PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2011

BOTTLES 53 PET planet insider Vol. 12 No. 04/11 www.petpla.net Valensina on an upwind The one-time brand classic “Valensina“ is well on the way to winning back the leading position that it enjoyed in the 1980’s. However, there are now also various Valensina Smoothies available in 250ml PET bottles as well as ”Mild Breakfast”, a mixture of orange, mango, pineapple, banana and apple in a 1l PET bottle and guarantee of purity without any additional sugar. The bottles have a 32mm screw cap with tear-off tamper-proof facility and an all-round body label made from paper. PET with a handle Cholimex Foods of Vietnam is selling 2l sweet and sour chilli sauce throughout Europe in a transparent PET bottle complete with handle. The injection moulded yellow handle is firmly snapped into place in a suitably configured recess in the bottle and is enormously helpful in facilitating metered pouring. An informative front label and a screw cap secured by means of a perforated shrink label round off the packag- ing. Importer of the product is Messrs. Kreyenhop + Kluge of Oyten, Germany. www.cholimexfood.com Stability in the groove Vals Mineral Springs of Vals in Switzerland are marketing 1.5 litres of natural mineral water under the brand name of “Valser Naturell“, featuring a high min- eral content and without additional carbon dioxide, in a PET bottle with circumferential grooves to improve sta- bility. This reinforced version is necessary because the product does not generate any internal pressure. The grooves also ensure improved handling of the packag- ing whilst a narrow, all-round label in the upper section and a printed screw cap with tear-off anti-tamper guar- antee complete the overall picture. www.valser.ch Coloured PET for Loëlla Under the label Marque Repère, which stands for a balanced diet, the French retail company Leclerc of Ivry- Sur-Seine is selling various low-calorie fruit drinks in the “Loëlla“ brand range in1l content packaging. The round and handy bottles are of slim and transparent design and are relatively tall. The necessary product and retail information is supplied by an all-round body label made from plastic film and the bottles are sealed by means of colour-matched screw closures with tear-off anti-tamper seals. www.marquerepere.com