Miller Lite Launches New 16-oz. Alumi-Tek(R) Aluminum Pint Bottles ...

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Miller Lite Launches New 16-oz. Alumi-Tek(R) Aluminum Pint Bottlesfrom Ball
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) is bringing its new, 16-oz. Alumi-Tekaluminum beverage bottles to market with Miller Lite. The sleek,resealable bottles feature a wide, 38-mm opening that provides asmooth flow, are quick to chill and are 100 percent recyclable.
"The great taste of Miller Lite gets even better when it's enjoyedfrom our new aluminum pint," said Grant Leech , vice president of marketing for Miller Lite. "This package drinkslike a bottle and cools like a can to deliver an invigorating tasteexperience."
The Miller Lite aluminum pint will be tested throughout much of theMidwest and South through the end of the year. Test markets for theMiller Lite aluminum pint are Alabama, Arkansas, Dallas, Florida,Houston, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan,Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, SouthCarolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin. TheMiller Lite aluminum pint is intended for off-premise retailers,with a focus on convenience stores. The package will be sold aspart of a nine-pack.
In addition to beer, the light weight Alumi-Tek bottle can be usedfor a wide variety of beverages, such as carbonated soft drinks,juices, energy drinks, and beverages requiring retort processing.
Ball leverages its two-piece aluminum beverage can manufacturingexpertise to produce the Alumi-Tek bottle because the manufacturingtechnology for both packages is very similar. The bottles have thesame high quality graphics found on cans and are decorated with thesame printing process. Both 12-oz. and 16-oz. bottles aremanufactured at Ball's aluminum beverage can plant in Monticello,Ind.
Ball Corporation is a supplier of high-quality metal and plasticpackaging products for beverage, food and household customers, andof aerospace and other technologies and services, primarily for theU.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ morethan 15,500 people worldwide and reported 2007 sales of $7.4billion.
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