The Procter Gamble Company

Plastipak Packaging, Inc.

Gates M Moss

Michael C Kitzmiller

James J Miller

Charles Hatch

William C Young

Alan David Blake

Patrick Jean-Fran&ccedil;ois Etesse

Charles W Hurst

Samuel Ross

Harvey Shannon Holt

Karen Amanda Johnson

An extruded PET parison includes a first extruded polymer comprising PET, and a second extruded polymer comprising PET. In embodiments, the first extruded polymer and the second extruded polymer are co-extruded, and the first extruded polymer has an intrinsic viscosity that is higher that the intrinsic viscosity of the second extruded polymer. A monolayer embodiment is also disclosed. In embodiments, a monolayer extruded PET container is comprised of bottle grade PET resin that has been solid stated and may have an IV from about 0.96 to about 1.4.

Extruded PET parison, container, and method

Plastic container

A shrink-sleeved bottle is disclosed. The bottle has a base, a top part and sides. The bottle has a handle located on a side of the bottle and a sleeve that covers the handle. The sleeve has a cut-out that allows a user to grip the handle, and a fringe that is maintained flush against the bottle.

Shrink sleeved bottle

Container cap

Measuring cup closure

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

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