October 2026

The Art of the Process: Perfect Interplay!

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Dear Readers,

Who hasn't seen this: The preform passes inspection and meets the specifications, yet still fails on the bottling line. Approval of components does not necessarily equate to process reliability. The key lies in understanding the interaction between material, preform geometry and processing.

What matters are usable yield, specific resource requirements and consistent output quality. For downstream processes, maintaining consistent material quality is paramount, even when input batches vary.

In practice, three key criteria remain decisive: is the process becoming more stable? Is the quality reproducible? Are overall costs falling while functionality remains the same? It is not the individual figure that matters, but the tangible operational benefit.

Finding the right balance between all these factors is quite an art. To get an overview of current approaches, read our ePaper.

We hope you find this a inspiring read!

Dr. Otto Appel

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