Mala rebranded as Bericap Aluminium
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Thuringia-based aluminium closure specialist, Mala, has been rebranded some three years after the acquisition by Bericap. Mala Verschluss-Systeme GmbH is now Bericap Aluminium GmbH. The new name clarifies the company’s affiliation and integration with the Bericap Group, a leading global manufacturer of plastic and aluminium closures.
The Budenheim-based closure manufacturer took over family-owned Mala Verschluss-Systeme GmbH with headquarters in Bad Liebenstein around three years ago, thereby complementing its product range with aluminum closures for spirits, wine, non-alcoholic beverages and cooking oil. Thanks to the acquisition, Bericap was able to close a strategic gap, enabling the manufacturer of closures for the food, beverage and chemical industries to extend its product portfolio with the aluminium roll-on caps that are widely used in the wine and spirits market.
Bericap now has a single source supplier configuration covering all customer requirements – from simple roll-on pilfer proof (ROPP) aluminum closures to highly complex safety closures. It can also cater to customer-specific needs and preferences with greater precision, including numerous decoration and design options – some incorporating in-house pad printing, side offset printing and hot foil embossing technology.
“For us, the rebrand was the logical step to take after a successful integration and both partners benefit in equal measure: Bericap from a product portfolio extension and Mala from access to international markets,” commented Bernd Steiner, sales & marketing director at Bericap Aluminium. Bericap today has more than 4,000 employees at 29 production sites around the world developing customer-specific solutions and innovative closure technologies on a daily basis.
