PET + aluminum = bottle

22 April 2009 | By Popsop Team

A blended hybrid container with a recognizable PET bottle at the bottom and a familiar aluminum can-style top. A fourth iteration of the PET-bodied, doubleseamed aluminum topped container has made its way into commercial production.

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Previous versions of this multimaterial structure have included the PETainer introduced in the early 1980s by the former plastics packaging giant Owens-Illinois. This container saw limited success for Coca- Cola for flavored seltzer waters. As intriguing a package as it was, it was dubbed an “eco-villain” by green groups protesting the use of the PET body, aluminum top, and PVC label; but that didn’t prevent from reintroducing a multilayer injection-molded structure in 2002.

A third version was introduced in the U.S. and China a year ago by Elisha Mineral Water, again for flavored seltzer water. It was topped with a 202 aluminum end and decorated with a full-bodied PET shrink sleeve. And just last month American Najaro Group decided a 12.3-oz. version with a full-body shrink label was a “novel” idea for its FlavH20 water.

via Package Design, Box Vox

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