manufacturing system engineering founded 1965 area served worldwide key people sam str merst n ceo juergen voss cfo number of employees 5 460 2014 1 revenue 1.390 billion 2014 net sales 1 parent tetra laval website sidel.com sidel is a manufacturing company providing packaging equipment for liquids such as water ; carbonated and non carbonated soft drinks ; and sensitive beverages like milk liquid dairy products juices nectars tea coffee isotonics and beer . sidel manufactures and services equipment that enables other companies to package such liquids using pet . it specialises in filling machines and blow moulding equipment and also produces labellers . headquartered in h nenberg switzerland the company has 50 offices and 5 460 employees eight research centres and 30 000 machines installed in more than 190 countries 2015 . 1 in 2003 sidel joined tetra laval group 2 a multinational corporation of swedish origin which is active in liquid food packages and packaging . the tetra laval group is divided into three divisions delaval tetra pak and sidel . contents 1 history 1.1 acquisition by tetra laval 2 fields of activity 2.1 liquid filling 2.2 packaging design 2.3 equipment training and maintenance 3 awards selection 3.1 2014 3.2 2013 3.3 2012 3.4 2011 4 references 5 external links history edit since its foundation in 1965 in le havre france sidel has been developing packaging technologies for the beverage industry . in 1961 the company developed the first plastic bottle made of polyvinyl chloride pvc as a container for edible oil and later on wine milk and water . in 1973 sidel released the first plastic hdpe high density polyethylene bottle for milk sterilised by ultra heat treatment uht . in 1980 sidel delivered its first pet blow moulding machine to the family owned soft drink company barraclough in great britain . sidel s first international subsidiary opened in 1984 in atlanta usa . in the same year sidel also sold the first high speed pet blow moulding machine . in the 1990s sidel acquired the french companies hema 1995 3 cermex 1996 4 and gebo 1997 . in 1997 sidel introduced a system which combines blow moulding filling and capping . 5 6 in same year the first sidel dry preforms decontamination by h2o2 spray was launched with the combi disis . 7 the development of an internal carbon based coating in 1999 strengthened the barrier properties of pet packages to gases o2 and co2 and made pet bottles usable for beer . 8 in 2003 sidel joined tetra laval and merged with the italian company simonazzi in 2005 . 9 simonazzi was founded in 1850 and had its headquarters in parma italy . 10 in 2006 sidel launched predis its dry decontamination solution technology for preforms . 11 in april 2013 sidel announced the launch of a new company as part of the sidel group gebo cermex . 12 gebo cermex focuses on engineering line integration and end of line packaging . a partnership with kortec was communicated in october 2013 . 13 the target of the co operation is to develop new light blocking pet milk bottles . in march 2014 the divestment of swedish subsidiary tectubes was announced . 14 acquisition by tetra laval edit this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . october 2012 the european commission s merger task force initially opposed the acquisition by tetra laval of sidel then valued at 1.7 billion euros . the commission s opposition was eventually struck down in 2005 by the european court of justice in a case that has become a landmark of european union competition law . 15 16 fields of activity edit liquid filling edit sidel covers the entire process chain for liquid filling . the portfolio includes complete line solutions including standalone equipment such as blow moulders 17 fillers 18 labellers and associated services . the aseptic filling lines comprise wet sterilisation technology and dry preform sterilisation using hydrogen peroxide . 19 the single packaging functions can also be fitted to a combined line . 20 packaging design edit another field of activity is the packaging design of pet bottles . in addition to the development of different shapes and sizes 21 this includes flexible moulding technologies 22 as well as convenience aspects concerning the handling of large pet containers 23 or light weighting 24 and logistical aspects such as better storing solutions . 25 equipment training and maintenance edit sidel runs seven training facilities in france italy mexico brazil united states malaysia and china . they offer seminars and technical trainings in different sectors such as filling technologies maintenance and product applications . 26 the company also took part in the european project skills multimodal interfaces for capturing and transfer of skills funded by the european framework programme ist fp6 . sidel s contribution to the five year project phase was to test and develop virtual and augmented reality platforms for industrial training . 