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Eastman Chemical Company: Colored PET

AmberGuard polymer, developed by Eastman Chemical (Kingsport, TN), is a specially formulated PET designed for the beer packaging market. It’s “pre-colored” to keep ultraviolet and damaging visible light from harming the beer.

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Can be used in multilayer bottles or in monolayer bottles having a barrier coating.

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