Control costs by doing it yourself

摘要

For large beverage companies,the advantages of self-manufactuingrnPET bottles can include increased efficiency, transportation savings and the use of the very latest blowmolding equipment. According to packaging experts, companies that fill in excess of 80 million to 100 million bottles per year may benefit from implementing in-line blowmolding.rnIn-house blowmolding is fairly commonplace in the U.S. bottled water industry, and some soft drink companies are beginning to bring bottle-making in-house as well. But Peter Andrich, executive director of food and non-food converter sales at KHS Corpoplast North America, Flemington, N.J., says hot-fill applications offer the biggest opportunity for cost savings.