Cold-end coatings protect and lubricate bottles so they can be moved smoothly, without damage, with high-speed handling equipment from a massed group of bottles on the lehr into single lines for inspection on through packaging. When the bottles reach the customer's plant, they will be unpacked, cleaned, filled, labeled, and repacked. There will, of course, be glass-to-glass contact during all these processes and efforts must be taken to keep damage at a minimum.

Glasskote Cold End Coatings impart excellent lubricity, scratch resistance and label adhesion to glass bottle surfaces. Glasskote products have been successfully utilized in the glass container industry for many years. TOTAL Lubricants USA, Inc. offers the products below which can be applied to a wide variety of ware.

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