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Eco Friendly vodka goes from glass to PET

Custom 1.75-L PET bottle for McCormick’s Eco Friendly 360 Vodka offers lighter weight with glass-like appearance, and is first to feature a swing-top closure.

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McCormick Distilling Co. Inc., a Weston, MO-based manufacturer and distributor of premium spirits, has converted its 1.75-L Eco Friendly 360 Vodka line from glass to lightweight PET bottles from Amcor Rigid Plastics. According to Amcor, the custom 1.75-L container delivers unique styling and consumer handling and has the distinction of being the industry’s first PET bottle to support a swing-top closure.

The eye-catching bottle was designed to impart the look and feel of glass. At the same time, the lightweight PET container delivers sustainability advantages, reduced shipping and transportation costs, and a reduced carbon footprint, according to Vic Morrison, Vice President of Marketing for McCormick Distilling. The containers are one-tenth the weight of glass bottles, unbreakable, and recyclable.

“Amcor did a great job by delivering a crisp, clean bottle, and from the feedback we’ve received, consumers have been impressed with its performance and look,” says Morrison. “Lightweight PET not only provided a major savings in terms of freight cost and other supply chain efficiencies but also gave us the glass-like appearance and the shelf appeal to maintain our original unique design and brand image.”

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