PETpla.net Insider 04/ 2013

PET bottles 40 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 04/13 www.petpla.net Beverages & Liquid Food New twist for spirits Amcor Rigid Plastics has expanded the use of its roll-on pilfer-proof (ROPP) finish design for aluminium screw-cap PET bottles to meet growing market demand in the wine and spirits segments. It already offers aluminium screw-cap containers in the wine market and has entered the spirits category with new 1.75l and 750ml stock PET bottles. Amcor Rigid Plastics, worked with its sister company, Amcor Flexibles Capsules Group, in transferring the successful wine bottle aluminium closure design to PET bottles. The ROPP finish design is available in 30-mm by 60-mm finish (750ml) and 36-mm by 52-mm finish (1.75l). Amcor asserts that the ability to use the same aluminium closure for glass on PET bottles offers brand owners lower-cost changeo- vers. The ROPP finish containers are designed to withstand the top load required for aluminium cap applications. The PET bottles meet all required testing to ensure a secure seal with the alumin- ium closure. A standard plastic anti-spillage pour restrictor typically used for glass bottles is incorporated inside the 1.75l stock bottle neck to prevent spillage. Various decorating options including custom printing and embossing are available. www.amcor.com Dispensing made easy Recently Sara Lee Coffee & Tea Germany GmbH has been marketing “natreen Classic Liquid“ in a handy PET bottle with a content of 125ml and featuring shrink-wrap sleeve label. The transparent, waisted bottle and the screw cap with tamper-proof dispensing lip help to ensure that the liquid sweetener is accurately dispensed down to the last drop. Eight drops have the equivalent sweetening power to that of a single teaspoon of sugar. For measuring out larger quantities of sweetener, a dispensing cap is mounted on the screw closure with a scale showing the corresponding amounts of sugar. www.natreen.de Three in a row The Italian company Casa del Dolce is featuring a strawberry flavoured soft drink for children in its range. Three small bottles made from PET in a novel shape, each with a content of 70ml, are linked by means of a common cardboard connecting strip. The screwed on, pink-coloured drinking fixture is protected by means of a tamper-proof cap. The transparent cap incorporates a depression which interlocks with a detachable segment on the drinking fixture via a keyed connection. www.trinketto.it Elegance in blue San Benedetto of Scorze in Italy has a PET bottle in an elegant blue PET bottle containing 1.5l of carbonated mineral water destined for retail shelves. The uncon- ventional shape of the bottle features lengthwise grooves which are twisted in the waisted area into a helical shape. The tamper-proof (likewise blue) screw cap is only 16 mm tall. A transparent plastic foil label completes the look. www.sanbenedetto.it