PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2021

CAPS & CLOSURES 31 PETplanet Insider Vol. 22 No. 01+02/21 www.petpla.net design consultancy services. Work- ing alongside customers, the experts at Sacmi’s Closures R&D Lab identify the best investment solution and provide the support needed to obtain the standard compliance certification required by major international brand owners. For tethered caps, Sacmi aims to partner with customers in order to transform the challenges of sustain- ability into opportunities, doing so by identifying the right slitting solution to be implemented on the existing line. www.sacmi.com Slitting solution for the manufacture of the new tethered caps presented ahead of the EU directive that comes into force in 2024. Ready-to-use tethered solution Tethered caps are a legal require- ment promoted by the European Union to reduce the dispersion of plastic into the environment. All manufacturers must comply with this new standard by 2024 while simul- taneously complying with other new regulations that require, for example, they make bottles from a minimum standard amount of resin obtained from recycling. More than four years before the EU directive is due to come into force, Sacmi already has ready-to-market tethered solutions available for both screw-off and snap caps that remain hinged to the bottle. Sacmi’s tethered cap development is closely linked to the development of new lightweight-oriented standards. The company has already devel- oped a closure, Sacmi AB26CSDT1, suitable for the new GME30.40 neck standard. This neck-closure combina- tion can save up to 2 g with respect to the common PCO1181 standard. The developed closure already has all the tethered features required to comply with the SUP standard. Implementation on existing lines The Italian company also offers the closures sector technical and Sacmi Delta hinged solution for a tethered closure on the GME30.26 applied on existing 29/25 Sacmi flap band closure Sacmi AB26CSDT1 solution for the new GME 30.40 for CSD application up to 5.2 vol and 3 l bottles Sacmi AB26CSDT1 with the tethered Delta hinged solution for GME30.40