Bericap’s SuperShorty

Bericap has enhanced its Supershorty portfolio suitable to PCO 1881. The venting capacity of the SuperShorty Crown design and the SuperShorty CSD design has been enlarged to ensure safe venting on 2,5-l-bottles filled with up to 4,7 Vol%CO².

13/10/07 Bericap’s SuperShorty Bericap is progressing with the market introduction of SuperShorty. Meanwhile 2 beer bottlers have switched from PCO 1810 (the so called PCO 28) to PCO 1881. Further companies will follow shortly. The next conversion projects do not concern beer bottlers only, but also CSD and water bottlers. PCO 1881 is mainly progressing from Europe to Asia, but also in the Americas.

Comparative tests concerning the finish deformation risk under hot climate conditions for PCO 1810 vs. PCO 1881 showed no significant difference between the two.

Hence ISBT has recently concluded that the neck design PCO 1881 as accessible via the internet shall remain as it is. After this conclusion a major push towards PCO 1881 can be expected. It is important to repeat that the development of short neck finish PCO 1881 with ISBT is an initiative of numerous market participants including brand owners, perform manufacturers, closure manufacturers and equipment and filling line manufacturers.

Bericap has enhanced its Supershorty portfolio suitable to PCO 1881. The venting capacity of the SuperShorty Crown design and the SuperShorty CSD design has been enlarged to ensure safe venting on 2,5-l-bottles filled with up to 4,7 Vol%CO². Safe venting means that the risk of blow-off has been reduced drastically also for cases when consumers unscrew the closure with excessive speed. All SuperShorty variants are equipped with the well proven DoubleSeal system for safe sealing also under hot climate conditions. In addition SuperShorty has been perfected to ensure proper rinsing after wet decontamination in aseptic filling lines.

Bericap has gathered profound experience for conversion of filling lines from PCO 1810 to PCO 1881 based on numerous projects. This experience includes liner conversion as well as knowledge for maximum weight savings.