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The latest advancement in PET containers features an integrated handle.

The SureHandle PET container features an integrated handle that offers benefits such as increased top-load strength, ergonomic carrying advantages and pouring control, and recyclability. Photo courtesy of Pretium Packaging.
The SureHandle PET container features an integrated handle that offers benefits such as increased top-load strength, ergonomic carrying advantages and pouring control, and recyclability. Photo courtesy of Pretium Packaging.

Creating a PET container with an integrated handle is easier said than done. But Pretium Packaging and Practically Impossible Labs have done just that. The companies just launched the SureHandle PET container that they say will be stronger and more eco-friendly than traditional PET bottles while offering shelf differentiation and handling convenience for consumers.

The 64-oz., 38-400-mm container combines preform technology developed by Practically Impossible Labs, a plastic bottle engineering company, and injection- and blow-molding expertise from Pretium, a manufacturer of plastic containers and closures. The manufacturing process begins with the preform, which is structurally different than traditional straight-sided, injection-molded preforms used to blow-mold PET containers. The SureHandle preform features an injection-molded handle attached to the side wall.

The integrated-handle preform is loaded in the same manner as a conventional preform. Proprietary enhancements have been made to standard blow cavities to accept and position the handle during the blowing process. Because no secondary operation is required to add the handle to the container, the end result is increased structural integrity.

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