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Container Shapes

Bottles come in many different shapes and styles to fit your product's unique application. On this page you will learn about some of the different styles and types of bottles made at Plas-Pak and for what they are commonly used. At any time, feel free to contact us to speak with an expert.


Rectangle Handle	Jerry Can (F-Style)	Square	Jars & Shaker Paks	Flats	Boston Round	Round	Spray Bottles	Modern Round – H-Series

Rectangle Handle

The dairy-style is made of thin yet durable plastic, is not round in shape and has a handle. The dairy-style containers often have textured surfaces around the handle to aid in gripping and holding the container. Common uses include: milk, juice, chemicals, cleaners, water, and other beverages.

Jerry Can (F-Style)

The f-style family of containers are made of a heavy durable plastic. The most characteristic feature of the f-style is the large hollow handle on the top of the bottle next to the bottle orifice, which is offset from the center.

Common uses: industrial and automotive chemicals and cleaners, fertilizers, detergents, and weed killers.

Square

The square is an elegant container. The square has four sides where all seams and corners both inside and out are rounded. This gives the bottle a heavy weight and creates a slight visual distortion of the product inside.
Common uses include: soaps, lotions, bath salts, powders, beverages, and crafts.

Jars & Shaker Paks

Jars typically have wide mouths. Often the opening is as large as the diameter
Common uses include: lotions, creams, personal care items, and powders to be dispensed by method of shaking.

Boston Round

The boston round is a style with broad appeal. The boston round has rounded shoulders and an almost equally rounded base. They are shorter and more squat in appearance. With a multitude of closures like lotion pumps, sprayers, droppers, flip top caps, etc, the round bottle selection is great for packaging products like cosmetics, hair care products from dyes to shampoos and product samples.

Common uses include: personal care products, industrial products, home care products, cleaners, cleansers, shampoos, lotions.

Round

There are a number of round shaped bottles ranging from elegantly shaped with a tall, slender profile and steep tapered shoulders, to the more squat round shaped bottles. The s-series bottles have straight sides.
Common uses include: personal care, cosmetics, lotions, shampoos, creams, oils, room sprays.

Spray Bottles

The defining characteristics of an industrial round are the handle and the labeling panel. The industrial round typically has a raised ring around the base of the bottle and the base of the handle.
Common uses include: chemicals, cleaners, automobile products, anitfreeze, solvents, sauces (ketchup, mustard) and more.

Modern Round – H-Series

The modern round has sharply angled shoulders and a label panel. The label panel is the indentation between the ring around the base and the ring around the shoulders. Common uses include: hydrogen peroxide containers, chemical containers, pharmaceuticals, solvents, acids and more.

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