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Article: Clear PET lets witch hazel shine: T.N. Dickinson's witch hazel, one of America's oldest, widely produced herbal remedies, moves from glass to a blow-molded, PET bottle that provides high clarity, durability and strength.(plastic bottle redesign)
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- Packaging Digest
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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When T.N. Dickinson, a Baptist minister who had made a fortune in Civil War uniforms, began brewing and distributing witch hazel extract in eastern Connecticut back in the 1870s, he never could have imagined the astringent product would still be used as widely as it is more than 130 years later. Today, Dickinson Brands' witch hazel astringent, which is helpful in treating minor cuts, scrapes and insect bites, remains the category's premier brand. Distilled from an American shrub that grows throughout the northeastern U.S., witch hazel was used originally to treat sore muscles, burns and other maladies. Dickinson's evolution from glass to plastic containers began ...
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