Notable Milestones Since 1997
- 1997 Kick-off of the manufacturing of stretch blow-moulding machines for the production of PET bottles
- 2000 Delivery of the first line for aseptic filling of sensitive soft drinks
- 2002 Premiere of the first PET recycling line for recovering PET bottles and re-using them as food-grade raw material
- 2005 Expansion of the firm’s aseptic filling technology to include dry sterilisation using H2O2; Krones had already been offering sterilisation with peracetic acid, and is thus the only company to offer both of these technologies.
- 2010 The new ProShape - Process for the production of oval and asymmetrical plastic containers is brought to market
- 2010 Presentation of the new FlexWave heating system for preforms based on microwave technology for energy saving manufacturing of PET bottles.
- 2011 LitePac is introduced, a completely new method of packaging beverages: PET bottle formations are provided with strapping tape and a carrying handle only, so that waste from packaging can be reduced by 75% in relation to former shrink film packaging.
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