PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2016

CAPPING / CLOSURES 15 PET planet insider Vol. 17 No. 09/16 www.petpla.net CAPPING / CLOSURES 15 info@hasplastik.com Tel: +90 212 695 50 00 Fax: +90 212 694 97 24 100815dmyR .com Bericap has also improved the opening and closing of the upper lid (now made out of PP material which improves the functionality of the hinge and provides a more premium look). With a slight push of the opened lid, it will almost completely closed the opening in the closure and a slight press on the lid, this now has an audible click. The whole operation of opening and closing the lid can be easily accomplished with one hand. The developmental centre in Spain developed the closure for the Chinese market. It is, of course, also intended to be available for the other Asian markets. Depending on design, the closure has now become lighter thanks to the flex band, and in the neck area the bottler can also achieve some savings in PET resin (switching from double neck ring to single neck ring), while at the same time, achieve even better functionality and appear- ance of the closure. For Michael, this project is typical for his customer relationships. He values togetherness in this constant struggle for the best solution. In this project, the customer now has a dis- tinctly higher security standard, an improved sealing procedure, and can save on material at the same time. For the beverage industry, as the overall market stagnated last year, Uni-President of Taiwan was the star performer with their RTD Tea with Michael Chen talking about the major neck finishing 30/25 in the Chinese water market Bericap’s latest development’s 38mm closure with overcap last year. Specifically for the water market in China, the major neck finish is still the 30/25 neck finish, while there is also a trend to go into the 29/13 neck finish as well. It looks like these may be the two major neck fin- ishes in the future. Michael estimates the in- house production of bever- age closures to be at more than 50%. In his opinion, the typical mind-set in China is to make everything yourself, and this won’t change in the next few years. Apart from foreign closure manufacturers, he is increasingly seeing local closure manufacturers making inroads into the beverage market, with a marked down- ward effect on prices. Within the next five year, two more plants are planned to be set up in South-western and Northern China. Stra- tegically, this will allow Beri- cap to have a more complete market coverage of the whole China market and strategi- cally important as well for key customers or potential key customers whose sales cover- age is nation-wide China. www.bericap.com