BERICAP, a worldwide operating manufacturer of plastic closures, will, as in previous years, be exhibiting at the BRAU Beviale 2008. BERICAP’s main focus will be the presentation of new closures and neck finish solutions aiming to reduce the consumption of non-renewable resources and in consequence…

   The market introduction of BERICAP SuperShorty® is progressing. After the conversion of beer in PET from PCO 1810 to PCO 1881 in Germany, SuperShorty® has been introduced for aseptic filling in China and for carbonated drinks in Europe. With in the next months BERICAP will increase its capacity…

   The new 28 PCO 1881 short neck is now making serious inroads in the market and is starting to take over from the PCO 1810, mainly in the CSD and beer sectors. PET bottles for sports and wellness beverages, using a push-pull sports cap, are now latching onto this trend. The big soft drinks…

   BERICAP and BioGaia have just signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement with the aim to promote probiotics in beverages and a plastic closure system under the name of Lifetop® Cap to dispense at time of drinking the beverages health-enhancing powder recipes based on BioGaia’s proprietary probiotic…

    GALILEO® is the registered name for a new range of closures from BERICAP that all use its new patented technology for moulding hinged closures in closed position which allows relatively high speed moulding, does not require any additional closing operation that is necessary for the traditional…

   The world market for beer filled in PET bottles and closed by plastic screw caps is steadily growing. Consumption of beer in PET is strong in Eastern-European and Asian countries; also in Germany an important share of the beer market is already in PET.Beer as an oxygen sensitive product can be…

Brands have been built up through investment in research, design and quality, furthermore in creating and maintaining consumer satisfaction and loyalty - which is at the heart of the success of manufacturers of branded goods.Trust in the quality and safety of brands is fundamental to consumer…

Less than 10 years after having introduced on the market the first plastic closures for still water, traded as HEXACAP®, that weighted less than 2 g and that were produced on large scale across the world (almost 10 billion closures per year), BERICAP is now engaged with another major challenge with…

BioGaia AB has concluded a global collaborative agreement with Bericap Sarl, the French subsidiary to the German Bericap Group, which is one of the world´s largest manufacturers of caps and other package closures, with 20 factories in 18 countries that produce approx. 50 billion closures per…

   Silgan White Cap Americas announced today the Honest Tea launch of a new tea line-up with brighter tastes and labels. Each product uses a custom printed, 38mm Plasti-Twist™ Plus closure. The new line-up – which includes Citrus Green Energy Tea, Honey Green Tea, Lemon Black Tea, Peach White Tea…

   As the world leader in premium commercial cleaning and sanitizing, ECOLAB has grown to $ 5 billion in global sales.In more than 160 countries, businesses rely on more than 23,000 associates worldwide to keep their operations clean and sanitary. Late 2007, ECOLAB Healthcare Europe, selected…

Light weighting of closures is the latest trend due to increase of resin costs. At the same time users of plastic closures need to save costs. Light weightening is the major contribution of BERICAP to sustainability of packaging, respectively the saving of non-renewable resources. …