SOLUTIONS FOR , DRINKABLE YOGHURT & FRUIT YOGHURT SWITCH TO PET FOR BOTTLING OF PRODUCTS FOR 'S MLEKARA Changing to PET for some of its dairy products then supplied in cardboard - and the cold chain - marked a major step for Serbian producer

Mlekara Subotica is the From simple beginnings Investing in family farmers Serbian producer of dairy and simple intentions and new technologies products and one of the largest and most modern Founded in 1955 under the name In May 1959 "Co-operative Dairy" dairy companies in "Co-operative Dairy - Independent became "Mlekara" Subotica and in Southeast Europe. Business Organisation", Ad Mlekara 1963 glass packaging for milk and was a group of around twenty was introduced in place of people with a few milk cans and a milk cans. After winning significant horse and carriage, with ambitions contracts in its early years with to supply the people of Subotica in and Sarajevo, with milk and other dairy products. Mlekara has successfully developed The dairy at that time, only had one from a simple co-operative dairy into steam boiler and one ice-making an impressive production unit. facility. Although pasteurised milk, With an emphasis now given to the fermented dairy drinks and development of family dairy farms in were still packed manually, Mlekara Serbia, the company is presently purchased its first used trucks, a producing more than 16 million litres batch pasteuriser with ribbed cooler of fresh milk and 5 million litres of and a separator pasteuriser in 1957. yogurt every year.

sidel.com/LDP Perfectly suited for filling dairy PORTFOLIO products such as fruit yoghurt The decision to switch over to PET and the cold  Sidel Combi Hema GWm 8/30/10 chain for part of its dairy products packaged in cardboard at the time, marked a major change for  Predis™ dry decontamination system Mlekara Subotica. The company decided to opt for a complete line from Sidel, equipped with a  Capdis™ Combi Predis™ Hema GWm 8/30/10. Features  Gravimetric weight technology included the Combi dry decontamination system for preforms (Predis™) and caps (Capdis™)  Mechanical conveyors using hydrogen peroxide and Gravimetric Weight technology, which is perfectly suited for filling  Accumulation tables viscous dairy products.  Stretch wrappers Versatile and flexible with quick format changeover, it can be used with a wide variety of products - even yogurt with small fruit pieces.

Dairy products in PET bottles launched on the Serbian market The Subotica plant, about 200km north of Belgrade was expanded to house the new equipment. Mechanical conveyors, accumulation tables and stretch wrappers from Sidel were included in the line, for milk in 1 litre PET bottles (11,800 bph), as well as drinkable yogurt and fruit yogurt in 500ml, 330ml and 250ml containers (14,400 bph).

An innovation on the Serbian market at the time, the dairy products in PET bottles helped to strengthen Mlekara Subotica's market position. The Combi, with integrated blowing-filling-capping, also enabled the dairy to benefit from the creative potential for bottle design, with the original shape for the 1 litre milk bottle being produced designed by Sidel's design team. Further benefits included lightweighting and the assurance of mechanical and hygiene performance for the packaging.

In addition to developing new products and flavours, Mlekara Subotica was also planning on exporting its products to countries in the European Union, North America and the Middle East.

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