New PET bottle design for wine

The packaging manufacturer Artenius PET Packaging Europe (APPE) has announced that it has developed a new design for its PET bottle for wine. This new bottle that will be available under the trade name “Project Santiano”, is a multi-layer bottle using the APPE proprietary active barrier technology namely BindOx. It weighs only 50g while conventional glass bottles weigh 600g or more and its design allows it to accept thermoplastic closure as well as traditional cork closure tanks to a re-designed bottle neck. More than 80% of the wine bottle market is dominated by cork closures. These new bottles will be first introduced in the North-American market.