To better support companies in the sensitive liquid food and beverage market, Sidel has unveiled a dedicated online resource called its Aseptic Knowledge Centre.
This campaign follows a steadily growing trend of demand for long-life healthy beverages such as juice, ready-to-drink beverages, and liquid dairy products.
The purpose of the Aseptic Knowledge Centre is to present in-depth know-how into aseptic packaging using more than fifty years of experience acquired in the company Sidel.
This portal shall also feature current studies on recent inventions in packages and innovations dedicated to enhancing the security of foods along with foodstuffs while in packaging besides other case histories as well as point of view by experts.
The manufacturers face increasing pressure from consumers and regulatory agencies as the market for sensitive beverages grows. The demand for effective packaging options that ensure food safety and enhance product shelf life is crucial. The center intends to provide the knowledge manufacturers need to address these challenges.
"Food safety and shelf life of the product are at the top of the priority list for the aseptic packaging industry," said Damien Fournier, vice president of the sensitive portfolio at Sidel. The facility will demonstrate how technological developments can help with these pressing issues.
Aseptic Knowledge Centre contains one of these breakthroughs through Sidel's Predis, a dry aseptic sterilizing preform. The way this process happens is in such a way as to be really efficient and also operate within standard blow-molding environments.
To help compete, Sidel is launching even more PET bottle designs that would be really extremely light and incredibly small for carrying liquid dairy products.
The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the filling machines market is estimated to reach 4.56% during the forecast period between 2023 and 2030, according to Coherent Market Insights (CMI). With such estimations, the industry is set to expand from US$ 7.97 billion in 2023 to US$ 11.39 billion by 2030.
Increased industrialization, a growing pharmaceutical industry, and developments in the packaging industry are driving the demand for filling solutions in the Asia Pacific and North America, which is why many businesses are expanding there.
The rising need for contamination-free packaging solutions in food, drinks, and pharmaceuticals is the factor that drives the filling machines industry at such an impressive pace, as observed by research consultant Ramprasad Bhute.
The establishment of the Aseptic Knowledge Center by Sidel represents a growing demand for innovative filling technology in the liquid food and beverage manufacturing sector. Important business lessons from this are that packaging solutions should be efficient and sustainable, that professional information is important to be shared, that innovation in packaging solutions adds value, expert knowledge sharing has its value, efficiency, and sustainability are necessary for production, and the initiative supports manufacturers in enhancing the quality and reaching markets.
