United Caps

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UNITED CAPS LUXEMBOURG S.A.
Founded 1939
Number of locations
7 production plants
Number of employees
501 (2015)
Website www.unitedcaps.com

Company Profile

UNITED CAPS (formerly PROCAP) is a visionary international pioneer in the packaging industry. Our closures and teams enable Total Packaging Solutions with the help of superior innovation, differentiated design, pioneering use of technology and exceptional services.

Powered by our unique operating system that rests upon the strategic pillars of RELATE, PERFORM and SUSTAIN, UNITED CAPS is a reference and global player in the closures industry. We are everywhere you need us. We are both figuratively and literally close to customers.

We are a dedicated partner, and we help a wide variety of leading international companies to evolve and extend their own packaging solutions and to maintain their competitive positions through the design and supply of outstanding customized and non-bespoke closures

Products / Technology

  • plastic caps and closures

History

  • 1939 – founded as Resibel (Belgium) producing bakelite products
  • 1960 – Resibel (Belgium) starts producing plastic closure solutions for mainly non food related market applications
  • 1982 - Resibel (Belgium) & Delatour (France) start up a joint cooperation in plastic caps & closure systems
  • 1992 – joint venture (Resibel-Delatour) launches Wincap, Luxembourg
  • 1998 - acquisition of Domingo Pascual Carbo (DPC) in Spain (50%)
  • 2001 - joint venture launches Winplant, Hungary
  • 2003 - PROCAP Group (PROCAP Luxembourg S.A.) is introduced
  • 2004 - acquisition of Domingo Pascual Carbo (DPC) in Spain is complete (100%)
  • 2009 - PROCAP acquires Elocap Luxembourg
    • PROCAP CP is introduced
  • 2011 - PROCAP acquires MacFarlane in Ireland
    • PROCAP Wicklow (today: Greystones) LTD is introduced
  • 2013 - PROCAP acquires Schöeller Cap Systems (SCS) in Germany
    • PROCAP Schwerin is introduced
  • 2015 - UNITED CAPS founded

References

PETplanet Insider Articles

Issue 06 / 2023: United Caps, Benoit Henckes, CEO
Issue 04 / 2023: Tethered closure for carton packaging
Issue 11 / 2022: Freshness control and tethered caps
Issue 06 / 2022: United Caps appoints Vincent Chauvier to newly created CFO role
Issue 03 / 2021: Meet the needs
Issue 07 / 2020: Closures that flip, clip, switch and flow
Issue 01 / 2020: Bonded to the bottle
Issue 11 / 2019: Official opening of United Caps manufacturing plant in Malaysia
Issue 01 / 2019: Future challenges in cap handling
Issue 11 / 2018: United Caps seeks to build new manufacturing plant in France
Issue 11 / 2017: Green light in South East Asia
Issue 08 / 2017: Comprehensive closures collection
Issue 06 / 2017: As lightweight as possible and compact as necessary
Issue 01 / 2016: On site: Growth at United Caps: new factory in Schwerin
Issue 11 / 2015: New strategies for a global market
Issue 05 / 2013: Procap acquire Schoeller Cap Systems
Issue 04 / 2009: Procap expands European operation

External links

United Caps Website