Amcor PET Packaging produced the PowerFlex™ bottle for Tomandote beverages

6 October 2008 | By Popsop Team

Amcor PET Packaging helps Let’s Mongo, Inc., Moorpark, CA launch a line of Hispanic-inspired ready-to-drink (RTD) teas. The company has selected Amcor’s 16-ounce, long-neck PowerFlex™ polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle to introduce its Tomandote™ brand beverages.

“Because our product is hot filled, we thought we would have to use a PET bottle that had ribs. We were pleasantly surprised when we found out about Amcor’s PowerFlex. The bottle looks like its glass, but it isn’t. We knew as soon as we saw it that this was the right bottle for our product,” he says.

Amcor’s PowerFlex™ bottle features a revolutionary patented panel-less design which takes hot-fill (185° degrees Fahrenheit) bottle options to a new level. Amcor’s structural design not only eliminates the panels, but unlike competitive containers, PowerFlex™ has a large, completely smooth label panel – free of any kind of ribbing.

Ruvalcaba selected one of two stock PowerFlex™ bottles—a 16-ounce long-neck design with a 38mm finish. (The other stock option is a 16.9-ounce, dome-shouldered bottle.) This allowed the company to launch quickly without incurring any additional tooling costs.

Unlike other hot-fill PET alternatives, PowerFlex™ bottles do not have sidewall panels, making them easier to label. Packers don’t have to worry about mislabeling—missing the vertical bars in applying labels. Nor do they have to deal with the ripple effect labeling over panels can cause.

The Tomandote brand compliments the bottle’s smooth lines with a clean label design. Color-coded graphics support the initial three-flavor launch—Lemongrass (Te de Limon), Mint (Hierbabuena) and Cinnamon (Canela). The Tomandote brand name combines two Spanish words “tomando” and “te” which mean “drinking” and “tea,” respectively.

Amcor PET Packaging is the leading manufacturer of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic packaging for the global beverage, food and non-food industries, with over 60 manufacturing sites in 12 countries. Its parent company, Amcor Limited, offers a broad range of packaging solutions and ranks as one of the top three packaging companies in the world. Amcor’s extensive operations include 264 plants in 39 countries. It is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia and, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, had sales revenues of AUD $9.3 billion.

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