- 21 December 2007 -
Amber masterbatches are ideal for prescription bottles

Ampacet has developed two amber masterbatches for the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) used in pharmaceutical prescription bottles. The company adds that these grades, Ampacet 681725-PT and 681726-PT, let moulders colour PET in their facilities rather than rely on pre-coloured resin. Both resins meet the strict lightfastness, UV protection, clarity, colour, extractability and other requirements set for pharmaceutical bottles.

According to the company, until now, processors could only purchase pre-coloured amber PET for the prescription bottles used in almost every U.S. pharmacy. Moulders have long wanted a colour masterbatch to gain greater flexibility and efficiency in injection blow moulded pharmaceutical bottles, but the exacting specifications set for these bottles have been an impediment to this.

Ampacet Corporation; www.ampacet.com