Sustainable and user-friendly: BERICAP, one of the world's leading manufacturers of plastic closures, demonstrates how individual drinking comfort can be optimally combined with environmental protection and recycling. The company offers legally required tethered closures, various weight-reduced closures, and various printing techniques and customer-specific design solutions.

Stand by me: Tethered Closures

According to EU Directive 2019/904, which came into force on 2 July 2019 and is to be implemented by 3 July 2024, plastic closures must remain attached to the bottle even after opening. BERICAP was one of the first manufacturers to develop solutions for this. The screw caps have been given a new design so that they are compatible with any technical specification. As a result, various solutions have been developed that can be adapted to all important bottle neck sizes without negatively affecting the filling or application processes.

BERICAP also offers new closure solutions for Press-On closures used in non-carbonated water bottles. This enables companies to meet tomorrow's demands today.

Less weight - more sustainability

Reduce materials for better environmental protection: BERICAP has achieved a weight reduction of approx. 30 % in the new, lightweight CSD closures. They have realized this without impairing drinking comfort or the filling procedure, as only the outer diameter has been minimized, but not the inner diameter. These closures are based on the DoubleSeal™ technology developed by BERICAP.

The technology offers maximum sealing safety and ensures that the carbon dioxide remains in the bottles even at higher temperatures. It as an important quality feature, especially with sensitive carbonated soft drinks and water. The closures, thus, optimally protect the condition of the beverage. The new, lightweight CSD closures have already been introduced at various major brands.

Sustainability to go

The sports caps from BERICAP are made especially for drinking "on the go". The variety of closures for different products and filling types - particularly in the field of cold aseptic filling - will be demonstrated by BERICAP at its booth at BrauBeviale, Nuremberg, from 12 to 14 November 2019 at the BERICAP stand in Hall 4, Booth 515. Visitors can also find out more about the possibilities of using recycling and bio-resin materials. Further measures to improve the recyclability of closures will also be shown here.

Everything but ordinary

Designing plastic closures individually to set them apart from others on the retail shelf has become a principle sales argument. For this purpose, BERICAP offers individual print and design solutions. With a broad range of expertise in the various printing processes, BERICAP supports its customers' wishes for mass production, but also for smaller print runs and promotional campaigns.

"Our goal is to produce our closures in a user-friendly, aesthetic and secure way, which, at the same time, remains cost-efficient," says Volker Spiesmacher, Director Sales & Marketing at BERICAP. "Material reduction was and is an important lever regarding sustainability and the improvement of the life cycle assessment of BERICAP products. Our new developments in the Tethered Closures product segment are the latest results of our future-oriented work in this field. BrauBeviale is the ideal opportunity for us to present our innovations and discuss the possibilities for producing sustainable closures with experts from all over the world".