UNITED CAPS, an international manufacturer of caps and closures, has recently conducted UNITED VIRTUALLY, an online event held in late February, to broadcast the company’s new range of closures as well as its progress in terms of enabling its customers to meet the EU regulations on tethered closures.
“At UNITED CAPS we talk about being BETTER UNITED,” said Benoit Henckes, CEO of UNITED CAPS. “Our development process for tethered closures included extensive feedback from both our customers and consumers which greatly enhanced the end result.”
UNITED CAPS views the EU directive regarding tethered closures as an industry-wide challenge that requires a holistic industry-wide solution that would have as little impact as possible on bottling lines and other parts of the supply chain. To that end, the company spearheaded the formation of the Alliance for Closure Tethering (ACT) to bring together segment leaders in the packaging industry to conduct an impact assessment of various tethering solutions on existing finishes and to determine finishing changes that might be required. The goal was to come to agreement on the best industry-wide approaches to tethered caps and closures and to support better integration into the supply chain with a united, rather than standalone, solution.
The result is a broad portfolio of UNITED CAPS tethered closures (UCTC) that were born ready for the market, meet the new EU regulatory requirements, and are widely accepted by UNITED CAPS customers. The company has published an informative white paper on its collaborative approach to developing tethered closures in a white paper, which can be downloaded at https://www.unitedcaps.com/company/united-caps/uctc-report/. Henckes added, “It is our hope that wide distribution of this white paper will encourage customers to engage with us on converting to these mandated closures as early as possible to avoid unnecessary non-compliance risks.”
During the event, UNITED CAPS has also introduced its latest closures from 29 FLIP ON for edible oils with drip control and a non-detachable tamper evident band; to PROLINE 2 for still beverages which weighs only 3g and available in recycled material. For more information on UC latest portfolio of closures which are in compliant to the regulations on tethered closures, please refer to the white paper.
In its latest development, UNITED CAPS has also unveiled a new initiative called ‘Define Your Circle’ as part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability to assist its customers to evaluate full life-cycle impact of their products from raw materials stage all the way to end-users stage.
Luxemborg-based UNITED CAPS reported revenue of close to Euro 156 million (US$185.6 million) in 2020.
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