Multi-layer preliminary formed body and method of manufacturing the formed body

A process for producing a bottomed preform for a blow molded hollow vessel, having a barrel portion and a bottom portion, each comprising an outermost layer and an innermost layer made from a first material and an intermediate layer made from a second material, which process comprises filling the first material and the second material into the cavity of an injection mold in a single molding step, wherein the single molding step comprises the substep (i) of injecting the first material, the substep (ii) of injecting the first material and the second material at the same time, and the substep (iii) of injecting the first material which are carried out continuously in this order, wherein the substep (i) and the substep (ii) are carried out to satisfy the following expressions (1) and (2):

• 0.5<V1/V2<2 (1)
• wherein V1 is the injection rate of the substep (i) and V2 is the injection rate of the substep (ii),
• 0.2<V21il /V22<0.5 (2)
• wherein V21 is the injection rate of the first material and V22 is the injection rate of the second material in the substep (ii),
• to form the bottomed preform for the blow molded hollow vessel having a multi-layer structure, wherein the barrel portion and the bottom portion of the preform have a three-layer structure, the innermost layer and the outermost layer of the three-layer structure are made from the first material, the intermediate layer of the structure is made from the second material, and the thickness (tc) of the intermediate layer of the bottom portion is smaller (tc<to) than the thickness (to) of the intermediate layer of the barrel portion.