At the beginning of the line we see, on rows of wooden pallets, crates of empty bottles as they arrive from the customers (brewers, ...).

The crates will be arranged in the same direction by mechanical arms on a conveyor belt where they undergo a preliminary rinse.

A second depalletiser at another part of the line, intended for the 6 million new small bottles introduced into circulation every year, sends 14 bottles per second to the bottling line.