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Consumer trends influence caps, closures market

Safety, sustainability important features for packaging materials

January 21, 2019

To create repeat customers, brands must consistently deliver on their product promises. As beverage SKU proliferation continues, manufacturers and their caps and closures suppliers must stay up-to-date with the latest market and consumer trends in order to do so.

Caps, closures offer increased functionality, sustainability and marketability

Consumer trends influence beverage purchasing decisions

Barbara Harfmann

January 15, 2016

Regardless of a beverage's content or packaging, a plastic or metal cap or closure is necessary to keep the packaging spill-proof and contents fresh. Thus, beverage-makers are committed to giving consumers caps that are easy to open, tamper-resistant and biodegradable while still communicating the brand’s identity by using a variety of colors, shapes and graphics.

SKU proliferation, customization trends impacting caps and closures

Beverage-makers use caps and closures to convey branding

Jamie Popp

January 16, 2015

Closure placement in bottling might be at the end of the line, but if you overlook the smallest of marketing billboards, manufacturing and product sales could fall flat from the start. The drink won’t fly off the shelf if a cap is too hard to open, a bad seal causes degradation, or powdered flavoring or additives don’t mix correctly.

Polar Beverages converts to CSI closures

Omni mini XP 28-mm linerless closures reduce operating, environmental costs

September 15, 2014

Polar Beverages announced that all of its carbonated beverage lines will adopt Closure Systems International’s (CSI) lightweight, one-piece Omni mini XP 28-mm linerless closures.

Packaging News: Beverages' limited-edition labels appeal to music, boxing fans

Corona Extra releases 2014 limited-edition boxing bottles

September 15, 2014

Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Beck’s beer brand partnered with eight musical artists for its annual “Live Beyond Labels” promotion, which began in July.

New packaging, dispenser options help beverages stand out

Perlick offers stylish beer, wine dispenses to catch consumers' eyes

July 16, 2014

Aptar Food + Beverage, a part of the AptarGroup family of companies, released two new dispensing closures designed to meet the needs of the growing liquid concentrates market.

Greater Than switches to lightweight closure from CSI

Consumer feedback inspires sustainability

May 16, 2014

In support of the brand’s expanded national distribution, Greater Than natural coconut water refreshed its formulation and packaging based on consumer feedback.

Supplier's News: January 2014

Wright Global Graphics expands beverage label capabilities

January 27, 2014

Thomasville, N.C.-based Wright Global Graphics made a $1.5 million investment in an eight-color Mark Andy P5 press to meet the demands of the expanding food and beverage industry. The new press streamlines the label printing and finishing process and allows the company to provide customers with the printed product labels needed to stand out on retail shelves, the company says.

MyCause Water goes pink for breast cancer awareness

January 15, 2014

Extending its support of breast cancer research, MyCause Water launched a year-round packaging and charity initiative, “What is the Pink Cap?”

Value-added caps boost cap industry growth

Consumers seek easy-open closure solutions

Jennifer Storelli

January 15, 2014

In the face of SKU proliferation and the growth of single-serve bottles, Cleveland-based The Freedonia Group Inc. projects that U.S. demand for beverage caps and closures will increase 4.1 percent in value and 2.1 percent in volume annually to $3.3 billion and 150 billion units in 2016.