Tackling PET packaging’s performance and recycling pressures
Holland Colours Hall C6 – Booth 454
Holland Colours will present two additive technology bundles designed to address the most urgent challenges in PET beverage packaging: the Packaging Performance Bundle and the Recycling Bundle. Together, these solutions help safeguard product quality and appearance while supporting practical circularity in PET.
With growing sustainability demands and increasing quality concerns around recycled PET (rPET), beverage producers are under pressure to deliver packaging that performs on multiple fronts. The continuing decline of rPET quality causes issues such as reduced intrinsic viscosity, discolouration, and lower brightness, making it harder to achieve high-quality applications. Holland Colours’ two bundles provide targeted answers: one dedicated to protecting product performance, the other focused on restoring rPET quality and enabling circular applications.
The Packaging Performance Bundle includes:
- LightGuard – absorbs UV and visible light, protects beers, juices, and other light-sensitive beverages.
- TasteGuard – prevents taste degradation of bottled water by capturing acetaldehyde (AA) during PET production.
- HolcoSlip – prevents scuffing during PET production and handling, and is FDA-, REACH-, and GB-compliant.
The Recycling Bundle supports the process with:
- CircStab – stabilises PET during recycling, enhancing its quality and making it more suitable for future use, ensuring the integrity of recycled materials.
- TintMask – neutralises colour cast in lower-grade rPET, enabling a broader range of recycled PET to be used in colourless bottles whilst maintaining brand aesthetics.
- ViscoBoost – a functional additive that improves the viscosity of PET, enabling better processing, particularly for thick-walled bottles.
- ReWhite – enhances the quality of white opaque rPET during PET preform and bottle production.
Holland Colours will showcase both bundles at drinktec 2025 as part of its global Packaging Roadshow 2025.