This year’s presentation marks UNITED CAPS’ strongest integrated Interpack innovation platform to date, combining product launches, live co-development and lower-carbon packaging collaboration in one unified programme.

The packaging market is moving too quickly for incremental change alone. Brand owners and manufacturers are under pressure to respond to sustainability targets, tighter regulation and increasingly complex supply chains. In this environment, UNITED CAPS is focusing not simply on showcasing products, but on helping customers solve real packaging challenges in effective ways.

“Packaging today demands solutions that combine performance, sustainability and speed to market,” said Benoît Henckes, CEO of UNITED CAPS. “IMAGINE BETTER reflects our commitment to helping customers turn challenges into practical action.”

This collaborative approach is also reflected in how UNITED CAPS has designed its Interpack presence around customer interaction and co-development.

A Collaborative Model for Faster Packaging Development
At the heart of this year’s Interpack concept is the broader idea behind the theme: WE ARE BETTER UNITED. It is a simple principle: better packaging gets built faster when customers and technical teams work together early.

“The best packaging innovation happens when customers and partners work together openly and early,” noted Henckes. “That is what WE ARE BETTER UNITED means in practice.”

Interactive Design Sessions and Expert Packaging Discussions
This collaborative philosophy comes to life in BETTER LAB, a dedicated innovation space where visitors can pre-book dedicated sessions with UNITED CAPS design experts via the BETTER LAB booking platform. Supported by live 3D prototyping on site, BETTER LAB allows concepts to move rapidly from discussion into tangible development.

Appointments can be booked in advance, allowing visitors to secure dedicated one-to-one development sessions before Interpack opens.

“Too often good ideas stay at discussion stage,” added Henckes. “BETTER LAB is designed to move them into real development with customers, right there on the stand.”

Alongside BETTER LAB, UNITED CAPS will host BETTER TALKS, a series of masterclass-style sessions addressing PPWR and other major issues shaping the packaging sector, offering clear insight rather than more regulatory noise.

New Product Launches and Lower-Carbon Innovation
UNITED CAPS will also introduce three major new product developments at Interpack 2026: 27 H-PAK - a BETTER alternative for cartons, 26 FLIP-ON for Edible Oils, and for beverages the 26/22 S-SPRING.

Sustainability remains central to the company’s Interpack story. UNITED CAPS will demonstrate how it is creating 10 Billion Better Carbon Footprints, with every closure it produces now carrying at least a 12% smaller carbon footprint than at the previous Interpack edition.

At Interpack, UNITED CAPS will present its low carbon offer across PE products manufactured by UNITED CAPS in Europe, brought to life through a collaboration with Dow. Designed to reduce carbon footprint while maintaining expected performance, the offer will be illustrated by a dedicated low carbon version of 23 H-PAK for milk and juice cartons. Made possible by DOWLEX™ 2006G REN, and using bio-circular feedstock together with production powered by 100% renewable wind energy, this approach can reduce carbon footprint by 35% or more, depending on the application.

“Better performance must also mean better environmental responsibility,” added Henckes. “Reducing the footprint of billions of closures is where innovation creates real industry impact.

At Interpack, visitors will be able to see how this thinking translates into tangible solutions across our new product launches, collaborative design sessions and lower-carbon innovations.”

Visitors can experience IMAGINE BETTER firsthand at the UNITED CAPS booth in Hall 10 / D67 throughout Interpack 2026.

BETTER LAB BOOKINGS
Advance booking is strongly recommended to secure preferred time slots.
Reserve BETTER LAB appointments here:
https://wkf.ms/3Og7EbN

PRESS INTERVIEW REQUESTS
Journalists wishing to arrange interviews with UNITED CAPS leadership during Interpack can contact:
Monika Dürr
monika.duerr@prservices24.onmicrosoft.com
Mobile +49 171 204 9157

Short Version of this press release

At Interpack 2026, UNITED CAPS, an international manufacturer of innovative caps and closures, will welcome visitors at Hall 10 / D67 with its IMAGINE BETTER programme, built around the principle WE ARE BETTER UNITED. This means bringing customers, expertise and innovation together to create real-world packaging solutions.

The company will showcase three new closure solutions: 27 H-PAK, 26 FLIP-ON and 26/22 S-SPRING, alongside BETTER LAB, an interactive innovation space where visitors can pre-book dedicated sessions with UNITED CAPS design experts through the BETTER LAB booking platform.

BETTER TALKS will complement the programme with expert-led sessions on PPWR and other major packaging topics shaping the future of the industry.

BETTER LAB advance booking: https://wkf.ms/3Og7EbN For more information about innovative solutions from UNITED CAPS, please visit www.unitedcaps.com.

ABOUT UNITED CAPS
UNITED CAPS is a global industry reference for the design and production of high-performance plastic caps and closures. Extensive innovative capabilities and a broad portfolio of advanced standard and bespoke solutions make UNITED CAPS a preferred partner for world-leading companies. We support our customers’ value chain by safeguarding product integrity, assuring safety, consumer health, and sustainability, and ultimately protecting their brand reputation. UNITED is not just the name of our company; it’s also our core philosophy and the principle we stand for. Together, UNITED, we are always better, always stronger.

As a highly dynamic and flexible family-based group, UNITED CAPS offers end-to-end solutions, including mold-making capability, to serve a wide range of applications and markets around the world. The company is headquartered in Luxembourg and has manufacturing facilities in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Employing around 740 people, UNITED CAPS’s turnover amounts to 176 million Euros (as of the end of 2025), with over 10 billion closures produced.
www.unitedcaps.com

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