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(PlastEurope) -- Leading
international beer brands Heineken and Amstel are now available in four
litre PET kegs in The Netherlands. The new “Tapje” small draft-beer system was
developed together with APPE, formerly Artenius PET Packaging, a member of
Spanish PET giant La Seda de Barcelona, which supplies the kegs. The breweries
plan to launch the new system in other countries as well.
The PET container is said to be an innovative cost-effective alternative
to traditional beer crates. It features APPE’s “monoBLOX” barrier technology
with oxygen scavengers, which guarantee a robust container with what the
Wrexham-based company calls “superior barrier performance that protects the
integrity of the beer by keeping out oxygen whilst keeping in the carbonation”.
Once open, the beer reportedly remains fresh for 30 days.
mrcplast.com
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