Indorama Ventures and German cosmetic packaging manufacturer REBHAN FPS Kunststoff-Verpackungen have introduced a glass-like PET bottle material for premium beauty and personal care packaging.
The collaboration combines Indorama Ventures’ specialty PET material, LUXYCLEAR EBM PET 5508, with REBHAN’s bottle design and manufacturing capabilities. The packaging is commercially available to brands across Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Developed for extrusion blow moulding, the PET grade enables the production of thick-wall cosmetic bottles with the clarity and transparency associated with glass. It also retains the lower weight, durability and shatter resistance of PET, addressing aesthetic and functional requirements in the premium cosmetics market.
Alongside the conventional virgin PET grade, the material is available in versions containing up to 100% chemically recycled content or using mass-balance-certified renewable feedstock. Indorama Ventures said these alternatives are intended to reduce dependence on virgin fossil resources while retaining the material’s clarity, performance and product quality.
“Beauty brands should not have to choose between premium design, packaging performance and greater material choice,” said Dr Patrick Amrhein, business director of specialty polymers at Indorama Ventures. He described the material and manufacturing partnership as a commercially practical route to glass-like PET packaging using conventional, chemically recycled or renewable-feedstock options.
Patrick Kohns, head of sales and product management at REBHAN, said beauty and personal care brands were increasingly selecting glass-like bottles because they combine the appearance of glass with PET’s functional characteristics.
According to Kohns, the bottles offer transparency and clarity while remaining lightweight, cost-effective and suitable for everyday use. The partnership provides brands with a material and manufacturing route for producing market-ready cosmetic bottles with different feedstock choices for international beauty and personal care markets.