What plastic type is best for my product?

We get this question all the time: what should I put my product in? A client has a product with a special list of ingredients that may or may not require a specific plastic type, and they just need to know from us, the plastic experts, the definitive answer to this question. The answer is ... we're not sure!

Oh, that's really helpful.

Keep reading though because I'll tell you why this question is so hard to answer. And I'll tie it all up with some ideas on how we can all work together on identifying some plastic types that will work well with your product.

Fluorination: Your bottle can take the pressure

Paneling. If you don't gasp when you hear this word, you will when you know what it means. According to Terminology 101 at CPS University, paneling is the:

distortion of a plastic container that occurs during aging or storage, caused by the development of a reduced pressure inside the container.

In short, paneling is the slow, inexorable and impending implosion of your bottle. Pictured above are bottles that have paneled. Looks painful. (I assure you the bottle feels no pain, YOU, however, will feel the pain when your customers refuse to buy your emaciated-looking container).

Wanting to save space? Euclid proves EZ Stor Pails are the answer.

I haven't met anybody—packaging aficionados or otherwise—that don't quickly grasp the simplistic beauty of the rectangular pail. Most pails (AKA buckets) are round. Round pails are wonderful. They really are.

But rectangular pails are STUPENDOUS.

Read on or watch (embedded) our CPS Video production featuring the EZ Stor pail line to learn exactly why to be square is better than being round.