Budenheim, August 11, 2025 – BERICAP, a leading global manufacturer of plastic closures, announces the industrial availability of the easyconnect cap solution, a closed transfer system (CTS) for the European agricultural industry. As the selected key development partner for the easyconnect working group, BERICAP has contributed its expertise to developing a closed transfer system (CTS) that ensures contamination-free transfer of crop protection products, and meets industry standards for safety, efficiency, and sustainability.
Seamless integration across the product range
With its easyconnect-ready portfolio, BERICAP ensures compatibility with its entire product range: As the easyconnect neck SK 63 SFB is a one-neck concept, it’s compatible with the standard BERICAP solutions and accommodates additional accessories, such as handles and opening wrenches, to enhance usability.
Recognized innovation and future growth
The easyconnect solution was recognized with the Pack the Future Award for Sustainable Packaging Innovations (2023) for its contribution to waste reduction, packaging security, and user convenience. This acknowledgment highlights the system’s role in advancing safe and sustainable agricultural practices.
Regulatory alignment and global rollout
With commercialization now underway, easyconnect is positioned to meet regulatory requirements in the Netherlands and Denmark by 2026, with further adoption anticipated in Belgium, Spain, and the UK. Alongside its European rollout of easyconnect CTS, BERICAP supplies the Securalink™ CTS to markets outside Europe, currently in North America.
Customers benefit from global support, ensuring smooth implementation and optimized use of the CTS systems, meeting both operational and regulatory needs.
About BERICAP
BERICAP is one of the leading global manufacturers of plastic and aluminum closures, with 30 production plants serving customers in over 100 countries across the world. With specialized R&D centers and its own mold shop, BERICAP is ideally equipped for the development of innovative and climate-friendly closures and to support its customers’ success with a comprehensive portfolio of products.
Best manufacturing practices at BERICAP are centrally coordinated and regularly reviewed at each plant to ensure superior quality. All BERICAP plants are certified as compliant with ISO 9001 and the GRSI Benchmarking standards. The company’s highest priorities are product safety, consumer convenience and design flexibility, as well as process safety and sustainability. BERICAP is particularly committed to material reduction through the development of lightweight designs and the use of biobased and recycled materials (PCR). In this way it is helping to conserve natural resources and close the loop in the packaging industry.
