Additives

This market survey presents suppliers of PET resins for the manufacture of preforms and bottles. The table shows the companies' ranges of bottle grade PET for different specifications:

• IV range applications (water, CSD, beer, wine/liquors, personal care/pharmaceuticals)
• PET resins with slow crystallization, resins for hot-fill applications, pre-coloured resins, fast reheat products.
• For the different challenges of protection of sensitive products, increased barrier properties of PET resin are being offered by some of the suppliers.
• With increasing demand for bottle grade rPET, some of the suppliers offer rPET blends, which are also listed in the table.

Company / Contact	Liquid colours	Microgranule colours	Masterbatch colours	UV protection additive		AA reduction		Oxygen scavenger		Other
				liquid	solid	liquid	solid	liquid	solid
	M&G Group Marilena Grecchi