Petainer's Lidköping plant in Sweden is supplying 70cl clear PET bottles with branded sleeves to Sailor brand vodka producer Galatea, which is a major supplier to monopoly alcohol retailer Systembolaget.

The container is said to be easy to manufacture in high volumes while maintaining high levels of clarity and shelf appeal.

Peter Edin, product manager at Galatea, said: "It is important that the bottles should reflect the quality of the Sailor brand and Petainer is able to deliver this quality reliably and consistently."

Petainer said that PET bottles offered brand owners an "ecological packaging alternative" to equivalent glass bottles because they took around 58% less energy to produce and weighed less.