The alcoholic beverage sector in the United States is an extremely important segment, with a significant impact on the national economy.
The use of PET as a packaging material is revolutionizing this industry, offering numerous benefits in terms of cost, convenience, and sustainability.
In this context, we will examine the case history dedicated to the Phillips Distilling company that needed to innovate the production of PET bottles.
The most effective response was provided by SIPA, as a leader in PET bottle production machine systems. In this regard, we will deepen the specific production needs, the technologies adopted and the performance achieved.
About Phillips Distilling Company
Phillips Distilling Company is one of the oldest and most prestigious distilleries in the United States. Founded in 1912, and headquartered in Minnesota, the company is famous for producing a wide range of high-quality alcoholic beverages, including vodka, gin, rum, whiskey, and spirits.
Phillips Distilling Company is renowned for its long tradition and commitment to creating products that are popular with consumers. The company combines traditional production methods with modern technologies to ensure the highest quality and satisfy the most demanding palates and changing consumption needs.
The customer's needs
In this specific case, Phillips Distilling Company needed a versatile packaging solution, capable of guaranteeing speed in production and energy efficiency, for the production of high quality PET bottles for different types of liqueurs.
SIPA was chosen for the excellent reputation for speed, quality, energy efficiency and sustainability of its PET bottle production machines, together with timely support, compliance with delivery times and project budgets.
The technological response provided by SIPA
SIPA has supplied its SFL Performance 6 linear stretch-blow moulding system, installed in the Phillips Distilling Company plant in Princeton to produce premium PET bottles.
The SIPA system is extremely versatile in terms of the types of containers it can produce, in terms of shape, size, package type, and other specifications. This allowed Phillips Distilling Company to produce different types of bottles, including some round and oval, in sizes from half a pint to half a gallon.
Focus on SFL Performance 6
The SFL Performance 6 linear blow molding machine, formerly called SFL EVO, is known and appreciated for its production speed, quality of the container produced, energy efficiency, offering the best also from the point of view of sustainability.
The US company has ordered a version of the SFL Performance 6 with a shorter chain pitch than the standard. This helps to save energy from the ovens, as the bottles are closer together. In terms of performance, depending on the type of blown bottles, production reaches up to 6,600 units/hour.
Conclusions
The machines supplied by SIPA to Phillips Distilling Company are fully electric, which means guaranteed cleanliness and precision. The installation and start-up times were extremely short and this contributed to the success of this collaboration, as confirmed by the words of Fernando Palacios, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Phillips Distilling:
"Working with SIPA was a great experience. They were always quick to respond to questions that we would have and would provide support that was prompt when we needed it. The project was on time and on budget and the machine is running great quality bottles at expected rates"
