Billion dollar consumer packaging company - PET Long Life Monolayer White UHT Milk Bottles
Billion dollar consumer packaging company - PET Long Life Monolayer White UHT Milk Bottles
1 PagesContact Information World Headquarters 2000 Americhem Way Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 Tel: +1.330.929.4213 Toll Free: +1.800.228.3476 Fax: +1.330.929.4144 CASE STUDY CUSTOMER Billion dollar consumer packaging company END APPLICATION PET Long Life Monolayer White UHT Milk Bottles CUSTOMER PROBLEM Auto-oxidation of lipids and photo-oxidation of riboflavin occur when light penetrates a UHT milk bottle, which gives the milk an undesirable taste and smell. At the time that the customer came to Americhem, there was no technology in PET bottling that could block out enough of the UV rays to provide a long lasting UHT milk. AMERICHEM SOLUTION Americhem developed a monolayer technology with an opacity package in a masterbatch form instead of the precolored resin the customer
