PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2015

PET products 40 PET planet insider Vol. 16 No. 05/15 www.petpla.net Penn Color launches frost-effect polymer colorants American company Penn Color, which is headquartered in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, has launched a new line of frost-effect colorants under the Pennacle Frost brand. They are intended for use in com- monly-used blow moulding polymers. Penn Color says that the new line will provide brand owners with a vehicle to differentiate their beverage, personal care and household packaging products, and feature an “enhanced matte” finish that is designed to emulate the decorative spray process associated with cosmetic, ultra-premium spirits and other high-end consumer products. The company asserts that, by integrating the frost effect into the master- batch, users can eliminate the ancillary costs associated with the secondary decoration process. Penn Color further claims that Pennacle Frost can be tai- lored to meet required levels of translucency or opacity and thus help achieve an “aesthetic continuity” – i.e., a common appearance – across various hues. The company says that the colours are formulated to be compatible with active and passive barriers and to comply with regulatory requirements, including those covering high alcohol content. The frost colours launched under the Pennacle Frost brand use Penn Color’s Pennacle (patent pending) carrier technology, which is claimed to pro- vide consistent colour from bottle to bottle, along with improved reheat proper- ties for two-stage platforms. Penn Color says that Pennacle Frost colours do not require pre-drying, and that they help to deliver cost savings when com- pared with traditional colour Masterbatches, by allowing higher pigment loading of the colorant for reduced LDR. The Pennacle Frost colour range includes Amethyst Blast, Ruby Ember, Frozen Sky, Emerald Ray, and Blazing Topaz. www.penncolor.com The first U-boat in a PET bottle The German company U-Boot Getränke has introduced a new “bottle-in-the-bottle” packaging concept to the beverage market, one that was available for decades only in selected restaurants and pubs. The classic “U-boat” is a schnapps glass filled with high-proof spirits that is dropped into a glass with soda. It had previously been impossible to order a U-boat in clubs, bars, or the like where drinks were dispensed only in bottles. Together with Greiner Packaging, U-Boot Getränke has now developed this new kind of packaging that pays tribute to the “mixed drink” concept. The new type of packaging provides U-boat drinks for the first time as filled, finished products and is particularly suited for skiing areas, as well as clubs and discos. Both bottles are sealed with the same cap which, when unscrewed, detaches the smaller inner bottle, the “U-boat”, from the seal. The U-boat then sinks in the bigger outer bottle. The inner bottle 30ml and outer bottle 140ml are both made from PET and produced by injection stretch blow moulding. The outer bottle is then screen printed with UV drying colours. The HDPE seal is injected and pad printed. One seal is used for both bottles. The small bottle comes with a snap-on neck and the large bottle with a screw-top neck. www.greiner-gpi.com The plastic closure company committed to your success BERI CAP Technology Research and Development Mould Technology | Global Presence Capping Technology and Know-How Innovation and Flexibility www.bericap.com