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PET spreads to mayonnaise (sidebar)

PET, mayonnaise marry in Sweden

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PET and mayonnaise are not only an item here in the U.S., but also in Sweden. In February, Stockholm-based manufacturer O. Kavli AB made the move to PET for its mayonnaise (see PW, June '98, page 48).

Kavli's bottles are made by PET Power (Etten-Leur, Holland), on single-stage molding equipment, using 9921 resin from Eastman Chemical (Kingsport, TN).

"We always try to invent new ways to market our products, and be [at the forefront]. The PET bottle for mayonnaise does that for us," explains Jimmy Palmqvist, Kavli's marketing manager. While Kavli is reportedly not the first company in the overall European market to use PET for mayonnaise, it is believed to be one of the first to use PET for smaller retail sizes. "We introduced salad dressings in PET about two years ago, and the results have been so good that we decided to use PET to replace glass for mayonnaise," Palmqvist says.

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