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PRODUCT NEWS
SIDEL LAUNCHES SQUARE RPET BOTTLE
FOR NITROGEN-DOSED WATER
Customizable design
Monnier explains that the Nitro Square offers
manufacturers a square design that stands out
on shelves and throughout the supply chain.
The bottle also features Sidel’s StarLite-R Nitro,
a wave-shaped base that ensures stability and
drop resistance. Sidel says the bottle is custom-
izable, aligning with specific brand aesthetics.
According to Sidel, the Nitro Square can inte-
idel has introduced Nitro Square, a grate into existing Sidel bottling lines, such as
square-shaped bottle for nitrogen-dosed Universal, Series 2, and EvoBLOW machines, en-
Swater. The bottle is said to be “valid for abling a production speed of 2,600 bottles per
recycled PET” and balances rigid sections with hour per mould.
flexible, pressure-absorbing surfaces.
Recently, Sidel provided Sibeg, the official Coca-
Xavier Monnier, packaging innovation polymer Cola bottler in Sicily, Italy, with its complete asep-
expert at Sidel, says: “Cylindrical forms largely tic PET line featuring the Aseptic Combi Predis
dominate the nitrogen-dosed water bottle mar- and EvoFilm Stretch.
ket, as this is the natural shape created by the
internal pressure of the bottle’s contents.” It also launched new laser technology for blow-
ing, production line innovations for cans, PET,
Liquid nitrogen dosing is pressurizing containers and glass packaging, and aseptic technology de-
to improve their structural rigidity. While thinner velopments at Drinktec 2025. At the event, Sidel
beverage container walls can help reduce costs spotlighted developments from lightweighting
and materials, it often breaks under pressure to fully recycled PET, partial labels, and return-
due to a weak structure. Pressurization, such as able complete lines.
adding liquid nitrogen, can help address this is-
sue for non-carbonated drinks.
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