We would like to offer you and your sales staff some insight to an overview of Indiana Bottle’s current molding capabilities and where we see ourselves today in the packaging industry as well as our focus toward the future. Low Density Polyethylene
3. Polypropylene (Clarified Material)
4. PETE (Injection Blow / TN Plant Only)
B. Production consists of single, double, triple, four cavity and six c
avity output
1. *Single cavity (One mold) 5,000 minimum
a. If you require less than minimum, there would be a set-up charge of $ 150.00
(Natural & white) or $ 300.00 (All other colors) unless available from floor stock
2. Minimum orders without set up charges for color – 5,000
3. *Two and four cavity - 10,000 minimum (Unless on the floor)
4. *Six cavity - 50,000 minimum (Unless on the floor)
5. *Special production available based on a blanket order w/releases
II. Current molding capabilities
A. Indiana Bottle’s current mold list
1. Cylinders
2. Wide mouth jars
3. Oblong and ovals
4. Handleware
B. Mold sizes from 2 ounce to 1 gallon with neck sizes available from 20mm to 120mm
C. Trimming is done with either post production spin domes or finished neck production. Most of our production does not control the I.D. (Inside dimension) of our bottles so any dispensing closure requirement you should use a “land seal” cap only. Only a controlled I.D. (Inside dimension) bottle neck finish should use a valve sealing cap. Molding equipment (Total - 13 machines)
A. Impco B13 (Single, double cavity)
B. Rocheleau SPB2 / R2 / R3 (One, two, three and four cavity)
C. Uniloy (Gallon jug / Round or square & six cavity production)
D. Fischer 054 (Double cavity)
IV. What is our fit in the current molding industry? A. We still do small minimum orders
B. We offer colors in small quantities (Pantone color match system)
C. Offer in-between sizes with slide molds (Cylinders & wide mouth jars)
D. Interchange mold tops or bodies on exiting tooling to achieve your desired bottle
E. Low mold building cost starting with single cavity tooling
V. Indiana Bottle assist in mold design and offers quotation for new tooling
A. Tool lead time range from 4 to 7 wks. (Except PETE tooling) Call for specifics
B. Bottle sampling program after new molds have been completed procedures
1. Each mold is sampled (Actual production quality samples submitted for approval)
2. Color approval (If other than natural) is submitted with color chip. Once OK’ed, we send
the matched colored bottle for final approval
VI. Special services offered
1. Three shipping locations (Indiana, Tennessee and Georgia)
(Indiana Bottle Co. / Tennessee Bottle Co. / Georgia Bottle Co.)
2. Silkscreen Printing (all locations)
3. Sleeve labeling (Indiana location)
4. Labels applied (Indiana & Georgia locations)
5. Special cartons (if required)
6. Assembled components
VII. Summary
1. Large mega bottle producers are buying other smaller molders shrinking available suppliers for your specific bottle requirements with increased minimum order quantities.
2. Continue in our niche market with customer’s interest in mind
3. Personal service (Over sixty years combined of marketing and production experience)
