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Stiff, tough, clear PPs shine in oriented bottles.


A new family of PP resins tailored for stretch-blow molding has attained its first commercial uses. Introduced in Europe last year, Stretchene PP resins from LyondellBasell Industries (U.S. office in Wilmington, Del.) are said to outperform other PP bottle grades in rigidity rigidity /ri·gid·i·ty/ (ri-jid´i-te) inflexibility or stiffness.

clasp-knife rigidity
, impact strength, clarity, and productivity. Stretchene makes its commercial debut in a new range of oriented bottles jointly developed by Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble and stretch-blow packaging consultant PTI PTI - Portable Tool Interface  Europe, a Swiss branch of Plastic Technologies, Inc., Holland, Ohio Holland is a village in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,306 at the 2000 census. Geography
Holland is located at  (41.619451, -83.709806)GR1.
. The 0.5L, 1L, and 2L bottles are used for P&G's new Ariel Professional brand of laundry bleach bleach

Solid or liquid chemical compound used to whiten or remove the natural colour of fibres, yarns, paper, and textile fabrics. Sunlight was the chief bleaching agent up to the discovery of chlorine in 1774 by Karl Wilhelm Scheele (b. 1742—d.
. They are molded by Alpla Italia S.r.l. The 2L bottle is believed to be the largest oriented-PP bottle with a grip ever produced.

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