PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2010

PET bottles 44 PET planet insider Vol. 11 No. 05/10 www.petpla.net Lightweight 38mm closures for new dairy product Bericap’s redesign of its SK 38/16 LC 2-piece closure claims to save of around 15% of resin compared to its predecessor. The closure has a slit interbead band with vent slot design and is suitable for high-speed asep- tic line handling. The new SK 38/16 LC 2-piece closure has been selected for a new dairy product from Coca-Cola China, which has been launched in three different flavours: pineapple, peach and mango. First bottles of the new dairy drink have been available in the markets since September 2009. The company says that its light-weighted SK38/16 clo- sure will help its customers in their efforts to reduce packag- ing costs and to reduce consumption of non-renewable raw materials. www.bericap.com PET bottle for imported French vodka line. Spirits and liqueur importer White Rock Distilleries, of Maine, USA, has introduced a 375ml bottle from Amcor PET Packaging, which reflects the characteristic look of the company’s 1.75L Pinnacle Vodka brand PET container. White Rock converted its 1.75L bottle from glass to PET in 2006, which enabled it to cut material and production costs up to 50%, while preserving its brand image. The 44.5g custom bottle has a glass-like appearance and a metal ROPP closure for high topload strength. Bottle with additive Cedevita, a beverage producer from Zagreb in Croatia, is selling “Cedevita Go” (a vitamin drink with nine different vitamins) in a PET bottle with a special cap. While the cap is being unscrewed a small chamber in the cap is opened and an orange-coloured powder is released into the clear contents of the bottle, and shaken. The shaking dissolves the powder and the freshly mixed vitamin drink is ready for con- sumption. An appetising and informa- tive shrink sleeve label completes this convenient 355 ml pack. New upside-down bottle from Knorr Unilever Germany of Hamburg are packaging their 500 ml “Tomato Joe” brand ketchup in an inverted PET bottle. The bottle is tamper- proofed by way of an aluminium foil over the neck. The hinged lid is screwed on over the foil seal. When the lid is opened the sauce can be dispensed though a star-shaped ori- fice in the cap. Suitably shaped front and rear labels carry the commercial data and information on the product. Mousse in a PET bottle “bebe – young care“ is a brand owned by the cosmetics manufacturer Johnson + Johnson of Düsseldorf and includes a150 ml non-soap cleansing mousse in a clear PET bottle. A snap-fit foamer pump on the bottle is protected at the POS by a clear cover. When looking at the product through the “no-label” look front label it appears pink in colour thanks to the coloured label on the back of the bottle.