote sales of its 1L and 0.5L bottled milk.
Director Paolo Bonometti explained: 'PET bottles let us have a great packaging design space to achieve brand differentiation, more importantly, this package meets stringent food safety standards. Since 2004, we will PET bottled fresh The successful experience of milk is extended to ultra - high temperature sterilized milk to promote this product with attractive PET bottles.
Centrale del Latte di Brescia uses PET square bottles to pack ultra-high temperature sterilized milk
Verified by market solutions to meet the challenges of various solutions
Centrale del Latte di Brescia needs to expand its production capacity recently, and the company wants to ensure that its products maintain the highest quality while reducing reliance on chemicals, according to the growing demand for Italian PET bottled ultra-high temperature sterilized milk.
Also taking into account its factory is located in the center of Brisbane, is a historic building, the available space for the plant is limited. With its extensive experience in the field of dairy production (especially for aseptic production and packaging), this Italian The manufacturer evaluates the major packaging solutions available on the market.
'We have finally introduced another way to invest in the production line of Sidel with sterile Combi, which is equipped with dry-type velvet sterilization technology: this is the first time that such equipment has been used in the production of PET bottled ultra-high temperature sterilized milk in Italy.
Brand differentiation and marketing opportunities
By investing in the introduction of the Aseptic Combi Predis, the company takes full advantage of this blowing-filling-capping integration solution to leverage the real value and marketing advantages of PET packaging. Bonometti said: 'The design of the square bottle allows us to optimize Palletizing mode, each tray can hold more bottles.
In addition, the use of this unique PET bottle design for fresh milk and ultra-high temperature sterilized milk ensures that Centrale del Latte di Brescia and retailer brand products can stand out on the shelves.
'Our innovative packaging bottle subverts the appearance of the consumer's ultra-high temperature sterilized milk bottle. We changed the packaging shape, leaving a large area for the label logo, through the roll or set the standard process to decorate the product appearance And the use of tamper-proof seals around the cap - this solution ensures that the packaging is intact, and we also use a variety of expressive eye-catching packaging colors that make it easy for consumers to identify different Category of dairy products. 'Bonometti added.
Compact structure to double capacity
The project is located in the city center, is an old building, it is almost impossible to expand the production plant to accommodate the new production line.
Bonometti said: 'We removed the old building, replaced by a two-story new plant: the basement for the storage of raw materials, the ground floor is the office area and sterile production area.'
The company's first sterile line is similar in function and uses an independent equipment program that can not be adapted to the limited space layout requirements. The company has to use a very compact configuration, so it is logical to decide to turn blown - filling - Solution,
Bonometti also mentioned this: 'Sidel's low-speed sterile Combi Predis is particularly capable of meeting the needs of ultra-small spaces and is well suited to the limited space faced by our factories. In addition, it produces up to 16,000 bottles / hour and is perfect To meet our production needs, so that we can be ultra-high temperature sterilized milk production capacity doubled.
Flexible and efficient production
The new production line is used to produce Centrale del Latte di Brescia's brand and a variety of dairy products for other private brands. The packaging specifications include 330ml, 500ml and 1 liter. For the main products, no matter what brand and bottle Type, can use the same design, almost no need to carry out the production change, just replace the product itself and the label can be.
Bonometti continues: "We can do it quickly and easily, with limited human intervention, and shorten the downtime caused by the liquid change, as long as 3 hours to complete the cleaning and disinfection. Sidel Rollquattro labeling Excellent flexibility, so that we can easily replace the surround label, which is the key to customization of the bottle.
In addition, the production line is equipped with a Sidel conveyor belt and a very compact buffer table, which is very suitable for this small space production. 'We are very satisfied with the overall performance and reliability of the bottling line, the production efficiency can be more than 95% Production efficiency is 92%. '
A major step forward
Combi Predis integrates the preform sterilization process, the blowing and filling functions with the cap sterilization process into a single case, ensuring that the PET is aseptically filled and capped, and that the entire process is free of water.
The collaboration between Centrale del Latte di Brescia and Sidel has ensured the successful implementation of the entire project, and Bonometti concludes: 'The Zeele Parma plant is only about 120 kilometers away from our factory, and we can speak a waterfront.'
At present, the factory ushered in a number of hope to observe the operation of Aseptic Combi Predis beverage and dairy products manufacturers, it is in many European liquid dairy production plant has become a recognized model.