中文At drinktec India 2026, Sidel will showcase its latest complete line, blowing, digital and packaging solutions, demonstrating how beverage producers can improve production efficiency, flexibility and packaging performance. Taking place from 28 to 30 October at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, drinktec India brings together the beverage, dairy and liquid-food industries to explore developments across processing, filling, packaging and production technologies.
Harbinder Kathuria, vice president of sales for South Asia at Sidel, said India and the wider South Asian market continue to offer significant opportunities for beverage producers, alongside a growing need to optimize resources and increase production efficiency. At drinktec India, Sidel looks forward to demonstrating how its combination of equipment expertise, complete line capabilities and digital intelligence can help producers respond to these demands and achieve reliable, sustainable performance.
At Stand D051 in Hall 4, Sidel will demonstrate end-to-end capabilities across the packaging value chain, from packaging design and blowing through to filling, labeling, secondary packaging and complete line engineering. By considering the line as one integrated production system, Sidel helps producers optimize equipment performance, reduce operational complexity and support a lower total cost of ownership, a message that resonates strongly with fast-scaling emerging-market bottlers.
A headline item is EvoBLOW Laser, Sidel’s latest development in PET blowing technology, which uses laser-based heating to provide precise control over preform heating and material distribution. The technology supports consistent bottle quality and greater energy efficiency while creating opportunities for lightweighting, increased design freedom and improved performance with recycled PET. Instant start-up also helps reduce downtime and increase production flexibility, two priorities for lines running multiple SKUs.
Sidel will also spotlight the Evo-ON digital suite, demonstrating how real-time production data and actionable insights can help manufacturers maximize uptime, optimize performance and make better-informed operational decisions. Combined with Sidel’s lifecycle services and equipment expertise, these digital capabilities help producers maintain reliable performance throughout the lifetime of their packaging lines, shifting maintenance from reactive to predictive.
Flexibility across packaging formats is another theme. Visitors can discover Sidel’s capabilities across PET, can and glass, alongside its secondary packaging technologies. This includes EvoFilm Stretch, Sidel’s stretch film solution designed to reduce material usage while delivering efficient secondary packaging. Together, the technologies give producers the flexibility to address different packaging formats and changing market requirements without re-engineering entire lines.
For the South Asian beverage sector, the appeal of an integrated approach is clear. As demand grows for bottled water, soft drinks, dairy and functional beverages, producers face pressure to raise output, cut cost per unit and improve sustainability simultaneously. A supplier that can deliver blowing, filling, labeling and digital monitoring as a single coordinated system reduces integration risk and accelerates time to value.
drinktec India has become a key regional platform for exactly this conversation, and Sidel’s presence underscores how global OEMs are tailoring their messages to the specific economics of the subcontinent. With recycled PET, lightweighting and energy efficiency high on the regional agenda, EvoBLOW Laser and Evo-ON are well positioned to draw serious interest from bottlers planning their next capacity investments.
India’s beverage sector is one of the fastest-growing in the world, driven by rising incomes, urbanization and a young population, and that growth is reshaping packaging requirements. Producers are under pressure not only to add capacity but to do so sustainably, with recycled PET content mandates and lightweighting targets moving from aspiration to regulation. Equipment that delivers both output and environmental performance therefore has a structural advantage in the region.
EvoBLOW Laser’s laser-based heating is a good example of that dual mandate. By controlling preform heating precisely, it supports lightweighting and better rPET performance while cutting energy use, addressing cost and compliance at once. Sidel’s integrated-line proposition, wrapping blowing, filling, labelling and digital monitoring into a single coordinated system, also reduces the integration risk that often delays capacity expansions. For Indian bottlers scaling rapidly, a supplier that can deliver and support the whole line is a compelling proposition, and drinktec India is where those multi-year buying decisions get shaped.
For Sidel, drinktec India is also a statement of intent in one of the world’s most dynamic beverage markets. As disposable incomes rise and urban consumption grows, Indian bottlers are investing in capacity while simultaneously being pushed toward recycled content and lighter, more efficient packaging. EvoBLOW Laser addresses both at once, since precise preform heating supports lightweighting and better recycled-PET performance while cutting energy use. The Evo-ON suite extends the value beyond the machine, turning the line into a source of operational insight that helps producers defend uptime and output. By presenting blowing, filling, labelling and monitoring as a single coordinated system, Sidel reduces the integration risk that often delays expansions, a decisive factor for bottlers scaling quickly. The standalone EvoFilm Stretch secondary-packaging option further lets producers cut material without sacrificing load stability, aligning cost control with sustainability goals.
Source: THE PACKMAN (https://thepackman.in/sidel-to-showcase-advanced-packaging-solutions-at-drinktec-india-2026/)
