Ultra-Light 8.8-Gram PET Bottle Breaks Weight Record

Bottle meets all preconditions for moving through filling process to palletizing, storage, delivery to market, exhibits top-load strength of 33 kilograms, which ensures stable palletizing.

05/12/2007 Setting record for world’s lightest 500-millilitre polyethylene terephthalate (PET) water bottle, clear container weighs in at 8.8 grams.

Produced on equipment from Krones, AG, Neutraubling, Germany, bottle weighs up to 45% lighter than other half-litre PET containers on market. Most of lightweighting occurs in finish area, which features significantly smaller neck ring. At 0.1 millimetre, wall thickness measures 20% to 30% thinner than competing containers. Tall, ribbed bottle with sloped shoulder sports 26-millimetre modified PCF 26 P neck finish, SK 26/15FB lw closure from Bericap Gmbh and Co. KG, Budenheim, Germany.

Although there are no commercial customers yet, gossamer-thin container address demands of bottling industry for material, cost savings, conservation of natural resources.

Bottle meets all preconditions for moving through filling process to palletizing, storage, delivery to market, exhibits top-load strength of 33 kilograms, which ensures stable palletizing.