La Seda Barcelona innovates in the Pet-Packaging
The Silk of Barcelona is the European specialist of PET-Packaging - covers 15% of the market share in Europe and 30% recycled-, and third industrial group in this sector worldwide. The Group of silk is the only European producer capable of providing a packaging of PET, from raw materials (PTA and glycol), technology and design, to the finished product, by integrating and ensuring all production processes. The company has completed the entire chain of value of the product and access to the customer with the PET-Packaging, becoming a real key player in the sector.
Innovation: new solutions for new requirements
The bet group in this new stage for innovation. The development of new solutions in the sector of preforms them and containers of PET, along with the growth of specialties and the development of new applications to the penetration of new markets, will be the axis on which it based its growth.
The current product range includes 23 different basic combinations of necks, mouths and designs of preforms, in addition to developments with significant technological content for applications específicas.
The Division of Packaging from the Silk of Barcelona, Artenius PET Packaging Europe (APPE), has 8 production and one of PET recycling plants across Europe and North Africa. In addition, the structure of APPE includes 8 facilities operating from inside of the 'sites' of customers and a centre of excellence in Brecht (Belgium) dedicated to research and development, unique in Europe.
Artenius PET Packaging Europe (APPE) has a coverage geográfica that allows to join multinational customers in its operations in Western Europe, and a full and comprehensive product portfolio that includes preforms from 8,5 gr for applications from 50 ml to the 130 gr for packaging of 8 liters.
The Seda Group operates in three market segments in regards preforms and bottles of PET:
-Carbon drinks and mineral waters:
This is the first segment that began using PET applications and growth platform for what then was the 'boom' of the market of packaging for the PET. Thanks to this 'boom', the presence and the use of the PET has normalized in people's everyday lives.
-Beverages específicas:
Characterised by some technical especificaciones more demanding than those of carbon drinks and mineral waters, this segment covers the needs of packaging of juices, beers, wines and spirits and other alcoholic beverages in general, among others. The ability of insulation (barrier effect) is, in this segment, of greater importance as this type of drink cause adverse reactions to various external factors, since the sunlight to oxygen.
-Products diversificados:
Diversificados products represent a great opportunity to grow in markets that were not previously accessible to the PET.
The latest applications and developments are focused on this category: packaging for food, canned food, mayonnaise and other sauces, as well as applications for medicine, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and household cleaning products.
This is the last segment that has incorporated the PET in its packaging processes and which develop new industrial developments of PET resin applications that contribute to everyday life. The Centre of excellence of APPE in Brecht (Belgium) is devoted to projects, in large part, intended for mass consumption market.
