US-based packaging tech company Origin Materials is advancing the production of its recyclable polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) caps with the shipment of these caps for commercial qualification.
The company has produced caps with new features requested by customers at a partner’s facility in Germany.
Origin Materials noted that its new caps, comprising rPET, have been designed to be compatible with the PCO 1881 standard, a common design for plastic beverage bottlenecks and caps.
These enhancements come after a successful factory acceptance test of the system in September this year.
The proprietary system, known formally as the Origin CapFormer System, is set to be shipped to Reed City, Michigan, US, for installation.
With this move, Origin Materials is preparing for further cap production, which is expected to commence in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025.
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Origin Materials co-founder and co-CEO John Bissell said: “The team has been working hard as we approach the end of the year, and we’ve stayed close to our prospective customers every step of the way. As a result, we decided to add a few key new features to our PET caps – chiefly, knurling.
“Knurls improve the grip of the caps, making for a very comfortable consumer experience. There are two primary advantages for producing these latest caps in Europe, before shipping the CapFormer System to its final home in Reed City.
“One, it lets us perform customer qualification while we ship the system. By working in parallel, we can go faster. Two, it enabled us to work very tightly with our European equipment partners while adding these new features, making for more efficient implementation.”
In September this year, Origin announced an organisational realignment to accelerate its path to profitability.
