New branding for the company’s ‘Carlton Cold’ beer involving a new distinctive label has resulted in Foster’s Australia Yatala Brewery(QLD) and Abbotsford Brewery(VIC) upgrading their bottling lines to handle pressure sensitive labels.
With the labels being clear plastic, the Carlton Cold bottles have to be 100% dry to avoid any risk of moisture entrapment and label disfigurement. Yet the high drying efficiency required must not reduce the original production speed capacity of 1000 bottles/minute with wet glue labels, in fact the goal was ultimately to have an increased capacity.
The answer was ACI’s blower-powered ‘JetPlate’ drying systems supplied by Australian distributor, Dynamic Engineering Australia, Perth - and it cost a third less than other options considered and a third of the foot-print.
“Performance, safety, space, cost and maintenance are all major considerations when evaluating a new system”, said Michael Pecar, Senior Project Engineer at Foster’s Australia. “In each respect, the ACI JetPlate is superior to other options considered”. His colleague Geoff Gould, Site Services Manager added that he could not understand why anybody would think about buying anything else!
