PET plasma coating barrier system

Actis Coating

Actis is Sidel’s pioneering plasma coating technology, designed to increase PET barrier, extend the shelf life of beverages bottled in PET up to five times, and enable package lightweighting.

Extending shelf life for sensitive beverages in PET

Actis targets market needs for beverages such as beer and oxygen-sensitive products (including juices, tea or coffee), where barrier performance is critical.

System approach and integrated configurations

Actis is available in an integrated blowing, plasma-coating and filling configuration. Depending on the configuration, the integrated setup can include:

Blowing and coating
Blowing, coating and filling
All within a unique and safe environment.

Production performance and upgradeability

Beverage producers can combine Actis benefits with the proven and upgradeable Sidel Matrix system to support bottle lightweighting and operational performance, while addressing production cost, efficiency and reliability.

Barrier treatment alternatives

Actis provides two barrier treatment alternatives, depending on beverage type and bottle requirements.

Maintain and improve your line performance

Maintain and improve your line performance with Actis technology.

Increased product quality

Oxygen barrier	CO2 barrier	Water barrier	Functional barrier
Up to 30x higher	Up to 7x higher	Up to 5x higher	100%

Features

Up to 35% bottle lightweighting, reducing PET consumption
Significantly lower maintenance costs compared to other coating technologies
Long equipment lifetime with no major replacements over decades
Increased ability to meet seasonal demands thanks to extended shelf life
Fewer consumables using only one unique gas widely available
Lower units lost in storage thanks to extended product shelf life
Best payback time compared to other market alternatives

Simple coating process with a single coating layer, compared to up to three layers for other coating technologies
One unique coating gas - industrial acetylene - widely available with local sourcing
Only 5 process parameters to set, monitor and control from the HMI
50% less maintenance time with limited weekly activities - compared to other coating technologies
High production flexibility, enabled by simple recipe adaptation when changing SKUs, and a bypass option to run non‑coated bottles on the same line

Carbonated beverages: up to 5 times longer shelf life; Beer: up to 7 times
Oxygen sensitive beverages (juices, tea, coffee, edible oil…): up to 30 times longer shelf life
Up to 35% PET material savings
Water vapour barrier improved by up to 5 times - helping prevent product level decrease and bottle shrinkage caused by vacuum effects
Beverage taste and functions preserved
Food safety approved worldwide, including compliance with the FDA

Homogeneous coating treatment
Stable, controlled coating process, even in varying temperature and humidity
Coated bottles compatible with sterilising applications
Embedded inspection and self‑regulation, ensuring consistent coating quality
Laser coding after the coating enabling full traceability and diagnostics
Standalone or integrated combi configurations, including blowing and coating, or blowing, coating and filling
Integration with EvoBLOW Laser available

Proven bottle and coating quality with 100% rPET
Certified recyclability (APR, EPBP, PETCORE, Japan local authorities)

Low total cost of ownership
Unique operational simplicity
Less weight, more protection
High performance
Designed for circularity

Low total cost of ownership
Unique operational simplicity
Less weight, more protection
High performance
Designed for circularity

Low total cost of ownership

Up to 35% bottle lightweighting, reducing PET consumption
Significantly lower maintenance costs compared to other coating technologies
Long equipment lifetime with no major replacements over decades
Increased ability to meet seasonal demands thanks to extended shelf life
Fewer consumables using only one unique gas widely available
Lower units lost in storage thanks to extended product shelf life
Best payback time compared to other market alternatives

Unique operational simplicity

Simple coating process with a single coating layer, compared to up to three layers for other coating technologies
One unique coating gas - industrial acetylene - widely available with local sourcing
Only 5 process parameters to set, monitor and control from the HMI
50% less maintenance time with limited weekly activities - compared to other coating technologies
High production flexibility, enabled by simple recipe adaptation when changing SKUs, and a bypass option to run non‑coated bottles on the same line

Less weight, more protection

Carbonated beverages: up to 5 times longer shelf life; Beer: up to 7 times
Oxygen sensitive beverages (juices, tea, coffee, edible oil…): up to 30 times longer shelf life
Up to 35% PET material savings
Water vapour barrier improved by up to 5 times - helping prevent product level decrease and bottle shrinkage caused by vacuum effects
Beverage taste and functions preserved
Food safety approved worldwide, including compliance with the FDA

High performance

Homogeneous coating treatment
Stable, controlled coating process, even in varying temperature and humidity
Coated bottles compatible with sterilising applications
Embedded inspection and self‑regulation, ensuring consistent coating quality
Laser coding after the coating enabling full traceability and diagnostics
Standalone or integrated combi configurations, including blowing and coating, or blowing, coating and filling
Integration with EvoBLOW Laser available