On Display--Bottles: A Bevy of Bottles
Bottle Collection
A supplier offers an extensive stock line of bottles, tottles, and caps. In addition, the firm has in-house capabilities to design, engineer, prototype, and mold custom packages. Decorating services include hot stamping, pressure-sensitive labeling, and silk-screening. Weber International Packaging Corp., Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC, Canada.
Virgo Bottles
A new line of PET treatment bottles features subtle curves and a clear finish. Each Virgo bottle comes with a matching screw-on closure that can be provided with a shiny silver band. Orifice reducers are also available. Sizes include 120 and 200 ml. Cospack America Corp., Edison, NJ.
Slim Shape
Glass bottles are suited for nail polish, fragrance, and skin care products. The Slim Line collection comprises elegant round and square shapes. Sizes range from 14 to 108 ml. A variety of pumps and over-caps are available to enhance the line. Arrowpak Inc., Richmond Hill, NY.
PET Bottles
Heavy-walled PET bottles are produced by stretch blow molding. Sizes range from 7 to 400 ml. A wide range of decorating options is offered, including custom coloring, frosting, hot stamping, pad printing, silk-screening, and finishing in translucent, opaque, and pearlescent finishes. Inoac Packaging Group, Bardstown, KY.
Airless Dispensers
A company has added two new products to its packaging line. The first is an airless bottle with a unique opening and closing feature. When the bottle’s collar is twisted into the open position, the dispenser’s actuator rises, allowing the user to press down on it and dispense product. Twisting the collar into the closed position lowers the actuator. The second new product is a dual-chambered airless dispenser that allows two parts of a product to be combined at the moment of use. Arminak & Associates Inc., Duarte, CA.
Oval Design
PET bottles are offered in six sizes, ranging from 100 to 750 ml. The Metric Oval bottles are offered with stock closures, including lotion pumps, dispensing caps, and spray pumps. For further decoration, the bottles can be labeled. Customizing the PET color is also an option. Brad-Pak Enterprises Inc., Garwood, NJ.
Airless System
In parternship with Laboratories Labcatal, a French manufacturer of airless systems supplied an airless pouch dispenser for German pharmaceutical brand Merck, for its Exfoliac skin treatment product. The Twinbag Solo system features two separate airless pouches that keep two ingredients separate until the product is dispensed. The package is available in sizes of 125, 150, and 200 ml, with pouches in fill capacities of 30, 65, 75, and 92 ml. Together with Laboratories Labcatal, Lablabo is also able to provide full-service bulk manufacturing, filling, and compatibility testing. Lablabo, Annemasse Cedex, France.
New Sizes
Two new sizes have been added to a company’s Capri Oval PET bottle line. In addition to an 8-oz size, the bottles are now available in 4- and 16-oz sizes. The 4-oz bottle is available with either a 24-400, 24-410, or 24-415 neck finish, while the 16-oz bottle is offered with a 28-400 or 28-410 neck finish. The bottles accommodate continuous-threaded closures, sprayers, or pumps. Stock colors are white and clear. Other standard and custom colors are also possible. Alpha Packaging, St. Louis, MO.
Custom, Stock Bottles
Plastic bottles and closures are supplied for personal care products. Bottles can be made from materials such as high-density polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC, PETG, PET, and coextruded resin. More than 600 bottle styles are available, in sizes ranging from 30 to 750 ml. The firm also stocks more than 40 styles of bottles and caps at its warehouse in Winchester, VA. Decorating services include UV silk-screening. Print quality can be ensured by the firm’s vision inspection systems. M&H Plastics USA, Winchester, VA.
Camber Rounds
A firm announced it is expanding its Camber Round bottle line. A 200-ml OPET bottle and an 8-oz OPET bottle are currently available. The following versions are in development: a 2-oz OPET, a 4-oz high-density polyethylene, a 200-ml PETG, an 8-oz high-density polyethylene, and a 400-ml OPET bottle. Fenton, Weber & Jones Packaging Inc., Getzville, NY.
Brushed Aluminum
Brushed-aluminum bottles are available from stock. The bottles are offered in five sizes, ranging from 2 to 10 oz. To complete the package, a 24-410 sprayer can be provided, as well as other pumps. Caps are also available, including screw-cap designs. Elemental Container Inc., Union, NJ.