Plastics packaging specialist Petainer (Lidköping, Sweden www.petainer.com) has won a contract to supply recyclable PET bottles for “KickUp” drinks for brand owner Winnington (Sparsör / Sweden). The company’s plant at Lidköping is to manufacture 33 centilitre bottles – opaque white for “KickUp” energy drinks and transparent green for “KickUp” ‘functional water’ – for delivery to Winnington’s plant in Borås / Sweden for filling.

Designers and technologists at Petainer have worked closely with Winnington to refine the “KickUp” bottle design. The collaboration developed a container that is easier to produce than the company’s previous bottle, but has an ‘on shelf’ presence to promote the brand in retail outlets. Richard Svensson, operations manager at Winnington, said: “Petainer was able to re-engineer the bottle design to ensure we consistently get a high quality recyclable container which reflects the brand identity.”