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Description

Classical glass with large neck and closure by "twist off" cap for the largest volumes (1 litre); 250 ml bottles with crown cap.

The supplier must be available in the country in order to avoid the expensive transport of empty bottles

Composition

Thick glass in order to resist to thermal shock during hot filling

The supplier must be informed if it is returnable or a non-returnable glass

Cost price

25 cl: 5 p. to 6.25 p.
1 l: 10.5 to 13.75 p.
cap: 0.63 to 1 p.
crown cork "twist off": 1.25 to 2 p.
label: 0.25 F.

- 20% must be added for the returnable glass (more resistant)
- Cost of ¼ litre with label & cap: 5.88 to 7.5 p.

Shelf-life

More than 6 months
Tinted glass improves shelf-life (protection against U.V.*)

Special attention to the "Twist-off" cap: a device for inviolability of the cap must be designed (shrinkable film or paper strip)

Volume

20, 25, 50 cl & 1 litre are the most frequent

Packaging machine output

Option 1)

filling and capping machine from 100 bottles/hr

For the returnable glass, a cleaning/drying machine must be foreseen from 2000 bottles/hr capacity

Option 2)

filling/capping from 800 bottles/hr

Capital investment of packaging machines

Option 1)

from £ 6.25 k

For the output > 2000 bottles/hr possibility to buy own mould in order to manufacture personalised bottles

Option 2)

from £ 62.5 k

Recommended or essential outer pack

Plastic crate or carton with separations in order to protect the bottles against the shock

Positioning of the product on the market

Luxury product; the highest volumes are sold in supermarkets, the smallest in bars, restaurants, etc.

In case of returnable glass, the average number of rotations (cleaning/marketing/way back) varies from 8 to 10

Positioning in relation to the environment

100% recyclable glass

Frequent secondary utilisation by the consumers as container (mainly the 1 l bottle)