Arpanon rolls out Sidel-designed 9-gram PET water bottle

Thai water brand Arpanon has introduced a nine-gram, 600 ml PET bottle for its Sendai range, developed with equipment maker Sidel, cutting bottle weight by about 30% and per-unit electricity consumption by 50%. The bottle runs on a Sidel Combi line producing 36,000 bottles per hour, integrating blowing, filling and capping, which also doubled Arpanon's output while cutting labour and waste.

Why this mattersLightweighting combined with integrated line design shows how bottlers can cut material and energy costs simultaneously, pressuring competitors on packaging efficiency.

• Arpanon's Sendai brand adopted a 600 ml PET bottle weighing 9 grams, developed with Sidel
• Bottle weight cut by approximately 30% and electricity use per unit of production cut by 50%
• Bottle produced on a Sidel Combi line integrating blowing, filling and capping at 36,000 bottles per hour
• Production volume doubled while labour requirement fell to 25% of the previous level
• Production time shortened by approximately 70% and waste reduced fivefold
• Bottle uses a 25/22 neck finish, needs no nitrogen dosing, and withstands more than 30 kg top-load
• Blowing pressure fell by about a third with the redesigned bottle