Hot-filled PET bottle brings RTD tea to Hispanic market

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September 26, 2008 - Stock, hot-fillable, long-neck polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle from Amcor PET Packaging, Manchester, MI, enables quick launch of Tomandote™ tea. Panel-free 16-ounce PowerFlex™ bottle with 38-millimetre neck finish provides easy-to-label smooth-wall design for Hispanic-inspired, ready-to-drink (RTD) tea from Let’s Mongo, Inc., Moorpark, CA. Patented design withstands185 Fahrenheit fills without ribs or panels because inverted cone-shaped diaphragm in base draws upward to compensate for vacuum created as liquid cools. Tomandote, which means “drinking tea” in Spanish, sells in California, Washington, Texas in three traditional formulas — Lemongrass (Te de Limon), Mint (Hierbabuena), Cinnamon (Canela).


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