PT Online

The most impressive success so far in barrier PET beer bottles is a 1.6-liter bottle launched just six months ago that already accounts for 15% of beer consumed in South Korea. The Hite Pitcher brand comes from Hite Brewery Co., Korea’s leading brewer. The bottle, which is said to provide 26-week shelf life, is blow molded by Hyosong Corp. of South Korea. It is blown from three-layer preforms made on a coinjection system from Kortec Inc., Beverly, Mass. The barrier layer is the Aegis nylon 6/nanoclay compound from Honeywell Specialty Polymers, Morristown, N.J.