Technical information

In recent years, PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is the preferred packaging material for water and soft drinks. Plastic bottles are increasingly used for beer, juices, sports drinks and flavored spirits. But each product requires special qualities in its bottles.

The numbers marked on the plastic materials represent the material from which the product is produced. If there is no sign on the plastic product you bought, you should definitely stay away from this plastic.

The commercial success of plastic as a packaging product is the result of combining flexibility (from film to rigid applications), durability, lightness, stability, impermeability and easy sterilization. These properties make plastics an ideal packaging material for all types of commercial and industrial users.

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET or PETE); Rigid, synthetic fiber and resin, and a member of the polyester polymer family. PET is spun into fibers for permanent printing fabrics, blow molded into disposable beverage bottles and extruded onto photographic film and magnetic recording tape.