PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2014

BOTTLES 57 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 04/14 www.petpla.net MHT MOLD & HOTRUNNER TECHNOLOGY Dr. Ruben-Rausing-Str. 7 | D-65239 Hochheim/Main Tel. +49(0) 6146-906-0 | www.mht-ag.de Make the most of your machine – with a mold from MHT! For many machine types, we supply the mold with the highest cavitation, thereby enabling optimum preform output. For the Husky HyPET machines, we offer upgrade sets for up to 50% more preforms, YKVJQWV TGƂVVKPI QP VJG OCEJKPG • 60 cavities for Netstal PETline 2000 • 96 cavities for Husky HyPET 300, • 112 cavities for KraussMaffei 350 Engineering made in Germany 128 for HyPET 400 Booth E1 E59 Boosts energy, saves energy PET packaging specialist Appe has worked with Oji and Hero to produce an environmentally friendly 100% rPET bottle for Oji’s ‘sustainable’ functional fruit drink. The Oji drinks are available in four variants featuring different fruits and health benefits. All contain caffeine from green coffee beans to provide a mild energy boost along with a variety of nutrients including antioxidants, fibre, magne- sium and vitamin C. The bottle is claimed to provide an ambient shelf life of six months for the preservative-free drinks, avoiding the energy consumption involved in keep- ing them chilled. Appe’s rPET material was the choice for Oji with its firm focus on sustainability. The new bottle enables the brand to achieve a ‘closed loop’ recycling system as the product can be recycled and then reused for a new 100% rPET bottle. This fits with Oji’s co-operation with the Ter- raCycle program that focuses on eradicating incinera- tion and waste. The development and manufacture of the package has involved close collaboration with three of Appe’s sites. The company’s design team created the pre- form for the 100ml bottle and also had considerable crea- tive input into its physical appearance. The rPET material is supplied by Appe’s recycling plant in Beaune, France, and to complete the process the bottle is manufactured at Appe Belgium, with bottles supplied to Hero’s filling opera- tion in The Netherlands. Hero, a brand-focused consumer- foods group, interacted closely with Oji and APPE for the filling and shelf life aspect of the operation. www.appe.com Relaunch of Rewe The Rewe Group of Cologne has marked a proportion of its products with the phrase “Best Choice“ as a signal to the con- sumer that the item offers top qual- ity at a reasonable price. At the same time the appearance of the products has also been changed. Two examples are the 1l PET bottle for multi-vitamin juice with a re-designed label that emphasises its premium quality and the PET bottle for whipped cream with a content of 500g, the label for which has also been re-designed. This results in a readily identifiable and distin- guishable brand image on the shelf. www.rewe.de Big and beautiful PET Power’s best- known family of wide- mouthed jars is probably its recessed Cylindrical range, and it has gained a new member. The newly-launched 3.5l jar has the same shapes as its siblings (round with a recessed label area), but differs slightly from them. It is a little narrower and taller and PET Power says that this gives a visual appearance that is a little more elegant than the other models. The 3.5l bottle is produced with the 100SP400 neck finish, which means that it can be used with a very wide range of standard aluminium or plastic closures. The cylindrical shape is claimed to be suitable for chemical or household products, food products such as sweets, sports sup- plements, and other products in powder form. While the shape is suitable for a wide range of decoration techniques, PET Power suggests that it is best suited to a label, which can be accurately applied to the recessed label area. The jar can be produced in a wide range of colours. www.petpower.eu