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Canadian Club moves to PET

Hiram Walker & Sons recently completed a glass-to-PET conversion for three different sizes of its well-known Canadian Club-brand whiskey.

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Amcor PET Packaging and design firm PI-3 played pivotal roles in design, engineering, and injection stretch/blow molding.

Especially challenging was the 1.75-L bottle, says Brad Stirling, packaging supply manager at Windsor, Ontario-based Hiram Walker & Sons. “We wanted to maintain a shelf presence for all three sizes that was equal to or better than the glass bottles we were replacing,” says Stirling. In addition, the company wanted to incorporate the brand’s 1858 founding-year logo on the shoulder of the 1.75-L PET bottle. An innovative mold design prevents the parting line from bisecting and spoiling the 1858 logo. As for shelf presence, the design team addressed it by incorporating a pinch-grip handle in the back of the bottle whose size causes the front or facing of the bottle to match that of the glass bottle in diameter and height.

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