Tomorrow’s Packaging using Today’s Waste Autoglym Cleans Up with Retran®

Phil Black - PII Editor 07/04/2011

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One of the world’s leading suppliers of car care products, Autoglym, has chosen Retran® Packaging for its Hi-Tech accessory range.

The packs are highly decorated with foil printing and can be seen in Halfords and motor accessory stores around the world.

Autoglym has very strict environmental policies and the introduction of recycled packaging technology enhances the green credentials of this unique company.

Retran® is a PET based plastic that is made from post-consumer rubbish. In simple terms this includes fizzy water bottles, salad containers and other PET plastic which is collected, cleaned and reprocessed to produce this unique material. The composition of recycled content is a minimum of 70% and in some cases it is almost 100%. The breakthrough in the development of this material has been to achieve total transparency and retain the strength required for the traditional Jetran® packaging.

Bell Packaging are the exclusive manufacturers of Retran®, Jetran® and Petran® products. From their factory in Luton they produce and supply product throughout Europe. For new packaging designs Bell offer the complete service – prototypes and dummy packaging. With 30 years experience the Bell staff have a wealth of knowledge as well as new ideas to offer and anybody wishing to create a unique packaging concept should contact their marketing department for a no obligation free consultation. Bell Packaging also have manufacturing facilities in India.

Welcoming the arrival of Retran® technology, Autoglym’s Marketing Manager, Oliver James, comments: “We have worked with Bell for many years and pioneered the use of transparent packaging in the car care market. The Hi-Tech range is recognised throughout the world and feedback suggests that customers value the reusable Jetran® packaging, which enables them to safely store the products inside. Using this new recycled material is part of an ongoing programme in which we are looking to reduce our impact on the environment..”

For more information and samples of the Retran® product, please visit the Bell Packaging website at www.bellpackaging.com or contact the marketing team on 01582 459292 or 01246 851508.