PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2013

BOTTLES 33 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 01+02/13 www.petpla.net HP Sauce with Guinness The most popular brown sauce in England has, for many years, been the HP Sauce manufactured by the Heinz Group. The newest variant is a sauce spiked with Guinness. A headstand bottle made from PET is in use as packaging for 475g / 400ml sauce. The bottle is narrower in the area of the belly, designed to make squeezing and dispensing the contents easier. Underneath the screw-on hinged lid there is a sealing membrane that renders the bottle tamper-proof. www.heinz.co.uk Lightweight but giant Sipa has developed a 5 gallon water container PET version that is completely free of bisphenol with an integral handle, also in PET. The starting point was a 690g container with a PP handle that is already on the market in the USA. Sipa contin- ues to work on the project, which has still to be commercialised, but already it has been able to take 25g off the total weight. It developed a preform with a lightweight neck and base, and added material in the area of the body where the handle is attached during the blow moulding process – and which therefore needs to be more mechanically resistant than elsewhere in the body. The new version has a special PET handle in place of the polypropylene one, so when the time comes for recycling, there is no need to separate the two parts. The new design is suitable for production on a Sipa SFL 2/2 two-cavity linear stretch-blow moulding system. Trials have shown that output rates of 250bph/cavity are possible. www.sipa.it Wild, wild PET Dutch company PET Power has unveiled two new 500ml PET bottles with 63 RTS neck finishes – but with a new aspect. They are launched under the heading of ‘Discover Wildlife’, one featuring a penguin and the second a laughing hippopotamus. The intention of the exercise, according to the company, is to demonstrate the possibilities of PET in packaging. PET Power says that, working on the basis of the 63 RTS neck, it can design and produce virtually any desired shape. As the examples are intended to illustrate, the striking shapes give these two jars an unique char- acter, with strong shelf presence. They can be produced in coloured PET and provided with suitable decoration. The 63mm neck diameter ensures that many different types of products can be packaged in these special jars, from animal feed products through to food products such as sweets. They can be used for promotions, special festivities and holidays. The shape is decorative in itself and both models can be labelled using base labels, lid labels or attached labels. Sleeves may also be used with appropriate care. PET Power is able to help with solution development. www.petpower.eu