PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2018

CAPS & CLOSURES 26 PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 01+02/18 www.petpla.net Convenient caps and differentiation on the shelf are the keys Facing customer and market challenges With a broad range of products, Bericap, one of the leading plastic closure manufacturers, focuses with its products on consumer convenience as well as on sustainability. Neverthe- less meet the producers’ expectations towards weight-optimised packaging. CAPS & CLOSURES “In recent years there has been a strong trend to light weight closures which serve the functionable purposes in the field of PET containers, but are difficult and inconvenient to handle by consumers” says Christoph Thüne- mann, Group Director Communications and Marketing at Bericap. “With the latest product innovations and modifi- cations, Bericap pays more attention on convenience aspects for consumers and differentiation on the shelf.” Consumer-convenient closures for all major PET containers Bericap offers closure solutions for all major PET neck finishes for carbonated soft drinks, mineral water, juices and dairy products. The latest product innovation is Bericap Neo 30/17, a weight-optimised closure for the well-known neck finish PET 30/25. Bericap Neo provides easy application, a good grip, safe tamper evidence and low, consumer-conven- ient removal torques – attributes that make it a closure with positive pack- age experience for the consumer. Neo 30/17 For bottlers who want to take advantage of the light weight neck PET 29/25, but still lay their focus on consumer convenience, Beri- cap developed the closure HexaLite 29/13. It is available with rounded as well as straight knurls, which states a clear advantage for shelf differentia- tion with different outside designs. Bericap has added a hinge cap for small sized bottles for still water to its product portfolio: the SnapCap 26. A hinge cap pressed on a light weight PET 26/21 neck. The closure allows open- ing the bottle by simply clipping back the hinged lid by 180°. Bericap ScapCap 26 recloses safely with a click sound. SnapCap 26 A newly designed sports cap Beri- cap Crystal has a transparent closure body and coloured insert. It is avail- able with a tear strip for visible tamper evidence or with bridges which break at first opening. Most PET bottles used for juices or dairy products a 38mm neck finish. But from the consumers’ point of view drinking from a 33mm neck is much easier. Bericap offers a 33mm closure that can be used for cold, cold-aseptic or hot filling and provides less weight for both closure and neck. New closures for the food market Since PET is used besides the beverage market also for the food market, Bericap additionally provides a wide range of closure solutions for all major neck finishes for edible oil, vinegar, soya sauce, ketchup and other spreadable products. For liquid food products, like edible oil or vinegar, Bericap developed the new 2-Flow closure. This is a shaped pouring orifice which allows pour- ing a wide flow from the large and a well-controlled reduced flow from the small orifice. From the consumers’ point of view this is of interest when – for instance – edible oil is used with a large flow for cooking or with a small flow for salad dressing. For spread- able food products like ketchup, may- onnaise or chocolate sauce, Bericap’s portfolio contains hinge closures with a dispensing valve. Serving sustain- ability aspects, Bericap Valve is made from TPE, allowing separation of the valve from PET during the recycling process. The Bericap Valve is food approved also for fatty products. In mid-2018, Bericap will open a new production site north of Mexico City, Mexico. In Nairobi, Kenya, a new warehouse was recently put into operation in order to react quickly and flexibly to customer requirements and wishes with a local focus on Kenya, Uganda and Somalia. “All our production sites and subsidi- aries all over the world guarantee a competent technical customer service, sup- porting our clients with the effective application of our closures. Based on our vast know-how, we help our customers with safe applications, increased line efficiency and a smooth integration of our products”, concludes Thünemann. www.bericap.com 2-Flow EV 21/20 for edible oil, soya sauce and vinegar