Cliffstar Corp., one of the largest private-label beverage suppliers in the U.S. , is offering for the first time its own brand of premium beverages. The Chadwick Bay line, produced by Harborside Inc., a Cliffstar subsidiary, includes single-serve enhanced juice, enhanced water, organic juice, and smoothies bottled in an attractive and lightweight PowerFlex polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle from Amcor PET Packaging.
Why is alcohol-free beer so trendy? Is PLA a serious challenger to PET? Is the sun going to be the main source of energy for the beverages industry of the future? And what does the label of the future 'say'? At drinktec 2009, World Fair for Beverage and Liquid Food Technology, it´s not all about the technology used to manufacture and bottle beverages and liquid food – it is also of course about the products themselves.
Krones PET lite 6.6 has proved its suitability for actual practice - lightweight bottle is far more than just a concept. PET lite 6.6 has left the concept phase behind it and demonstrated its suitability for actual practice.
An end to plastic bottle pollution may be in sight. ENSO Bottles, of Phoenix, Arizona is introducing a biodegradable PET plastic bottle that will change the way we think about plastic.
The reincarnation of discarded polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles into Valox iQ resin from SABIC Innovative Plastics epitomizes Cradle to Cradle design, an innovative paradigm from the internationally renowned sustainable design firm, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, LLC (MBDC).
The PET bottles family destined to the pharmaceutical market expands with the launch of the 500 ml bottle with rectangular basis. Made by the injection-stretching-blowing technique with neck finish PFP 28, the new PET bottle available in amber stands next to the already existing 200 ml bottle.
With increased levels of interest in the health and hygiene arena, M&H has announced that its revolutionary new clinically-proven antimicrobial product is now available with antimicrobial labels.
UK specialist in anti-microbial additives Wells Plastics and Canada`s Planet Green Bottle Corp (PGBC) have co-operated to develop technology that renders PET bottles oxo-biodegradable. Triggered with exposure to oxygen, heat and UV light, oxo-biodegradability is said to ensure long shelf life before the degradation commences.
With more than 30 end-of-line robots, more than 20 laser-guided vehicles (LGVs), automated warehouses, and record-setting output rates, the new site currently being built by beer giant Modelo is one of a kind. The four bottling lines are all supplied by Sidel.
Sidel announces the world`s first Combi dedicated to bottling beer in PET. This machine, which integrates blow molding, filling and capping functions, was previously reserved for water, carbonated soft drinks and dairy products. It has proven to be an effective solution, with output rates of up to 61,000 bph.
Yet another accolade for the "PET lite 6.6" 500-ml bottle developed using Krones` "NitroPouch" process: to coincide with the opening of the BRAU Beviale in Nuremberg on 12 November 2008, the German Packaging Institute has now singled out the concept for the German Packaging Prize.
Innovative closures and container shapes designed as eye catching initiatives for marketing efficacy are posing progressively more frequent challenges for aseptic. The line is invariably required to provide a high degree of flexibility for handling a wide spectrum of different bottle mouths and closures.
