Anheuser-Busch Gives Plastic a Second Chance.Anheuser-Busch Inc., St. Louis Louis, titular duke of Burgundy Louis, 1682–1712, titular duke of Burgundy; grandson of King Louis XIV of France. He became heir to the throne on the death (1711) of his father, Louis the Great Dauphin. , the nation's largest brewer, has started test marketing two new multi-layer PET beer bottles. Both designs are being tested with Budweiser and Bud Light brands in a 16-oz amber bottle with an aluminum closure and standard paper or metallized label, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the company. Initial testing is at stadiums and arenas in Houston Houston, city (1990 pop. 1,630,553), seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel; inc. 1837. Economy The fourth largest city in the nation and the largest in the entire South and Southwest, Houston is a port of entry; and several markets in Florida. Plans are to expand to at least 20 other markets. A-B A-B Air-Britain (UK-based aviation historical society) A-B Research Centre Applied Biocatalysis (Graz, Austria) tested a 100%-PEN bottle in 1998, but found it to be too expensive and its properties limited, according to Norman Nieder, senior director of packaging technology. The new multi-layer designs provide a better cost/performance balance, he says. The company is testing three-layer and five-layer bottles, both expected to provide 110-day shelf life. The three-layer design uses an oxygen scavenger/barrier between two PET layers and is being produced by Constar Inc., Philadelphia. The five-layer bottle has nylon nylon, synthetic thermoplastic material characterized by strength, elasticity, resistance to abrasion and chemicals, low moisture absorbency, and capacity to be permanently set by heat. After 10 years of research E. I. , PET, and two oxygen scavenger/barrier layers. Continental PET Plastics Technologies Inc., Florence, Ky., is making that bottle. |
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