ALCAN Packaging Capsules of California produces the highest quality capsules for the wine and sparkling industry using the widest range of products from Tin, Aluminum and Polylam capsules. ALCAN develop and source all these raw materials within the Alcan Group.
With a history of over 100 years of production, ALCAN also has a strong global presence: 3 plants in Europe, 1 plant in Canada, Chile, Australia and a production facility that has been established in American Canyon, California since 1985.
ALCAN is also the maker of the STELVIN® twist top, the pioneer in screw cap closures for wine. Created in the 1960’s, booming since the 1990’s, STELVIN® closures became the standard in the wine industry for good reason: Liners used within these closures are neutral components, providing consistent gas permeability and the best defense against spoilage. Simply put, these closures keep wines the way winemakers intended.
STELVIN® twist tops have helped protect fine wines for over forty years and now they’re winning over a new generation of wine makers with their quality, performance and sustainability. ALCAN can sample screw-capped wines that are 30 or 40 years old and can compare high-end red wines bottled in the mid 1990’s side by side with cork-finished bottles of the same wines. The wines bottled with twist tops have developed aged character and smoother textures, but still taste fresh and complete.
Faced with this growing mountain of evidence, some winemakers, true to their no-nonsense culture, are acting on it. In 2003 the global wine market used 300 million screw caps. In 2005, 1 billion bottles. In 2007, 2 billion …
Wineries that have switched include Rudd, Clos Pegase, Plumpjack, Floras Spring, Ferrari Carano, Rodney Strong, Kunde, Provenance, Boisset-Deloach, J. Lohr, Argyle, Rutherford-grove …

Website: http://www.stelvin.alcan.com