Glass-to-plastic

Goya switched from glass (at left) to PET bottles (right) for its line of marinades.

Package Case Study

| May 3, 2013

Goya goes lightweight, moving marinades from glass to PET

New PET hot-fill technology allows for a custom six-side flat-panel design for marinade bottles that provides an iconic shape, along with environmental savings over glass.

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Materials Product Brief

| October 9, 2012

24-oz. hot-fill PET food jar

Graham Packaging’s high-clarity, 24-oz. hot-fill polyethylene terephthalate (PET) jar incorporates the company’s new, patent-pending StarFlex base technology and its Monosorb oxygen barrier system, which addresses the performance issue of oxygen migration when using smaller containers.

Package Case Study

| August 31, 2012

Vegetables get the squeeze in new plastic package

Italian food manufacturer is the first to use a PP squeeze bottle to dispense its line of creamed vegetable products.

Package Case Study

| July 2, 2012

Bronco Wines flying high in PET

Single-serve, PET format for Bronco Wine brands proves a convenient option for airlines, which appreciate the convenience and light weight of the 187-mL bottle.

Package Case Study

| April 25, 2012

Xango moves to PET for nutritional supplement beverage

Switch from glass to plastic provides economic and sustainable packaging advantages for its Xango Juice.

Package Case Study

| April 3, 2012

Planters, Sonoco partner for sustainability

Glass-to-plastic switch reduces weight of packaging and the number of trucks to distribute product.

Feature Article

| January 4, 2011

PET for liquor gains ground in Canada

In Canada today, between one-quarter and one-third of all liquor is sold in plastic bottles, according to a report from the Canadian Plastics Industry Association.