PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2014

PET bottles 56 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 04/14 www.petpla.net Beverages & Liquid Food Premium water bottle As an independ- ent mould maker, Kiefer, based in Ger- many, manufactures blow moulds made of aluminium for all rotary and linear blow moulding machines. A recent project was the implementation of a glass bottle design for PET bottle production for MBG International Brand’s product line Aqua Morelli, a pre- mium water (still and carbonated) for the catering sector. The task was to maintain the popular design of the glass bottle and adapt this for the production of PET bottles. The elaborate logo engraved in the glass bottle had to be adapted to the PET bottle. The result is a PET bottle for 0.5l and 1.0l, the bottle being pro- duced on a rotary stretch blow moulding machine. The bottle is made in dark blue PET and will soon find its use in the field of international premium gastronomy. www.kiefer-mold.de Water with Mg and Ca Adelholzener is now offering, as an addition to its Active O2 series, three drinks incorporating the tag function** which provide the daily requirement of calcium, magnesium and Vitamin B12 either wholly or in part. One of these three ingredients is added to the three varieties Apple/Lemon, Cherry/Cassis or Lemon/Nectarine. The clear, non-carbonated bever- ages are packed in transpar- ent PET bottles with a content of 750ml. These are labelled with a wrap-around non-label look label which is addition- ally secured by means of a small paper sticker giving product information. A screw-on hinged lid with a self-closing silicone valve which is disabled when the lid is closed serves as a closure. Before opening for the first time a security device needs to be removed. www.activeo2.com Drinking yoghurt from Aldi Aldi-Süd is bottling 500g of its drinking yoghurt under the brand name “Desira“ and sporting the tag “Pure Enjoyment“ in a white tinted PET bottle. In order to be able to grasp the bottle securely it is waisted in the top third section. Reinforce- ment grooves are incorpo- rated under the sleeve label and a white screw cap with guarantee strip rounds off the product’s appearance at the PoS. www.aldi-sued.de Vinegar in bottle with honeycomb structure Melfor, from Mulhouse in Alsace, France, is presenting its low-acid aro- matic vinegar, which has been refined with honey, in an appropriately shaped PET bottle with a 1l content. The trans- parent bottle features raised embossing that is reminiscent of the honeycombs produced by bees. In the waisted area the bottle is decorated like an ornament. The closure consists of a screw cap with a pouring spout and a tamper-proof ring pull. www.melfor.com Cravendale goes PET Arla Foods, UK supplier of fresh milk and cream, processes over 2.2billion l of fresh milk each year through its six dairies and two creameries. The company has relaunched its Cravendale milk brand with the introduction of two new pack- aging formats. Its 1l retail units are now packed in PET bottles, after consumer research found that they were easier to use and re-close than gable-top cartons. The Cravendale brand is also being expanded into the food-to-go seg- ment, with the launch of a new 500ml bottle. The new bottles have Bericap DoubleSeal DS 33/12 closures, which have tight sealing lids to ensure product integrity and are equipped with a folded tamper-evidence band. Bericap says that the DoubleSeal DS 33/12 range can be decontaminated with all stand- ard decontamination methods currently available for aseptic filling. www.bericap.com