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CRISTALPET is a company dedicated to the manufacture of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) preforms by injection, as well as returnable and non-returnable bottles through the blowing process. It supplies the packaging market for carbonated beverages, juices, mineral water and oils, as well as the market for HDPE (high density polyethylene) caps.
Belonging to the Cristalerias del Uruguay group, CRISTALPET inherited the concern to maintain excellence and innovation in its products, through permanent investment in high-tech equipment, rigorous quality controls and a constant concern with the more than 500 people who give life to the CRISTALPET, which over more than 100 years have led our company to the leadership in the manufacture of PET preforms in Latin America.
The leadership obtained by the company and the values that sustain it are the result of loyalty to a history that began more than 100 years ago.
1914
Italian immigrants, specialists in the manufacture of glass packaging, founded the family business in a modest location in Montevideo – Uruguay.
“Cristalerias del Uruguay SA” is born
1925
1930
The first factory is inaugurated, starting a permanent development and innovation plan.
The company Innovates in the production of Bakelite articles (one of the first thermosetting synthetic polymers of the time), as a complement to its glass products and bottle caps
1932
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1939
The first automatic machines are introduced, intended for the manufacture of glass bottles for beers and soft drinks.
With an advanced vision for the time, an internal policy was implemented that granted benefits, such as medical assistance, to employees and family members.
1943
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1970
It begins to carry out its first exports to the neighboring markets of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, being later awarded the prize for the largest exporter in the sector.
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Introduces bioriented PVC technology in the plastic sector, founding the company CRISTALPLAST SA.
1984
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1994
With a new step towards the diversification of the company, entering the PET packaging market, CRISTALPET is founded, the one that would become the most important of the companies of the Cristalerias Group.
Committed to the environment, he founded ECOPET, a company dedicated to the recycling of PET packaging.
2001
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2008
As a result of a strong positioning in the Brazilian market, CRISTALPET DO BRASIL is created in the state of Pernambuco, with an industrial area of more than 53,000 square meters.
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Incorporation of technology for the production of UCL caps.
2010
2014
Consolidating the regional expansion, CRISTALPET SUL is created, in the state of Santa Catarina, bringing the necessary synergy to best satisfy our customers.
CRISTALPET S/A is a factory equipped with the most modern technology in the plastics industry, based on its mission to meet the requirements of local and foreign customers with high quality products at the lowest possible cost and with maximum respect for the environment and standards of safety.
Consolidation of market shares and growth at the regional level based on permanent modernization and strong commercial partnership with customers and suppliers. A powerful management system that allows the optimization and control of production processes and continuous improvement of the efficiency of quality, environment, safety and occupational health processes.
A permanent human capacity to guarantee working methods and conditions that promote the motivation and participation of human resources in the company’s growth process, taking care of workers’ health and being a reference for the community. Active participation in activities related to the promotion and care of the environment.
CRISTALPET has an infrastructure of more than 80,000m² built, intended for the production and storage of products.
In our units we have more than thirty state-of-the-art injection molding machines for the production of preforms, four injection molding machines for caps and six bottle blowing lines, which guarantee excellence and a wide range of products, seeking to satisfy the needs of our customers.
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