Beer in plastic bottles poised for a breakthrough
One of the lecture blocks at the 91st Working Symposium of the VLB in Berlin dealt with the highly topical subject of "Beer in plastic bottles".
Alexander Buechler, PETplanet Publisher GmbH, Heidelberg/Germany, gave an up-to-the-minute review of this topic, stating that discounters are contributing to the acceptance of beer in PET. The table below provides an overview of the present status of beer in PET in Ger-many.
The listing shows that both monolayer and multilayer bottles are on the market. The choice of bottle material has a major influence on beer shelf-life. Monolayers without coating, as used by Darguner Brewery, lead to the worst values. Martens work with coating. Costs are therefore similar. Martens use a 28 g bottle, yet another cost advantage.e.....
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