Bepensa and SMI: collaborating to grow


Bepensa turns to SMI for the supply of three PET bottling lines
Crystal-clear seas, white sandy beaches, archaeological sites and natural beauty all to be admired: welcome to Cancún, a fascinating Mexican city that is home to cutting-edge companies such as Embotelladora Bepensa Cancún, a division of Bepensa Bebidas, an important bottler of The Coca-Cola company brands.

In a world of interconnected relationships, where every element of the network carries a strong mutual responsibility, trust becomes a fundamental factor for effective teamwork and business growth. To meet the growing market demand for the water bottled under Cristal brand, Bepensa Bebidas recently turned to SMI and ENOBERG for the supply of a complete bottling and packaging line for PET bottles in 0.335 L, 0.5 L, 0.6 L , 1 L and 1.2 L formats. After the first project at Cancún plant, the Mexican company collaborated again with SMI for the installation of two additional lines at its facilities in Mérida and the Dominican Republic.
Flexibility and fast reaction: SMI’s solutions for Bepensa.

The cooperation between Bepensa Bebidas, SMI, ENOBERG and the Mexican branch Smicentroamericana results from a long-standing partnership that enables Bepensa to have high-tech machinery and equipment and to rely on a prompt and efficient technical, sales and after-sales support. The key requests made by the customer to the companies of the SMI Group focus on a few, simple aspects: an efficient line solution to handle 5 different PET bottle formats within the same production line an extremely flexible multi-format plant to quickly switch from one production batch to another; an ambitious challenge, considering that Bepensa’s traditional production system has always been based on single-format lines consumer satisfaction, by offering high-quality products packed in practical bundle formats fast format changeover timely delivery and installation of the plant The solution installed at Bepensa Cancún for bottling water under Cristal brand includes an integrated ECOBLOC® ERGON system composed of a compact EBS 10 KL ERGON stretch-blow moulder by SMI and an HEVF/ECO 60/94-12/94 electronic volumetric filling system by ENOBERG. For the secondary and tertiary packaging, the Mexican company opted for a solution that includes a CSK 40 F ERGON shrink wrapper and an APS 1570 palletizing system.


Main advantages of the new 24,000 bottles/hour plant >>> EBS 10 KL ERGON ROTARY STRETCH-BLOW MOULDER for producing PET bottles easy and fast format changeover operations, essential to quickly switch from one bottle format to another in a multi-format production line compact structure reduced transport costs easy and fast machine installation and set-up low energy consumption and minimized maintenance interventions >>> HEVF/ECO 60/94-12/94 monobloc filling and capping system in ECOBLOC® configuration filling system with high-precision flow meters installed near each filling valve frame entirely made of AISI 304 stainless steel insulation of the filling chamber from the external environment machine base inclined towards the drainage points fast and tool-free bottle format changeovers

>>> CSK 40 F ERGON shrink wrapper for packaging in film only high energy efficiency, low noise level and reduced component wear simple and precise film cutting unit shrinking tunnel equipped with a metal chain and lubrication system for improved film sealing efficient and homogeneous distribution of hot air flow over the surface of the pack inside the shrinking tunnel reduced energy consumption and maximum environmental compliance of production processes >>> APS 1570 ERGON AUTOMATIC PALLETIZING SYSTEM single-column system with two Cartesian axes, offering high flexibility and easy adaptation to any logistic conditions of the end of the line reduced maintenance costs low energy consumption simple and intuitive automation and control system

Focus on Bepensa
Bepensa is the third-largest Coca-Cola bottler in Mexico. Founded in 1946 in Mérida in the Mexican state of Yucatán by Fernando Ponce G. Cantón, this company is today a key multinational player composed of 40 companies organized into five divisions (Bebidas Industrial – Motriz – Capital and Spirits).

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