Special requirements when filling beer in polyester bottles
About one year ago, no adequate technological values could be guaranteed for beer in PET bottles and taste stabilities achieved ranged from a few weeks to a number of months. With the advent of multi-layer and physical bottle treatment processes, technological values very similar to those of "glass packaging" are just around the corner.
In view of the expected improvement of taste stability expected of beers filled in PET bottles and a preference for ever lighter containers on the part of the beverage industry and consumers, DIS decided to avail of these market opportunities and develop in-house know-how in the "PET beer sector", in addition to available PET know-how in the soft drinks sector. The plant has a capacity of 30,000 bottles/h, either 33 or 50 cl. 60 °C.
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