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Major contract for Alpla and Sidel

(beveragemanager.net) - Alpla, one of the major Mexican bottle manufacturers, will be supplying 900 million bottles per year to ArcaContinental.

The bottles are produced on 11 SBO Universal2eco blow-molding machines and 1,200 molds by Sidel.

Over the next eight years, Alpla Mexico will be supplying 900 million empty bottles per year to ArcaContinental, the second-largest Coca-Cola bottler in Latin America.

Alpla will create all the Coca-Cola bottle shapes from 250 milliliters to three liters on the new blow molders. Some of these machines are able to produce up to 21 different shapes and sizes. There are 1,200 molds equipped with Kohlox, a system made of thermo composite material that helps parts move freely without lubrication and reduces machine downtimes. (bmg)