27 the company has also developed individual customer orientated on the job training and offers maintenance services on site . 28 awards selection edit 2014 edit best service performance 2014 independent study by the technical university of ilmenau in germany in two categories through sidel services reachability in terms of customers plants and the close proximity of its technicians . 29 afristar award winner 2014 for riham branded pet bottles blown using sidel s modulomould technology and design optimised and tested by sidel s packaging team 30 2013 edit beverage innovation awards drinktec 2013 for innovative pet bottle for soci t des eaux d aix les bains seab 31 silver pentawards 2013 for innovative pet bottle for soci t des eaux d aix les bains seab 32 gold stevie award for best marketing or sales brochure or kit print inline magazine issue 3 33 best environmental sustainability initiative 2013 global bottled water awards for starlite pet bottle base an integral part of sidel s rightweight concept bottle 34 2012 edit supplier performance silver award from hindustan coca cola beverages 35 gold stevie award for best marketing or sales brochure or kit print inline magazine issue 3 36 gold award premium supplier 2012 by femsa coca cola s largest international bottler 2011 edit best supplier award 2011 from coca cola hellenic 37 first prize in the category of efficient and clean technology at the prix entreprises et environnement enterprise and environment awards 38 supplier of the year 2011 by south african breweries ltd. 39 first prize in the category of efficient and clean technology at the prix entreprises et environnement enterprise and environment awards for the installation of the dry preform decontamination technology combi predis capdis fma at a refresco plant where drinks are bottled for pepsico 40 references edit a b c tetra laval annual report 2014 2015 . tetra laval purchase of sidel gets green light . canplastics.com hema company history . sidel acquires cermex . foodproductiondaily.com . jugos del valle double equipped with sidels hot fill combis . worldpackagingnews.com . sidel high speed combi predis fma . packagingeurope.com . sidel sells its 50th combi predistm to the co packer sokpol poland . petnology.com . sidel s actis coating economical barrier option for pet bottles . packagingnetwork.com . sidel to unveil new structure and technologies at anuga . foodproductiondaily.com . simonazzi acquisition completed news release pdf . feed.ne.cision.com . dairy launches first pet bottle for uht milk . foodproductiondaily.com . gebo cermex merger forms packaging line global giant . packagingtoday.co.uk . kortec sidel develop dairy pet bottles . plastics news . emballator lagan plast acquires tectubes sweden ab emballator . emballator.com . doris hildebrand 2009 . the role of economic analysis in the ec competition rules . kluwer law international . pp. 515 518 . isbn 978 90 411 2513 2 . richard schaffer ; filiberto agusti ; beverley earle 2008 . international business law and its environment . cengage learning . pp. 701 703 . isbn 978 0 324 64967 3 . sidel showcases latest blow molding technology at npe 2012 petnology.com pulp friction . worldpackagingnews.com . sidels high speed combi predis fma raises sensitive production standards in pet . foodingredientsfirst.com . fast sensitive beverage filling meets chinese pet single serve needs sidel . beveragedaily.com . plastech . flexible packaging solutions for all products shapes and sizes . plastech.biz . modulomoldtm a single mold several bottle shapes petnology.com deep grip next generation large container handles . best in packaging . lightweighting energy efficiency and rpet part 3 . foodbev . breakthrough stackable pet bottle could generate significant savings sidel . beveragedaily.com . training investments packagingeurope.com skills multimodal interfaces for capturing and transfer of skill from hotfill to aseptic soft drinks international may 2012 p. 58 59 beverage manufacturing ingredients & additives packaging & filling . foodbeverageasia.com . sidel s modulomold helps riham win afristar award . foodbev . 2013 s beverage innovation awards packaging and processing . drinkstuff sa.co.za . winners of pentawards pdf . pentawards.org . the international business awards publication awards . stevieawards.com . sidel s starlite wins award . kunststoffe.de . sidel india honored for supplying and equipment excellence packagingeurope.com the international business awards annual report & other literature awards . stevieawards.com . sidel supplier award for customer service in russia . kunststoffe international.com . minist re du d veloppement durable . developpement durable.gouv.fr . sidel named supplier of the year . foodandbeveragepackaging.com . refresco france pepsico france and sidel jointly receive award for efficient and clean technology . foodingredientsfirst.com . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w 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