Iced tea with tethered caps from Trimas Packaging

In July 2024, the EU Directive on Tethered caps come into force in full. It states that closures must be permanently affixed to single-use beverage packaging, including composite packaging such as beverage cartons with a volume of up to three litres. A global beverage manufacturer has now worked with the new Tethered Cap 1P23 from Affaba & Ferrari has found a solution to fulfil both the forthcoming directive and its own sustainability targets.

The Trimas Packaging-The Affaba & Ferrari brand is the manufacture of precision fasteners which are used in the food and beverage industry as well as in agrochemical and industrial applications. Its latest product, the Tethered Cap, helps companies fulfil their sustainability goals.

"Although bottle caps can be recycled, they are often lost, thrown away or simply end up in the rubbish. The design of our tethered caps makes a significant contribution to ensuring that this no longer happens."

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Guglielmo Ferrari, Operations Manager at Affaba & Ferrari.

The new cap is attached to a safety ring with a tab, which enables an ideal opening position so that the consumer can easily drink from the bottle. At the same time, this is guaranteed, that the cap cannot come off the container. In addition, the innovative, lightweight closure with horizontal hinge is suitable for aseptic filling and is fully customisable to strengthen the customer's brand identity.