MOSCOW (MRC) -- England's Petainer, leading plastic container supplier, has opened a new site in Russia producing recyclable PET beer kegs and water cooler bottles for the local market, reported the company on its site.
The factory, which is located 40 miles from Moscow in Klin, is equipped with a state-of-the-art SIDE blowing machine capable of manufacturing 700 kegs per hour, up to a maximum keg size of 50kg.
The facility is currently supplying 20 and 30-litre PetainerKegs to customers in Russia, as well as Belarus and the Ukraine.
Annemieke Hartman-Jemmett, Strategy Director at Petainer, said: "Russia is a very important market and our Klin factory will enable us to tap into the rapid growth opportunities in this part of the world. The new production unit boasts the very latest technology and produces kegs and containers that adhere to the highest quality, safety and environmental standards."
PetainerKegs are lightweight beverage containers manufactured in recyclable PET, offering economic and environmental benefits when compared with metal kegs and other plastic variants. They are available with one-way, low cost fittings that enable them to be connected to existing tapping systems for draught beer.
PetainerCoolers are also made out of PET, and contain zero bisphenol-A (BPA), making them a safer alternative to other coolers on the market. They are environmentally friendly, returnable and refillable, and designed to be compatible with major water cooler dispensers or dispensing systems.
As MRC wrote previously, in 2012, Petainer agreed to a multimillion Euro investment package over the coming 12 months to strengthen its PET container manufacturing plant in Lidkoping, Sweden. This initiative includes an initial order for a Husky HPP injection machine, which will be followed by additional investments focused on growth and supporting the current customer base.
Petainer is a specialist engineering and technology business, an industry leader in the development, design and manufacture of PET (polyEthylene terephthalate) plastic containers.
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