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Plastic - A modern packaging material which is widely accepted in the industry. Below are the reasons plastic is chosen for packaging.

• It is recyclable, lightweight and can be easily moulded to any form.
• Polystyrene, clear plastic blister pack, Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and clamshell-plastic are commonly used plastics for packaging.
• Also, labelling can be done by different methods (paper label, screen printing) and can explore textured surface by different manufacturing process.


Plastic bottle to store Beverages
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