Multiple-layer injection molded articles

An injection molded plastics article such as a container comprised of at least five layers of plastics material, namely an outside surface layer (B), an inside surface layer (A), an internal layer (C), a first intermediate layer (E) between the outside surface layer and the internal layer, and a second intermediate layer (D) between the inside surface layer and the internal layer (C), which has a terminal end (33) encapsulated by at least one of the intermediate layer materials, for example, primarily by the first intermediate layer material (E).