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The Pressure is Off - with a New Bottle Solution
The vital issue of eliminating contaminants in products that Puritan supplies to our semiconductor manufacturing customers begins with the way our products are packaged. In the case of ammonium hydroxide, which is used in that industry to clean and etch integrated circuits, a four-liter, ultra-clean pressure-bottom container from Novapak Corp. is the solution.
"Using an ultra-clean container ensures the purity of our formulations and demonstrates to our customers that we are on the cutting edge when it comes to maintaining the quality of our product," explains Lou DiRenzo, President of Puritan Products. "The main challenge of packaging a chemical like ammonium hydroxide is withstanding its high vapor pressure. This new container is molded of virgin high-density polyethylene in a controlled manufacturing environment." It also has a pressure bottom, which provides additional stability in transportation and storage, and an integrated handle.
To ensure the purity of its bottles, Novapak applies several preventive measures throughout the manufacturing process. No cap is removed until it is ready to be filled at Puritan. In addition, the bottles are produced in Manchester, Pa., at the Novapak plant nearest to Puritan's Bethlehem facility. "Having this bottle produced locally is advantageous for us," adds DiRenzo. "With large bottles such as these, where each truckload contains only about 6,000 bottles, proximity to our supplier helps minimize freight costs."
NOTE: A feature about our new bottles is running in the current issue of Packaging World. If you are interested in all the details of this initiative, please click here.
