We approach closure innovation and design as an element of total pack creation, considering the pack shape, functionality, product formulations and neck finish as part of that equation and apply this to every closure we produce whether standard or customer-specified.  Using the latest in CAD technology, the team’s excellent balance of creative talent and hands-on development capability (drawn from promoting key personnel from the toolmaking and plastics processing area of the business) we aim to meet and often exceed your marketing expectations for pack design and, where possible, offer a genuine marketing advantage.

Taking time to understand our customer’s brand or product identity, we appreciate that its shelf presence can be a deciding factor in consumers’ split-second purchasing decisions. Considering the implications of a closure design for mass production, we use Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to identify possible weaknesses in the closure and Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) to analyse risk, to ensure robustness of design and to minimise potential problems when introducing new closures.

We offer rapid prototyping and pilot tooling to provide test samples and specify tooling to the best available producers, either Zeller Engineering in Germany or external sources.  Local design and project management expertise is also supported by the R&D capability of the GCS group worldwide for global projects.