Graham Packaging produces 400ml PET bottle for handcare range

Simeon Goldstein, packagingnews.co.uk, 19 February 2010

 

Graham Packaging's UK plant has produced a 400ml PET bottle for a range of handwash products that will be sold in more than 40 countries.

 

Personal care and household product firm Statestrong wanted to reduce the size of its bottles by a fifth and Graham's Chalgrove plant created a similar-looking, but smaller bottle that has a 28mm pump closure.

 

Sales manager Nigel Kerrod said: "We were able to create a cost-effective, lightweight bottle and use the existing labels."

 

The bottles are available at retailers in the UK and in more than 40 countries worldwide.

 

Graham Packaging is owned by the Blackstone Group and produces more than 20 billion containers at 84 plants in Europe and the Americas to generate sales of some $2.6bn.

 

The Pennsylvania-based firm serves a wide range of sectors including food, drinks, fabric care and motor oil.