{"id":13402,"date":"2026-05-22T05:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=13402"},"modified":"2026-05-22T05:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:47:14","slug":"guala-leverages-electromagnetic-tech-for-new-spirits-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=13402","title":{"rendered":"Guala leverages electromagnetic tech for new spirits closure"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Manufacturing is carried out at Guala Closures\u2019 Gartcosh site in Scotland. Credit: Guala Closures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Guala Closures has unveiled MAGNEX, a new closure for premium spirits made using electromagnetic forming technology.<\/p>\n

The manufacturing method uses \u201chigh-velocity\u201d magnetic pulses to shape aluminium around a mould.<\/p>\n

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This allows the production of detailed forms, micro-engravings and three-dimensional textures that are not achievable through standard aluminium forming methods.<\/p>\n

The company said each closure is developed together with the brand, linking design features with the protection system.<\/p>\n

The launch comes against a backdrop of growing limits in conventional protection tools such as holograms, seals and tamper-evident systems.<\/p>\n

As similar technologies remain widely available, counterfeiters have been able to copy them with increasing precision.<\/p>\n

This has led to a greater focus on the closure as part of product protection.<\/p>\n

The closure uses an aluminium outer shell shaped through electromagnetic forming (EMF), together with an internal component that can also be made from recycled plastics, supporting a decreased use of virgin materials.<\/p>\n

Combined with anti-refilling valves and tamper-evident systems, the closure brings together several layers of protection in one unit.<\/p>\n

Manufacturing is carried out at Guala Closures\u2019 Gartcosh site in Scotland, which the company said is currently the only facility in the closures sector with industrial-scale EMF lines.<\/p>\n

Guala Closures group industrial and technical directorate Andrea Tassisto said: \u201cMost anti-counterfeiting measures fight on the same technological ground as the counterfeiters. EMF changes that equation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe geometries and textures we achieve with MAGNEX are physically impossible to reproduce through standard embossing or metallisation, which means the design itself becomes part of the protection mechanism.\u201d<\/p>\n

In February, Guala Closures acquired Vinventions\u2019<\/a> screwcap production business in Rosarito, Mexico.<\/p>\n

The deal expanded the group\u2019s manufacturing base in North America and boosted its supply capacity for the US wine and spirits sector.<\/p>\n

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