PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2016

BOTTLE MAKING 32 PET planet insider Vol. 17 No. 09/16 www.petpla.net PET kegs enjoy rapid growth bottle making PET Technologies and Petainer have recently developed a special solution to blow mould PetainerKeg, an increasingly popular alternative to traditional metal kegs for beer, wine, cider and similar beverages. Due to draught beverage sales expanding across geographic regions and the rising cost of natu- ral resources, as well as increased supply change costs associated with transporting steel kegs, one-way PET kegs are enjoying healthy growth as a more cost effective alternative. Small and medium breweries, wine and cider producers, bars and restaurants are increasingly choosing a com- pletely recyclable packing solution with no return logistics. Traditionally, materials such as ceramic, wood and metal were used to make kegs. For some in the indus- try, a move to PET raised questions about whether the material could offer the same attributes in terms of prod- uct quality. To provide robust scientific evi- dence that PET products could do the same job as traditional kegs, Petainer Czech Holdings turned to Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei in Berlin, the renowned German association in the field of research, development and training for the brewing industry, to carry out a series of sensory evalua- tions comparing PET and metal con- tainers. The examination and analyti- cal process took place over a period of nine months. Petainer preform and keg The APF-30 automatic blow moulding machine