The Carlsberg mineral water range is a popular premium Swedish drink that was previously sold in high quality heavy glass bottles. Carlsberg were concerned that the glass bottles were expensive, difficult to handle and transport and not environmentally friendly. They commissioned NINE, a Swedish innovative design company to work on creating a PET bottle that would maintain the customer perception of a premium range of drinks.

The team at SIPA worked on many prototypes over a year to find a functional design that could provide the sharp cuts and angles in PET but would give the appearance of a premium cut-glass look. The technical experts at SIPA produced new renderings that met the marketing needs of Carlsberg and the functional requirements of the bottle. The result was a bottle that could be used for still, semi-sparkling and sparkling variants of the Ramlösa water range.

SIPA supplied a SFR 8 EVO Rotary Blow Moulding machine that is now used to produce the Ramlösa 330ml and 800ml bottles in-line with Carlsberg’s existing production line. The SFR8 EVO has 8 cavities, a maximum speed of 17,600bph and guarantees optimum container quality, simple and flexible operation, high utilization rates and low running costs.

“The successful launch of Ramlösa in a unique premium PET bottle has increased our customers by 16% and has assisted us in reducing our carbon footprint on the product by a massive 65%’ said Paul Davies, Marketing Director of Carlsberg.