750-ml PET wine bottle debuts in North America.North America's first full-size (750-m]) PET wine bottle features the MonOxbar monolayer mon·o·lay·er n. 1. A film or layer one molecule thick formed at the interface between water and either oil or air by a substance such as a partially esterified fatty acid that contains both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups in the same barrier system from Constar International Inc. in Philadelphia. The new bottles are used for Yellow Jersey wines, a new line of wines from Boisset Vins & Spiritueux in France's Burgundy region. Constar supplies PET preforms with its proprietary active oxygen scavenger to blow molder MPI MPI - Message Passing Interface Packaging, Mississauga, Ont. The 0.015-in.-thick barrier bottle provides the required 12- to 18-month shelf life. The wine is produced in France and bottled in Canada. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is a provincial Crown corporation established in 1927 by Lieutenant Governor William Donald Ross, on the advice of his Premier, Howard Ferguson, to sell liquor, wine, and beer in Ontario through a chain of retail stores. pushed the conversion from glass to PET for greater environmental sustainability, according to Constar. The stretch-blow molded bottle has an embossed em·boss tr.v. em·bossed, em·boss·ing, em·boss·es 1. To mold or carve in relief: emboss a design on a coin. 2. pattern and roll-on aluminum closure. Constar: (215) 552-3700 * www.constar.net [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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