PET bottle flexes hot-fill muscle

DuPont Awards’ 19th editionThe 19th annual DuPont Awards Competition once again shines the spotlight on innovation in packaging. From 135 entries, 26 packs received awards.

Pw 9623 Gold Amcor Tradewind2 R

Amcor PET Packaging (www.amcor.com) and Tradewinds Beverage Co., Cincinnati, OH, won DuPont Gold for developing Tradewinds Tea in PowerFlex™ PET containers. PowerFlex is said to be the first panel-free, ribless PET bottle engineered for hot-filling at up to 185ºF. A patented base design uses an inverted diaphragm cone that draws upward as the liquid cools. The result is a smooth body panel for simplified labeling and an appealing label.

“We were waiting for a PET bottle to come along that would give us the ability to maintain the same look and feel of our current glass container,” says marketing manager Christy Lichtendahl. “It was important that the bottle have smooth panels so we could apply our existing pressure-sensitive label.”

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