Pretium Packaging (pretiumpkg.com), a leading North American manufacturer of plastic containers and closures, has won two international Worldstar awards for its SureHandle polyethylene terephthalate (PET) container with integrated handle in the  food and beverage categories.The Worldstar awards are presented by the World Packaging Organisation.

Pretium Packaging used technology from Practically Impossible Labs, Houston, Texas, to develop the SureHandle stock container line. It is currently available in a 64-ounce, 38-400 mm finish, as well as a 2-liter size. The line was developed to provide brand owners with significant shelf differentiation, handling convenience and aesthetics that were not previously possible.