PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2010

28 PET planet insider Vol. 11 No. 01+02/10 www.petpla.net PET bottles Yellow PET for lemons The French company Pletercil Interco of Le Bourget du Lac are selling 500ml packs of pure lemon juice in a round, easy-to-grip PET bottle. In its upper half the yellow bottle has prominent moulded ribs for stability. It car- ries a wrap-around paper label. The tamper- evident screw cap in a suitable green colour nicely finishes off the pack. Recycling line recoSTAR PET iV+ Ongoing PET recycling innovation, quality and state-of-the-art technology, a full range of consulting services – brought to you by Starlinger. Visit us at: Plastimagen, Mexico City, Centro Banamex, March 23-26, 2010, Booth 1700-05 Plastic Recycling Conference, Hilton Austin, TX, March 2-3, 2010 www.starlinger.com Another way to pack sugar! The “Sucrisse” liquid sugar from the Aarberg + Frauen- feld sugar plant in Switzerland is described by the company as the “modern way of sweetening”. The special hinged closure, developed by German tool- ing and plastics processing company Krallmann, incorpo- rates a K-squeeze TPE valve adapted for liquid sugar and so enabling controlled dispensing. The crystal clear PET bottle, supplied by Gizeh PET, is formed to look rather like a sugar crystal and is suitable for table use. Dextropur in a handy “can” For a fast energy boost the German company Dextro Energie GmbH of Krefeld now offer a 190g pack of “Dextropur Plus“ powder in a handy can-shaped PET con- tainer. The concave form of the can is decorated with a modern shrink sleeve label and sealed by a screw-on dispenser lid. The lid has two resealable hinged flaps with orifices for shaking the powder or serving it onto a spoon. An aluminium seal over the mouth of the container provides tamper evidence and security. Double role cap with kids’ drink The Austrian drinks manu- facturer Vöslauer Mineralwasser AG of Bad Vöslau is marketing a kids; drink (0.33l of non-car- bonated mineral water) in a PET bottle with a secondary feature: if the handy push-pull drinking cap is unscrewed and one blows through the open cap it produces a noise like a trumpet. Voslauer call it the dual-role “Blaster “ cap, and describe its benefits on the bottle label. Both the screw cap and the push-pull section are tamper proofed on this modern kid’s pack, and a wrap around paper label carries the required product and commercial data. Sangria in PET Bodegas Salzillo S.A. of Jumilla in Spain are marketing 1l of sangia (a Spanish red wine punch) in a PET bottle. The rectangular bottle is deco- rated with bright front and rear labels and carries a red aluminium cap with a tear-off tamper-proof feature. The shape of the bottle looks very similar to their competitors’ glass bottles on the store shelf.