Ramondin manufactures more than 500 million tin capsules a year (more than 50% of the worldwide production) and exports nearly 75% of its production.
Tin capsules were created as a result of a tin-lead capsule ban in the United States in the year 1992, aiming to withdraw four types of metals contained in packaging (lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium). In the light of that, Ramondin updated its facilities and researched metals and processes until it obtained a highly pure tin capsule.)

Properties

Tin capsules manufactured by Ramondin confer a high added value:

• They improve your company’s image and have a one piece design without side or top seams nor wrinkles.
• They offer a great range of design possibilities.
• They are ecological, fully recyclable and use water-based paint.
• Using tin capsules in the bottling line and with capsule machines is simple and minimizes errors.
• Their safety levels are very high, both for workers and for consumers, since there is no risk of being cut.
• Tin caps can include anti-falsification measures through electronic pigments. The fight against fraud is one of the Company’s Philosophies: It only sells directly to clients, without middle-men that could lead to the devaluation of the product.

Ramondin, Tin Committee member

Ramondin produces polylam capsules, made of a two-layer aluminium foil and a polythene layer that are stuck together through adhesive. These caps have an easy opening and have a usually lower cost than tin, nonetheless they offer less decorative possibilities and are more rigid.

Materials and manufacturing

• Superimposed sheets of aluminium, polythene, aluminium.
• Capsules are seamed on the side and top disc.

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PVC capsules elaborated by Ramondin consist of two pieces made of a PVC layer throughout the side or skirt and have an aluminium top disc. Their quality is inferior to the quality offered by polylaminate and tin. Due to the type of material, the outcome of the colour applied to the capsule is more limited. Moreover, its design possibilities need to be simple as they distort when shrink-wrapped.

Materials and manufacturing

PVC sheet for the side.

Design possibilities

The design of PVC capsules is conditioned by its material. The shapes designed on the capsule must be simple in order to avoid distortion. Moreover, simplicity is also the key to the profitability of each piece

The capsules designed for champagne bottles are seals that can be made in polylam or in tin. Apart from having the own characteristics of every material, they are very flexible due to their length.

The capsules designed for champagne bottles are seals that can be made in polylam or in tin. Apart from having the own characteristics of every material, they are very flexible due to their length.

The capsules designed for champagne bottles are seals that can be made in polylam or in tin. Apart from having the own characteristics of every material, they are very flexible due to their length.

Ramondin starts the production of screw capsules in 2010, being the first manufacturer to introduce this type of capsule into Rioja wines Denominación de Origen Calificada (Qualified designation of origin of Rioja Wines). With this product, Ramondin seeks to continue finding solutions to its customers’ needs by providing a closure system in continuous growth.

Materials and manufacturing

The screw capsule is produced from aluminium. It contains a plastic inner tablet on the inside of the top disc, called a liner, which guarantees the sealing of the screw cap to the bottle.

The screw capsule adds up to the traditional function of decorating the bottle on the guarantee seal, the properties of conservation and aging provided by cork. Through the liner, a plastic tablet occasionally containing tin, the bottle is closed without the need of using cork or other materials.

The printing of the screw cap is carried out with litography and relief (embossing) on the top disc and offset lithography on the side.

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The high price of some raw materials has led Ramondin to launch a deep-drawn aluminium capsule.

Its aspect and design possibilities are similar to those of tin, albeit without the fine quality of the latter. It is malleable and competitively-priced.

Decorated with environmentally-friendly, water-based inks. One -piece, deep-drawn capsules. Deep-drawn aluminium capsules are positioned between the top-end tin capsules and the mid-range polylam capsules.

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• Completion of the wire cage threads. Two variants: the one used in the French market and the one that is most common in the rest of the markets.
• Customised wire in a choice of colours: silver, gold, black, and even pink, among others.
• Metal cap design: high quality printing, even with small print runs. Dry embossing and ink embossing also available.