Glass conversion to PET
Customer: World’s largest pear cider producer.
Issue: the need to enter new markets: festivals and export market.
Recommendations: brown multilayer preform to match the shelf life of glass bottles.
Results: premium looking PET bottle. Target markets entered.
Conversion benefits
Lighter weight results in 40% more PET jars on each truck resulting in fewer shipments and less fuel being used during transportation to end-of-life disposal
PET consumes 14% less energy and releases 54% less greenhouse gas emissions because PET manufacturing techniques are more efficient and use less material.
