Cap changeover without further investment related to filling systems
Has Plastik, based in Avcilar, Istanbul, Turkey, has developed closure solutions that are compliant with the new European regulations. Although there is no demand from local customers, Has Plastik pushed the new developments concerning tethered caps to meet the needs of its export customers.
Accordingly, Has Plastik has started to develop solutions for the beverage market with 29 and 28 mm caps. It is expected that this new concept will provide the market with a good opportunity to change closure solution without changing the filling equipment and still meet all the standards of this new closure concept.
The new tethered closures are designed to be used in the same settings of the bottling lines and are also not expected to change chucks, so there is no investment on the part of the bottler. In developing these new closures, the company has not compromised on its sustainability goals and has managed to develop lightweight closures with tethering properties. These closures also use the tried and tested features of filling technology such as folded tape and conical design. In addition, the closure has a steady bridge breaking force.Has Plastik states that the samples are now ready for customer evaluations.
In line with its sustainability targets, Has Plastik has also recently introduced into beverage market its lighweight HOD cap solution. The new design is intended to be used again without any change in the cap feeders and filling machines and giving the opportunity to reduce the carbon footprint without losing any advantage on the cap performance, states the company.This design keeps one of the characteristic advantage of the easy opening finger loop. This cap is already in the market and available for customer use.
