Focus on new plants: Adelholzener Alpenquelle GmbH, Siegsdorf The first PET-aseptic bottling line up and running
In November 2000, the mineral water bottlers Adelholzener Alpenquellen started operation with the first and currently most sophisticated line from Krones for cold-aseptic filling of still water, fruit juice and mixed beverages in non-refillable PET bottles. This prototype line, newly developed in close co-operation between Adelholzen and Krones, supports the company’s philosophy of being satisfied with nothing less than optimum quality, and using no preservatives whatsoever in its bottling operations.
This was the only way to implement the planned launch of non-refillable PET bottles in the still water and soft-drink segment of the market. At first, it was the nuns themselves who bottled the water laboriously by hand..
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