PET packaging technology (Sheffield packaging technology, volume 5)

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is now a major commodity plastic for packaging. Continued growth is predicted in the PET market which, with the commercialisation of novel barrier materials and the technologies to produce them, will extend into new areas of food, beverages, personal care products and cosmetics. This book provides a one-stop source of reference for all aspects of this important sector of the packaging industry. Environmental and recycling considerations are addressed in a special chapter.

Introduction. Technical and commercial considerations. PET materials and applications. Injection and coinjection preform technologies. Two-stage bottle technology. Barrier materials and technologies. Heat set, hot fill, pasteurisation and retort technologies. PET film and sheet technologies. Injection blow moulding technologies. Environmental and recycling considerations.

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