Ardagh Glass Packaging-Europe (AGP-Europe) has worked with Hernö Gin to produce a lightweighted 500ml glass bottle.
The Hernö Gin bottle, and the brand’s first bespoke bottle, has launched with an upgraded graphic profile, and is produced and decorated at AGP-Europe’s Limmared facility in Sweden.
The bottle design features the Hernö copper still, with the wording ‘Hernö Gin Distillery Home of Swedish Gin’ embossed on the shoulder of the bottle.
The new bottle weighs 480g: a reduction of 100g on the previous bottle design, with an increased recycled cullet content, which together have reduced carbon emissions in each bottle by 31%.
Emma Edfors, CEO of Hernö Gin, said: “For us, glass is the obvious choice. By moving production to Ardagh in Sweden, we are minimising our transport, and thereby lowering our climate footprint. We think this is an important and sustainable choice."
Magnus Ridefjord, Sales Manager, AGP-Sweden, said: “The new bottles have been produced on the multi-production line at AGP-Limmared in Sweden, which offers the flexibility of producing different bottle shapes and sizes together.
“The technology developed by our sister company, Heye International, is ideal for customers that want to produce specialist bottles for the premium drinks sector.”
