Sidel, the world leader in reheat stretch blow molding equipment and services, started its activities in 1961 with the manufacturing of extrusion blow-molding machines and molds.

1964
Sidel machines were the first to produce mineral water bottles made of extruded PVC with approval from the French Ministry of Health.

1981
Sidel introduced its first rotary SBO reheat stretch blow machine for the production of PET bottles.

1984
Sidel SBO became the fastest RSBM machine in the world with the speed of 16,000 bottles per hour.

2005
4,000 Sidel SBO machines are in operation worldwide representing 60 % of global PET blow-molding installed production capacity.

Sidel SBO machines are delivered stand alone to:

• Our converter clients
• Integrated bottler clients for integration in filling lines

Converter business model

Converter companies concentrate their core expertise on the manufacturing and supply of preforms and empty bottles. They produce mainly PET bottles, but often produce HDPE, polypropylene, and other types of bottles using extrusion technology.
The bottles produced serve numerous product applications such as water, carbonated soft drinks, juices, liquor, detergent, isotonic drinks, ready to drink teas, and more.

Since the early 1980s Sidel has remained focused on its converter customers’ business models and needs.

As a result, by 2005, Sidel had over 1,000 machines in operation at converter clients’ facilities.