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One bottle, two energetic looks

Twin Laboratories, Ronkonkoma, NY, deploys a custom blow-molded bottle from Berlin Packaging for both its ultrafueL and Xtreme product lines. Each beverage is dressed with gravure-printed 2-mil polyvinyl chloride shrink-sleeve labels from Seal-It.

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But what a difference a label makesβ€”the result is both differentiation from the competition and from each other.

Billed as the β€œultimate energy drink,” ultrafueL was reintroduced in early 2002 in dramatically revamped packaging. Gone were the glass bottle, pressure-sensitive label, and metal lug closure. That generic-looking package was replaced with a sportier 18-oz PET bottle with grip handles and a partial see-through shrink label printed in eight colors. TwinLab’s graphics designer Chris Harri, who worked on the project, points out that the pattern molded on the helical grip handlesβ€”which extend halfway up the bottleβ€”mimic the tread design on weight benches to further reinforce the products’ athletic imagery. It also improves the bottle’s grippability.

The bottle’s smooth upper portion and gripping bottom portion appear as if formed of two different bottle halves welded together. Harri points out that the undercut between the two sections was designed to make it easier to apply the wraparound label between the bottle’s shoulder and waist. A stock plastic white 38-mm tamper-evident plastic closure tops the bottles. The product retails for $1.99.

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