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Waterford bottle distributor Burch Bottle & Packaging Inc. won an $89,000 defense contract to make a bottle used in the M-1 tank.
"No one wanted to do the bottle, so we came up with a design," said George Ide, vice president of Burch Bottle.
The plastic bottle will hold replacement fluid for the automatic fire extinguisher in the tank's engine. The company was awarded the contract in December after a public bid.
As part of the deal, Burch Bottle will make,...