BERICAP will be participating once more as an exhibitor at this year’s drinktec in Munich. The closure manufacturer and global operator will present its tried-and-tested closure systems and new product features in hall B, stand 3.502.
Weight savings with innovative closures
There is an unrelenting level of interest in the subject of ‘Lightweight’ closures.
In addition to cost savings through lighter closures, this also addresses the sparing use of non-renewable resources and the alleviation of the impact of greenhouse gases. BERICAP has already been able to convert a large portion of its different beverage closures into lighter weight versions that fit the respective lightweight bottlenecks. The resulting savings in granulate permit a significant annual reduction in CO2 production.
New closure size: 33mm for Hotfill
BERICAP has developed 33mm closures for hot fillings available in the versions flat screw closure and ‘PushPull sport closure’, which does not require any aluminium sealing foil for safe sealing.
Dispensing without sealing foil on the PushPull closure offers the consumer the advantage that the bottle can be opened without difficulty by simply removing the upper protective cap and the upper part of the closure.
Both versions of the closure have the well-known BERICAP DoubleSeal™ system, which guarantees a leakproof product and stabilizes the bottleneck through an inner and outer sealing lip during the hot filling process even though the neck wall thickness is just 1.5 mm. The product integrity will be reliably preserved.
The DoubleSeal™ 33mm is equipped with a cut and folded slit band that breaks the first time the bottle is opened.
The filler’s demands for cost-saving and lighter packaging are fulfilled with the 33mm closure: the bottleneck and closure can be more than 40% lighter than the 38mm closure system still widely used today.
