PETpla.net Insider 12 / 2019

TRADE SHOW REVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 20 No. 12/19 www.petpla.net 41 100% rPET Beyond Juice bottle Wide-neck containers for hot filling The third new product KHS pre- sented at the K trade show was its latest development for hot filling: a wide-neck PET container that can be manufactured using the blow-trim process or from preforms with an injected, possibly crystalline, neck finish. The new process heats the blow moulds for thermal conditioning; later when the containers are filled and sealed, they should be able to withstand both positive and negative pressure. “The idea is that switching to PET in a market dominated by dispos- able glass for wide neck containers would result in significant CO 2 savings in terms of manufacturing, weight, transport and recycling,” Langham- mer explained. Filling temperatures could also be a little lower than before as pasteurisation takes place at lower temperatures, due to PET’s good insulation. In the best case scenario, CO 2 emissions could fall by up to 90 per cent, especially when using rPET. KHS says that the container could also be provided with the Fresh Safe PET coating for oxygen-sensitive products. www.khs.com P R E F O R M M O N I T O R I N G PreMon ® Powerful. Compact. Preform Monitoring. W W W . I N T R A V I S . C O M / P R E F O R M