PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2012

PET bottles 42 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 04/12 www.petpla.net Beverages Shadow and GNC bring in CSI GNC, speciality retailers of a variety of health and well- ness supplements, including diet and sports nutrition prod- ucts, has selected the CSI (Closure Systems International) lightweight Extra-Lok V 38mm OD cap for use on a new line of GNC Advanced Nutrition Beverages. With its licen- see partner, Shadow Beverages LLC, GNC has entered the ready-to-drink beverage category in new markets with a range of nutritional waters, sport nutrition, and protein nutri- tion beverages. The beverage line includes “XP” / Extreme Performance drinks, targeted towards performance athletes, and “Active” drinks, formulated for more mainstream active consumers. The products are packaged in 20oz. and 14oz PET bottles by Graham Packaging. The XP beverage lines have black labels and black closures; the Active bottles have white labels and clear closures. CSI also provided techni- cal services and support. Distribution of the new line of GNC beverages, currently consisting of 14 SKUs, is through vari- ous channels in the USA. www.csiclosures.com “Greenest ever” refillable bottle Specialist plastics pack- aging technology business Petainer has developed what it describes as its ‘greenest ever’ refillable bottle, which is manufactured using more than 25% post-consumer ‘one-way’ recycled PET. The company claims that it has the same performance characteristics as a refill- able bottle made entirely from virgin material. Petainer maintains that the bottles are more ‘eco-friendly’ because they use up to 90% less virgin material per filling, and that the introduction of post-consumer recyclate leads to consumption of less energy and other resources in manufacturing. As the cost of virgin PET resins rise, the use of recycled mate- rial becomes more economic. Petainer is now working with bottled water companies, carbonated drinks produc- ers and brewers across Europe to put its new ‘greener’ refillable bottles into use. Petainer has demonstrated that one-way bottles can be manufactured from 100% recy- cled material; its latest developments in manufacturing technology allow more than 25% of post-consumer waste from used PET bottles to be included in refillable bot- tles. The ‘greener’ bottle’s performance is identical to the performance of conventional refillable bottles. It gives the same number of ‘round trips’ and has the same top-load strength, which allows it to be stacked in the same way as other refillable bottles. The company asserts that it provides the same level of retention of CO 2 in carbonated soft drinks. The technology can be applied both to bottles manufactured in its own plants and to bottles blown from Petainer-supplied preforms. www.petainer.com Old Jamaica Ginger Beer 500ml Old Jamaica Ginger Beer is being sold in England by Messrs. Cott Beverages Ltd. based in Kegworth in a slightly tinted PET bottle with waisting in the label zone and surface embossing in the neck area. The whole package is emblazoned with a paper label featuring gold-coloured printing. The tamper-evi- dent screw closure is colour-matched. www.oldjamaicagingerbeer.com Cult beverage from the Caribbean The English drinks specialist A.G.Barr plc is marketing a soft drink that has its roots in recipes from the Caribbean and is intended to provide a taste of the area. Under the KA brand name, 500ml of “Black Grape“ (ingredients: blackcurrant, carrot), a carbon- ated beverage, are being bottled in a PET bottle with a black screw cap. Colorants are added to give the product a purple tinge. A paper label which has been kept dark rounds off the product’s appear- ance. www.agbarr.co.uk