Smartline All-Electric Technology Showcased At K 2025
At K 2025, Bekum will highlight its strong position as a global leader in extrusion blow moulding technology, presenting new developments at booth Hall 14 C03. The company is focusing on three major themes that underline its continued leadership in the plastics machinery industry: the world premiere of the Smartline machine series, a live technology demonstration of PET handle bottles on the EBLOW 508D, and an expanded approach to customer service and retrofit capabilities. Together, these themes reflect Bekum’s drive to combine efficiency, sustainability, and customer-oriented innovation.
Smartline World Premiere: Cost-Efficiency Meets Innovation
The world premiere of the all-electric Smartline series will be a major highlight of the show. Smartline has been developed with the clear goal of minimizing the total cost of ownership (TCO) for processors. By combining a significantly reduced investment cost with best-in-class energy consumption and low-maintenance design, the new Smartline machines are aimed particularly at cost-conscious processors who want to increase their competitiveness without sacrificing quality or reliability. At K 2025, visitors will see the new SBLOW machine type in live demonstrations several times each day. The machine will be producing compact consumer packaging solutions tailored for the fast-moving consumer goods market, showcasing its suitability for high-speed, high-volume production environments where efficiency is critical. With this introduction, Bekum is signaling a new benchmark in extrusion blow moulding, offering processors access to a machine concept that balances affordability with top-tier performance.
EBLOW 508D: Redefining Technology Leadership in PET
Technology leadership will also be on full display with the EBLOW 508D, an all-electric double-station machine designed for complex and demanding extrusion blow moulding applications. At the show, Bekum will stage a live demonstration of crystal-clear PET handle bottles produced on this advanced system. The EBLOW 508D stands out with its powerful e-Twin-Toggle clamping system with a clamping force of 300 kN, high-efficiency drives, and the intuitive BC 8.0 control system, all of which ensure reliable performance and precise operation. What makes the system particularly versatile is its ability to process both PET and HDPE without conversion, allowing manufacturers to produce either PET handle bottles or stackable HDPE canisters of up to 12 liters. Bekum’s collaboration with NOVAPET will further enhance this presentation, as the machine will demonstrate the production of a 2-liter handled amphora made entirely from 100% recyclable PET. This unique amphora bottle not only highlights the excellent transparency and mechanical strength of PET but also underlines the design flexibility that gives brand owners a competitive edge in packaging differentiation. Such innovations emphasize Bekum’s role in driving the adoption of PET for extrusion blow moulding, an area where the company has consistently provided solutions for recyclability, clarity, and sustainability.
Service First: Expanding Retrofit and Cross-Brand Support
A third key theme at K 2025 will be Bekum’s commitment to service. Under its “Service First” approach, the company is expanding its service capabilities to provide even more comprehensive support to customers worldwide. With a strengthened service team based in Siegburg/Bonn, Bekum is now offering independent retrofit and maintenance solutions, not only for its own machines but also for blow moulding systems from other manufacturers. This expansion marks a significant step forward, as customers with mixed machine fleets can now benefit from Bekum’s decades of expertise, trusted technical services, and reliable spare parts supply. The offering extends beyond basic maintenance to include condition assessments, targeted retrofit packages, and even the ability to retrofit non-Bekum machines with Bekum’s highly regarded extrusion heads.
One notable innovation in this area is the 3BKW55-3 extrusion head with vertical extruders, which has been specifically developed for processing recyclable materials. On display at the booth, this head features a flow-optimized geometry and spiral mandrel technology that ensures outstanding melt homogeneity and precise layer distribution, both critical factors in high-quality packaging production. Additionally, the extrusion head has been designed with user-friendly mechanical adjustments, making operation simpler and more efficient. By extending these advanced solutions to non-Bekum equipment, the company is strengthening its customer-first philosophy and ensuring that more manufacturers can access its technological advantages, regardless of the brand of machines they operate.
Altogether, Bekum’s presentation at K 2025 illustrates a holistic strategy that goes far beyond machinery. With the debut of the Smartline series, the company is addressing the growing demand for energy-efficient and cost-effective solutions. With the EBLOW 508D demonstration, it is reaffirming its leadership in PET extrusion blow moulding and showing how sustainable materials like recyclable PET can be shaped into innovative, brand-enhancing packaging. And with its broadened service portfolio, Bekum is reinforcing its long-term commitment to customers, ensuring reliable support, modernization, and sustainability across the blow moulding industry.
Visitors at Hall 14, booth C03 in Düsseldorf will not only see ground-breaking machinery in action but will also learn how Bekum’s innovations can help them face future issues, such as reducing manufacturing costs; enabling the use of recyclable materials; and getting more use out of their current equipment. Bekum will continue to demonstrate why it has led the world in extrusion blow moulding solutions.
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