BERICAP has developed already in 2004 the SuperShorty a 28mm closure suitable to a short height neck finish. The development targeted to provide weight savings in the perform and the closure but also to offer a more attractive closure design especially for single serve bottles.

The SuperShorty fits on the new short height neck standard PCO 1881 which has been recently agreed on within the International Society of Beverage Technologists (ISBT). Members of the ISBT range from brand owners, preform and closure manufacturers to filling line, capper and blowmoulding machine manufacturers.

BERICAP offers SuperShorty with 2 different outside designs. One with a crown look, the other with CSD look. The crown look is of interest for bottlers who want to be close to the traditional glass bottle with metal crown or who want just to be different. The SuperShorty crown look targets at bottlers who fill beer into PET, but also at CSD fillers for smaller packaging sizes. The CSD look is of interest for bottlers who want to maximise weight savings.

Both closure variants can be equipped with an inshell moulded oxygen scavenging liner for oxygen sensitve products like beer or juices. BERICAP is in preparation of a closure design for still water which will provide further weight savings. The SuperShorty incorporates the BERICAP DoubleSeal system, which has proven its superior sealing performance over the last years.

A short height neck according PCO 1881 offers weight savings of 1,3 g compared to PCO 1810 or PCO28. SuperShorty offers weight savings of 0,4 g for the crown design and 0,6 g for CSD design. Total savings reach therefore 1,9 g.

BERICAP starts supplies of SuperShorty beginning of 2007 and has therefore the necessary experience for capper adaptation and capper settings. Bericap offers technical support from every Bericap factory and offers in addition its own hysteresis capping head for easy and constant application. For further information please visit www.bericap.com.