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PET or Polyethylene Terephthalate is a thermoplastic resin from the polyester family which has become one of the most commonly used plastics for a wide range of applications. The combination of PET’s strength, flexibility and light weight composition, and excellent barrier properties has been particularly suited to the beverage industry, where it is a widely used alternative substrate to glass for a host of beverage containers for carbonated soft drinks (CSDs), mineral water, ready-to-drink tea, juices and energy drinks.
These trends in the composition of PET bottles have been instrumental in the introduction of new challenges associated with PET coding and marking. So what are these challenges and what are the solutions?
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