CAPS & CLOSURES 39 PETplanet Insider Vol. 22 No. 10/21 www.petpla.net brand with its added lemon, tangerine, raspberry, muscatel and blueberry fl avours, and the Sprell label with tonic water, bitter lemon and ginger beer, roll off the production line. In 2020, around 1.6 million litres of water were processed. The PET bottle ratio was 37% to 63% glass for a total production volume of 1.5 million bottles. Fizzy comes in 0.46 l, 0.5 l and 1.5 l PET bottles, and Sprell in exclusively 1 l bottles. Fizzy glass bottles come in 0.35 l and 1.0 l sizes and Sprell in 0.20 l. Swing-top bottle with 65mm neck fi nish All other PET bottles have a conventional PCO1810 neck with the usual screw cap, apart from the new 0.46 l swing-top bottle which has 65mm in diameter neck fi nish. The bottles are not currently being produced in-house but are sourced instead via third-party suppliers. There are no immediate plans for in-house production. “As part of our general business operations, the bottler underwent extensive modifi cations to enable it to process the PET swingtop bottle, which was followed by minor adjustments across the whole production line”, said Mr Bianda. The new bottle is recycled by separating the swing-top from the PET body and then disposing of all the components separately. www.fi zzy.ch rPET100 Designed for recycling. Made from recycling. • Heat resistant • Fully recyclable • Thermoformable like PET BENEFITS HOT CUPS · DAIRY PRODUCTS · INSTANT SOUPS · TO-GO MEALS · COFFEE LIDS foodgrade without compromise Gazzose Ticinesi’s manufacturing plant
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