A container at least partially surrounded by a shrink sleeve, the shrink sleeve including a shrink sleeve aperture being defined by an aperture peripheral boundary having a peripheral length, where the shrink sleeve and the container are substantially the same color along at least a portion of the peripheral length. Processes for making such containers. Containers where the shrink sleeve and the container are substantially different colors along the peripheral length.

A method for protecting tubing protruding from a container, in particular a bottle, containing a pharmaceutical fluid. The method includes providing the container filled with the pharmaceutical fluid, from which the tubing protrudes, and providing a layer of foam and/or a body of foam surrounding the tubing, preferably in its entirety, with a shell such that the layer of foam and/or body of foam is interposed between the tubing and the shell. A body of the container remains outside of the shell, attaching the shell to the container, and freezing the container and the shell surrounding the tubing.

Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter d.sub.1 of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness T.sub.i that is less than or equal to 0.85*s.sub.1, wherein s.sub.1 is a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.

Coated pharmaceutical packages may comprise a glass body formed from a borosilicate glass composition having a Type 1 chemical durability according to USP 660, the glass body having an interior surface and an exterior surface and a wall extending therebetween. A low-friction thermally stable coating having a thickness of ≤1 μm may be positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface. The low-friction coating may comprise a silane. The portion of the exterior surface of the coated pharmaceutical package may have a coefficient of friction that is at least 20% less than an uncoated pharmaceutical package formed from the same borosilicate glass composition.

A glass container has an outer glass surface with an inkjet printed image provided on the surface. A cold-end coating (CEC) with a thickness between 0 to 20 nm is present between the outer glass surface and the inkjet printed image. Such glass container is preferably a one-way beverage bottle. A method of inkjet printing an image on a glass container comprises the steps of (a) manufacturing a glass container having a CEC layer; (b) removing at least part of the CEC layer to a level wherein the remaining CEC layer has a thickness of 0 to 20 nm; and (c) inkjet printing an image on the glass container.

The invention relates to a bottle having: firstly a rigid external shell, which has a shell body continued by a neck provided with a neck opening, and is equipped with a cap that is fitted on the neck opening and has a threaded internal annular part inside this neck opening, this shell being made of a cylindrical braid of vegetable fibres having a uniform appearance over the entire body of the shell and of the neck, said braid covering at least 90% of the surface thereof and being inserted into an impregnation matrix made of a thermoplastic resin, and secondly an internal container intended to come into contact with the beverage, said internal container being fastened to the internal annular part of the cap and being made of a thermoplastic material.

A device for protecting against shocks for a glass bottle is presented, having a body, a bottom and a distal portion successively comprising from the body, a shoulder, a collar and a neck, said device comprising a first cup engaging with the bottom and a second cup engaging with the shoulder, each of the cups having a projecting portion for damping shocks, along a transversal plane, beyond a zone of a larger diameter of the bottle. The projecting portion of at least one from among the first and the second cups includes a plurality of damping pads spaced apart from one another.

A pharmaceutical container label 1 to be stuck to an outer circumferential surface 12r of a pharmaceutical container 100 having translucency, includes: a lower-layer label 2, having light-blocking property, to be adhered to the outer circumferential surface 12r of the pharmaceutical container 100 so as to form a non-adhesion portion 2B; and an upper-layer label 3 which is peelably stuck to a surface 2a of the lower-layer label 2 so as to adhere to the non-adhesion portion 2B. When the upper-layer label 3 is peeled off, the non-adhesion portion 2B is integrally peeled off, a region covered with the non-adhesion portion 2B is exposed, and the exposed region serves as a window 15 which allows visual checking of the contents.

A pharmaceutical container label 1 to be stuck to an outer circumferential surface 12r of a pharmaceutical container 100 having translucency, includes: a lower-layer label 2, having light-blocking property, to be adhered to the outer circumferential surface 12r of the pharmaceutical container 100 so as to form a non-adhesion portion 2B; and an upper-layer label 3 which is peelably stuck to a surface 2a of the lower-layer label 2 so as to adhere to the non-adhesion portion 2B. When the upper-layer label 3 is peeled off, the non-adhesion portion 2B is integrally peeled off, a region covered with the non-adhesion portion 2B is exposed, and the exposed region serves as a window 15 which allows visual checking of the contents.

A beverage holder with an insulating sleeve holds a beverage container and a light mount with a light. The light mount comprises an exterior housing located outside the insulating sleeve and on a lateral wall of the insulating sleeve. A light is carried by the exterior housing and located outside of the insulating sleeve. An interior backing is located on an interior of the insulating sleeve and fastened to the exterior housing through the insulating sleeve. The exterior housing and the interior backing sandwich a portion of the lateral wall of the insulating sleeve.