Author: Heike Fischer

Additive, sealing and design In the highly competitive beverage packaging market, speed, reliability and flexibility are decisive factors. Contexo assembly machines operate at a pace so high that in six-hundredth of a second, a new closure is assembled, folded, inspected multiple times and transferred downstream. This corresponds to up to 920

Increasing requirements The operating conditions for closure manufacturers are changing noticeably. Higher output rates, limited production space, stricter quality requirements, and a growing variety of closure designs are increasingly shaping day-to-day production. These challenges arise from market demands, regulatory frameworks, and the expectations of fillers and brand owners. Inspection systems must

Now that the implementation of tethered closures across Europe is largely complete, the PET packaging industry is entering a new and more mature phase of closure development. In recent years, cap and neck design have been driven by one regulatory requirement. The Single Use Plastics Directive forced a fundamental rethink of