Plastic handles now available in PCR HDPE

Paktech now offers plastic handles for multipack packaging in 100% post-consumer recycled high-density polyethylene plastic.

Anne Marie Mohan
Sep 26th, 2011

 

The material has been tested thoroughly for strength, flexibility, and dimensional stability.
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