CR Beverage, one of China’s leading bottled water brands, has invested in three of Sidel’s complete high-speed aseptic complete lines to meet increased consumer demand for better quality, healthier and more eco-friendly packaging for teas, juices and carbonated drinks. 

In addition to being the leading water packaging manufacturer in China, CR Beverage is committed to providing consumers with a greater choice of high-quality drinks across its entire beverage portfolio to meet the 4.6 per cent compound annual growth rate predicted by Global Data for 2023-2027. 

After more than eight years of collaboration between CR Beverage and Sidel in China, and following the successful installation of Sidel’s innovative complete line packaging solution for its big format water production, CR Beverage once again turned to Sidel to create a unique solution for its aseptic production lines.

At CR Beverage’s Yixing plant and Chengdu plant, Sidel installed three high-speed aseptic complete lines featuring the Aseptic Combi Predis FMa for tea and plum juice and Aseptic Combi Predis Fmac for all high and low acid products and carbonated drinks with 28 and 38 bottleneck. The one at its Chengdu plant is equipped with four EvoDECO labellers and conveyors. The lines are now producing 54,000 bottles per hour (bph) for 450ml format and 27,000 bph for 1L.

The responsible VP said, “We have successively introduced bottled water lines and aseptic lines from Sidel, and all of them have been successfully put into production. Especially the aseptic lines have passed the aseptic validation in one go and reached the rated production capacity as scheduled, demonstrating the professional level and high synergy of aseptic technology. We believe that we will have more extensive cooperation in the future.”

Simple, fast and reliable aseptic solution 

Sidel’s Aseptic Combi Predis offers the simplest, fastest and safest dry preform decontamination on the market, designed to ensure food safety, product integrity and longer shelf life for sensitive products without using preservatives.

The Sidel Aseptic Combi Predis also facilitates the lowest total cost of ownership without compromising food safety or production simplicity while maintaining a high output, easy operation and very flexible production. And, as no water is used in this process and the use of chemicals is radically reduced, it offers an optimised environmental footprint to attain the highest sustainability standards required.  

The Aseptic Combi Predis uses dry hydrogen peroxide mist to sterilise preforms before blow moulding, reducing water, energy, and chemical usage. This process ensures a sterile environment for filling and capping, maintaining product safety and sustainability.

100% one-time pass rate for aseptic validation of these three complete lines, successfully put into operation within 90 days 

2024 marks the fifth anniversary of both the local manufacture of Sidel Aseptic Predis and the establishment of the company’s aseptic laboratory at its Beijing plant, which has a strong local production capacity and focus on local delivery and sustainable development. Over the past five years, the Sidel Beijing plant has delivered more than twenty sets of innovative Aseptic Predis Combi equipment to customers throughout China and Asia. These three high-speed Aseptic Predis complete lines to CR Beverage were all produced at the Sidel Beijing plant, and the one-time pass rate of aseptic validation reached 100%.

Sidel Greater China has a strong Aseptic project and service team, which is the biggest cornerstone for Sidel to better serve the Chinese market. “Aseptic validation takes place at customer sites before the Commercial Acceptance Validation (CAV). We are proud to reflect on the performance of all newly installed aseptic lines in China in2024,” comments Tang John, Sidel’s Execution Project Management Director for Greater China. 

“All our aseptic complete lines installed in the country in 2024 passed the aseptic validation test with impressive results. This is an extraordinary achievement and highlights the dedication and teamwork of our outstanding team, as well as our leadership and expertise in aseptic technology. This success showcases our leadership in aseptic technology, with proven reliability and performance that differentiates us from both local and global peers.”  

Find out more about Aseptic Combi Predis and how you can access this kind of support for your business on the Sidel website.