The amazing story of a PET bottle mould

The journey of a PET bottle begins in the mind of an entrepreneur who wishes to cater to the ever-growing beverage market, pharma industry or home care product industry by introducing a new product. The idea consists of the shape, size, product application and target customer. This idea is translated into a PET bottle by AwantiPolymoulds, the leading PET bottle mould manufacturer based in Pune.

Awanti is an end-to-end solutions provider to PET blow moulds for a wide variety of product applications and catering beverage companies in India and abroad.Awanti is a one-stop shop for converting an idea into a bottle, starting with bottle designing to mould manufacturing to mould and bottle testing.

Step 1– Bottle Designing

Understanding the customer’s requirements and translating them into a feasible bottle shape is what Awanti’s design team specializes in. Aspects like blow-ability, strength and stability are taken into consideration before finalising the bottle design.

Step 2- Mould manufacturing

Mould Design-

Mould-Design

Understanding the technical specifications of the customer’s blowing equipment is of paramount importance before proceeding with mould designing and manufacturing. High-grade raw material, a well-defined and sequential machining process and stringent quality checks at every stage are what goes into each mould manufactured at Awanti.

Step 3- Mould testing and bottle testing

As per requirement, the mould is tested on in-house blowing equipment and the bottles are put through internationally defined quality tests like bottle burst, stress crack, top load and thermal testing among many others.

The result:

Each mould is capable of producing millions of bottles having consistent quality for years together, leading to ultimate customer delight and repeat orders! Awanti is humbled to be associated as approved vendors for global beverage giants like Coca-Cola and Pepsi and Indian leaders like Parle and Bisleri.

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