AMODEL® Polyphthalamide (PPA) has broken into the wine industry.

Solvay Advanced Polymers L.L.C.’s high-performance polymer has found a new use as a threaded anchor for the patented twist-to-uncork wine packaging designed by Gardner Technologies, Inc., a packaging manufacture based in Napa, Calif.

MetaCork™ consists of a hard plastic capsule with a threaded interior surface, a matching plastic threaded cap, and a natural or synthetic cork fitted with a threaded anchor, made from AMODEL® PPA, that is screwed into the cork during the bottling process.