The container's introduction is said to have enabled Nestle to position itself in the high value table waters segment.
The single-piece, hinged PE 'tap-cap' offers a push-on fit to standard 47/41 screw-on bottle neck finishes and opens like a traditional hinged cap. Its design allows water to flow naturally, with opening or closing the tap-cap giving precise control.
Key challenges included ensuring a really effective seal and discovering how to fit a push-on cap to a standard screw-on neck finish to obtain economically acceptable throughput rates. The cap and bottle's user-friendliness also had to be optimised.
