PREFORM PRODUCTION PETplanet Insider Vol. 18 No. 0/17 www.petpla.net 19 Increasing interest in a sustainable alternative to glass The PET wine bottle Economic and supply pressures are driving bottlers to look for alternatives to glass to sustain packaging volumes and differentiation in a highly competitive market. French company Société Générale des Techniques (SGT), which has been making and supplying PET preforms for several decades, says that wine bottlers are expressing increasing interest in PET for their product. SGT has been offering BVS 30H and 22H30 PET necks for wine and spirit bottles for several years. While PET has been used for entry-level wines for some time, bottlers of higher quality and premium brands are also investigating its suitability. Enquiries are being driven by problems in the glass supply chain. Energy costs have pushed up prices and some suppliers have even shut down completely. PET preforms offer a number of advantages to wine bottlers. Their size means that storage requirements are greatly reduced, saving warehouse costs. PET wine bottles are much lighter than glass, typically weighing 50-60 g, compared to glass equivalents of 330 g-1 kg. At the same time, they are more robust than glass. PET bottles are much less likely to break during transport, filling or palletising. As well as saving costs, PET has a lower carbon footprint than glass. It is fully recyclable and rPET can be incorporated in preforms. PREFORMS Meet us at Plastics Recycling Show Europe Amsterdam | Booth H 10 | 10 – 15 May 2023 RECYCLING SOLUTIONS HIGH PERFORMANCE CLEANING ADDITIVES & SUPPORT How can your recycled product meet permanently increasing demands? With the CHT range of high performance process solutions with environmental relief for the wet cleaning and recycling process. We support you directly on site and ensure your quality controls in our laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment. Thus, your strong position in the growing market is confirmed day by day. More about us at www.cht.com In addition, SGT states that wine quality can be conserved within mono and multilayer PET bottles, equipped with UV and oxygen barriers. www.sgt-pet.com SGT’s BVS 30 H wine preform in PET
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