The new base is designed for water and juices, and under certain conditions can also be used for other still beverages.
Sidel StarLite bottle base uses two proprietary PET designs - the Edge Beam and the Smart Disc.
Edge Beam is a specific groove structure that improves base stiffness and Smart Disc is a disc structure that reinforces the base to prevent deformation.
This new technology can improve bottle rigidity, whilst lowering package weight and also energy consumption during production.
It can be retrofitted into existing bottle designs and shapes, and applied to existing production lines, using Sidel's accompanying StarLite mould bases.
Sidel packaging & tooling vice president Vincent Le Guen said that the new Sidel StarLite base enables beverage makers to reduce package weight and blowing pressure and increase base resistance to deformation.
"When combined with Sidel's other eco-services, we can achieve significant energy and cost savings on new or existing beverage production lines," Guen added.
