Super-light PET bottle wins German Design Award

A super-light PET bottle developed by Krones has been awarded the German Design Award 2015 in the packaging category.

The bottle, which is suitable for carbonated beverages and has a capacity of 500 mL, tips the scales at 9.9 g, 30-45% lighter than comparable PET containers on the market.

Designed to be both marketable and eco-friendly, the bottle can be produced with minimal expenditure of energy and material, minimising both its production costs and environmental impact.

This is achieved by dividing up the bottle into several functional areas with different wall thicknesses. Most of the PET material is located in the upper part of the bottle, where it is held and opened. The walls in the lower section contains only half as much material. Further weight savings are achieved with the neck finish which, in contrast to other PET bottles, does not have a screw cap, but a tear-off ring-pull closure.

German Design Awards are conferred by the German Design Council for outstanding products and projects from the field of product and communication design.