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DESCRIPTION

REMARK

Description

Square, round or rectangular-shaped bottle with grooves to strengthen mechanical resistance

Dull crystalline colour which can be tinted (blue, green)

Composition

- Food "compound" composed of a blending of PVC* resins + additives (stabilisers, lubricant, anti-UV, colouring)
- PE or PP cap with inviolability device

Cost price

Approx. 0.93 £./kg foods compound for one bottle of:

Summary for 1 bottle ¼ l

- 1,5 litre (45 gr.):

4.25 p.

- body:

144

- 1 litre (30 gr.):

2.75 p.

- cap:

0.88

- ¼ litre (15 gr.):

1.44 p.

- label:

0.25

- Cap:

0.88 p.

total:

2.57 pence

- Label:

0.25 p.

Shelf-life

3 to 6 months

Impermeability and inviolability of the bottle determine good preservation and consumer security

Volume

1.5 litres, 1 l, ½ l, ¼ l

Also available in 5 & 10 litres

Bottle production

Blow-moulding from 500 bottles/hr

Packaging machine output

From 500 l/hr

Capital investment for the smallest machines

- Blow-moulding of the bottle: £ 81.25 k
- Blow-moulding of the cap: £ 110 k
- Packaging line (filling, capping, labelling) £56 k

- Price of 1 mould: approx. £5 k
- For the smallest production, it is advisable to buy the ready-made cap

Recommended or essential outer pack

Shrinkable film, carton, pallet

Positioning of the product on the market

Fruit drink mainly designed for family consumption (large volume/low cost); this type of packaging is mostly used for mineral water

More and more replaced by PET

Positioning in relation to the environment

- Manufacturing waste is reinjected into the compound
- Bottles are destroyed by incineration (problem of hydrochloric acid rejection)

PVC is now forbidden in most European countries