The tethered cap legislation proposed in 2018 and adopted in 2019 by the EU as part of the Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUPD) comes into force this year on 3 July. For manufacturers of caps and closures, it’s been a race against the clock to meet this deadline.
Headquartered in Thurgau, Switzerland, closures manufacturer was one of the earliest producers to start developing tethered cap designs. In fact, work on the first tethered cap models began even before the official publication of the EU directive.
Having subsequently become one of the first suppliers of tethered caps on the continent, Corvaglia has now secured a firm place for itself in this product segment.
The company has announced that the conversion of its cap production in Eschlikon, Switzerland, has been mostly completed. By 1 March of this year, over 80% of the closures produced here now meet the requirements of EU Directive 2019/904. A further 10% will be converted by July, and another 10%—consisting of closures exported to non-EU countries—will remain non-tethered for the time being.
The company also noted that its tethered cap designs, like its other designs, were engineered to be as lightweight as possible, reducing the use of unnecessary plastic, energy consumption, and CO2 emissions associated with beverage packaging.