Corvaglia, a leading supplier of attractively priced and reliable caps and closures, has been appointed as finalist at the Beverage Innovation Award by FoodBev Media Ltd.

This prestigious appointment in the "Best New Closure" category, recognizes Corvaglia's innovative approach towards performance and waste reduction. With the CSN-26 Still Water CSN- BTL Short Neck Cap Corvaglia has developed an optimized still water neck finish/cap concept.

“We are very proud to have reached the group of finalists in this category of the Beverage Innovation Awards,” said Corvaglia's Managing Director Romeo Corvaglia. “It acknowledges our efforts to create a break-through resource saving solution for still water bottles. The new cap weighs 0.95 grams, compared with the 1.60 grams of the original cap. The bottle neck finish could be reduced from 3.15 grams to 1.75 grams. With an annual volume of over 1 billion bottles and closures this light weighting exercise results in a saving of over 2,000 tonnes of plastic material and an energy reduction of approximately 50% without losing downstream performance.

Finally this latest development resulted even in a performance, better than all heavier versions in the market place. The tamper evidence band is torn off completely before any leakage at the bottle neck can be observed. "We call this BTL - Break-Then-Leak," added Romeo Corvaglia," "the opening is extremely simple and easy also for children and elderly people."

About Corvaglia: Corvaglia Holding AG of Eschlikon in Switzerland is a highly specialised manufacturer of one piece closures for all types of beverage and liquid food containers made from plastic. The range of services goes from new cap design through development and manufacture of the mould tool, up to production of caps and even capping application. The company, established in 1991, has some 175 employees worldwide and together with its partners in the cap business has a global market share of 20%.

www.corvaglia.ch

About FoodBev Media Ltd.: FoodBev Media Ltd. is a leading producer of news driven business magazines and websites for the global food and drink industry. Established in 2000 and based in the UK, the company publishes magazines, websites and directories, and organises international industr awards programmes.

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