San Manuel Bottled Water Group: HDPE bottle filling of 2.5-gal bottles

The 2.5-gal bottles are filled by this in-line machine, but the other two HDPE bottles run through a rotary filler.

The 2.5-gal bottles go through a six-head filler from Reid Plastics Group (www.cccllc.com) and a Reid capper that applies a plastic spiggot.

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