PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2013

PET bottles 40 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 11/13 www.petpla.net Beverages & Liquid Food Easy to handle despite 1.5l content Joker, the French juice manu- facturer which is part of Eckes- Granini France, has a PET bottle with 1.5 litres of 100 % apple juice in its portfolio that is manufactured from concentrate and free of any added sugar. The bottle is shaped so that, despite having a content of 1.5 litres, it fits comfortably in the hand and does not collapse during pouring. The bottle is closed by means of a screw cap with a tamper-proof strip and is decorated with a foil label extending over almost its entire height. www.jokerpark.com Saucy amusement Colona, a Belgian sauces specialist, is marketing a propor- tion of its sauces in PET headstand bot- tles with a content of 300ml. The trans- parent bottles are shaped so that they can stand upright independently and are sealed with a screw-on PP hinged lid with a self-closing silicone valve. Before the product can be discharged for the first time the lid needs to be unscrewed and a freshness membrane removed. The bottles are decorated with self-adhesive labels featuring amusing sauce-specific comic strip drawings. www.colona.be Soft drink with tea flavour The German discount chain Lidl is marketing a soft drink incorporating extract of green tea and honey and lemon flavouring under the “Pataya“ brand name in a slimline PET bottle with a content of 500ml. The bottle is transparent and features peri-pheral reinforce- ment grooves. The sleeve label is pulled over the screw cap so as to render the pack tamper- proof. www.lidl.de Shiny sleeve label for tea Hermann Pfanner GmbH of Austria is marketing its tea drink “Sun of Mexico“ in eye-catching packaging. The waisted PET bottle contains 500ml of different tea-based drinks with added fruit juice – the illustration shows rooibos tea with strawberry passion fruit and white tea with wild blueberry. The bottles are decorated with shiny silvery sleeve labels which extend over the screw cap to render it tamper-proof. Readily visible perforations make it easier to tear off the label on the cap. Elisabethen plus fruit The German Elisabe- then spring is now also bottling its low-calorie variant “Elisabethen Spring plus Fruit“ alongside the 1.5l bottle in a transparent PET bottle with a one litre content. The beverage is available in seven flavours. The disposable bottles are fitted with a screw closure complete with tamper-proof strip and decorated with a foil body label to match the individual varieties. www.elisabethen.com Evian gets new label Evian, the well-known French bottled water company, has launched a new PET bottle design. The new shape is described as having clearer lines and is intended to drive growth in the premium water category. The redesign incorpo- rates a clear, pressure-sensitive label from CCL Label GmbH. The transparent front and double-printed back labels are intended to highlight the familiar peaks of the French Alps, the origin of Evian water. www.cclbeverage.com