The 1851 Natural Mineral Water concept bottle is blown with Glasstar by Novapet, allowing PET Engineering to show that PET can be as equally impressive and attractive as glass and that it can be used for premium products.
Sales director Matthieu Tribot said that Drinktec was an incredible success, even higher than expected and he commented: “Our new technical developments were greeted with overwhelming approval from all our clients, who confirmed we are fully meeting their needs for eco-friendly, cost effective and high quality bottles”.
Also shown at the show was an ultra-light bottle for milk, developed with the support of Husky and Novapet. The new dairy bottle weighs in at 18.5g for fresh milk, 19.5g for extended shelf life and 21.5g for UHT –delivering respectively: 17.7%, 15.2% and 10.4% less than the weight of the containers currently on the market.
The lightening, as well as a combined study of the preform and container, comes also from the adoption of a new material, DCU by Novapet, that allows the same barrier performance as a multilayer preform but with lower machinery cost and a minor production waste.
Source: PET Engineering
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