500ml, without buying a second machine
500ml is the retail standard across Germany and much of Central Europe. If your Meheen runs 330ml and your buyer wants half-litres, a format-change kit is what stands between you and that listing.
This kit
FromEUR 1,000
Made to order, so the figure depends on your bottle and your machine. Send us both and we’ll quote it.
Check whether your machine can run itThe half-litre is what the shelf expects, not an option on it
German and Central European retail. Contract and private-label work specified in 500ml. Formats where a 330ml offer doesn’t even get quoted.
We’re not going to put a revenue figure on that — no verified number exists and inventing one would be worse than useless. Our side we can put a figure on: from EUR 1,000, one-off, and it doesn’t stop you running 330ml. If a single contract covers the kit, everything after it is margin on capacity you already have.
Will it run on your machine
Usually the most straightforward of the four, because the crown carries over more often than not. What still gets checked is diameter against the 53–76 mm range, height, grip and centring for a heavier filled bottle, and what’s actually configured on your machine now. Send a photo and we’ll tell you within 24 hours.
Making, fitting, changing over
Plan on Roughly 6–8 weeks for production, and another 2–4 weeks if we’re assembling and testing it here before it ships. The real dates go in the written quote. Shipped DAP across Europe.
No two kits are quite the same — what yours contains depends on your bottle and your machine, and the quote itemises it. We’ll fit it, commission it and train your operator, or ship it to your own team. After that, switching between formats is an operating procedure rather than another purchase.
Four things and a photograph
| Diameter | 53–76 mm, and diameter decides it rather than volume |
|---|---|
| Height | Affects handling and how the fill tube engages |
| Grip and centring | A heavier filled bottle behaves differently |
| Crown size | 26 mm or 29 mm, and which one your new bottle wants |
| Your machine now | From a photograph. The serial too, if you happen to have it |
We restore what the machine does. We don’t change its function, and we don’t add or re-issue any CE certification.
The questions this conversion actually raises
How much?
From EUR 1,000, made to order.
Can I keep running 330ml?
Yes.
Is 500ml easier than the larger formats?
Usually, because the crown carries over more often than not. The check confirms it for your machine and your bottle.
Does it change my compliance position?
We restore what the machine does. We don’t change its function, and we don’t add or re-issue any CE certification.
How long?
Roughly 6–8 weeks for production, and another 2–4 weeks if we’re assembling and testing it here before it ships. The real dates go in the written quote.
Tell us the bottle you want to run
Free. Four things and a photo. Answer within 24 hours.