Ceepackaging

BERICAP, a worldwide operating manufacturer of plastic closures, will, as in previous years, be exhibiting at the BRAU Beviale 2008.

Tuthilltown Spirits, LLC has chosen O.BERK Company to provide custom glass bottles and closures for its new line of Hudson River Spirits, including Four Grain Bourbon, River Rum, Baby Bourbon, Manhattan Rye and Single Malt whiskeys, as well as Heart of the Hudson and Spirit of the Hudson Vodkas. These spirits are New York’s first production whiskey since the Prohibition and represent a new breed of handcrafted, top-shelf micro-distillery products.

The current Dollar rate does not make US Business for European companies very easy. Watertown Plastics Inc. based in Connecticut (USA) together with its main customer Axilone – a well-known French manufacturer of cosmetic caps and closures – decided nevertheless to invest in Multi-injection technology from Billion. This strategic choice creates a transatlantic link to bring Know-how from Europe in the USA. The aim is to generate more added values.

Less than 10 years after having introduced on the market the first plastic closures for still water, traded as HEXACAP®, that weighted less than 2 g and that were produced on large scale across the world (almost 10 billion closures per year), BERICAP is now engaged with another major challenge with HexaLite® closures at less than 1.5 g, saving a minimum of 0.5 g of plastic resin (HDPE), on new light weight neck finish for PET bottles saving at least 1.5 g of PET resin, allowing savings of 2.0 g per package.

GALILEO® is the registered name for a new range of closures from BERICAP that all use its new patented technology for moulding hinged closures in closed position which allows relatively high speed moulding, does not require any additional closing operation that is necessary for the traditional hinged closures and offers quite efficient tamper evidence (TE) performance.

Zip Pak presents resealable solutions for brand managers as Robert Hogan here explains. One new idea is to make a non resealable product, resealable.

BERICAP will show a variety of new closure concepts at the INTERPACK for the food, beverage and chemical industry.

Gnar Turkey, Istanbul, recently started the production of pomegranate juice for the North American market. The head office of the Gnar Juice Company is based in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Gnar chose Silgan White Cap’s smallest closure diameter 27mm for its 250ml glass bottle to offer the consumer an attractive easy to open and safe to reseal packaging. The product is offered in a convenient carton-made 4-pack.

SMARTSEAL and CORVAGLIA signs agreement on unique no-spill beverage closures. The two companies signed an agreement that covers development, manufacturing and sales of the patented SmartSeal FLEX range of closures.

Increased safety – and in addition increased economy through the entire process chain: with these qualities an innovative closure system for pharmaceutical products totally convinced the jury for the 2007 German Packaging Award. This internationally prestigious prize was awarded to the new type of desiccant closures for tablet containers which Gerresheimer has developed under the Duma® trademark. It is the first company in the world to produce the multi-function plastic products completely in one connected process – together with the integrated desiccant elements. The result is regarded as a pioneering innovation: for the pharma industry it also facilitates fulfilment of the prescribed registration requirements.

Desiccant closures developed by Gerresheimer under the brand name Duma® have now been nominated for the internationally important German Packaging Award. The jury found that the innovative plastic caps for pharmaceutical tablet containers represent a significant advance in terms of safety and economy.

Maspex Wadowice, Poland, chose a special promotion for their juice and nectar brand “Kubus”: more than 40 different Twist-Off closure designs are printed with all relevant characters of “Shrek” - just in time for the launch of the new movie.

Alcoa Closure Systems International (CSI) announced today the expansion of its popular mini™ brand closure portfolio with two new product offerings for carbonated and malt beverage producers. The new 28mm Xtra-Lok mini™ and 28mm MB-Lok mini™ closures are the first short height closures in the beverage industry that are capable of handling multi-serve PET package sizes up to 2.5 liters. The Xtra-Lok mini™ closure can be specified for use on either the 1873 or 1881 (under development) short height bottle finishes, depending upon customer requirements. The products provide beverage customers the capability and advantage of using one closure design for all of their PET bottle requirements. In addition to reduced inventory, the new closures provide significant packaging cost savings and environmental benefits.

BERICAP developed two different sizes of over caps for MAXICAY. Located in Almaty/Kazakhstan, MAXICAY started with tea production, producing locally its own preform and closures in 2004. In 2005 the Kazak company already chose the BERICAP DoubleSeal™ 7056 closure for its hotfilling tea production. In 2006 it switched to the DoubleSeal™ 7060 closure. MAXICAY’s sales skyrocketed in one year being the biggest tea producers in all Kazakhstan.

Plastic coffee lids for take-out hot drinks, which turn bright red, are now available to all coffee lovers across Europe after Smart Lid Systems sign international license agreement, following global industry recognition.

Paint sundries such as thinners and solvents tend to be packaged in metal containers, ideally equipped with BERICAP closures.

Superfos drives the market standard introducing a new patented child-proof and senior-friendly opening - and closure mechanism on UN-approved solutions

Alcoa Closure Systems International (CSI) introduces the 28mm Xtra-Lok mini, a beverage closure that delivers maximum performance for soft drink bottlers, while returning to a more classic and easier opening profile design.

The Prodigio™, to be unveiled by REXAM in an exclusive preview at the Luxe Pack Trade Show in Monaco, is a lotion airless dispenser whose totally original closure device allows for unmatched cleanliness and neutrality. A technological revolution in the airless pump sector based on the CleanPoint™ process, a Rexam innovation.

Britvic's J2O premium juice drink is now able to reach new on-premise venues where glass is prohibited, such as vending, sports arenas, outdoor events, and airlines. This is thanks to the protection, unbreakability, and light weight of the novel PET bottle and closure supplied by Constar International Inc. (NASDAQ:CNST), a leading manufacturer of PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) bottles.

RPC Bramlage’s expertise in injection moulding has been instrumental in the development of DraughtMaster™, Carlsberg’s revolutionary new system for draught beer, for which the company has manufactured a unique multi-functional closure.