“Which Material?” The Question That Costs Importers Real Money

“Which material do you want?” Your cap supplier will ask this in the first five minutes, and a vague answer gets expensive fast. Choose wrong and you’re facing a 15–30% cost overrun, or a pallet of leaky closures that sinks your brand early. I know a buyer who lost $12,000 on one container because he assumed all caps behave the same. They don’t.

What Are Beer Bottle Caps Made Of? The Four Parts

Every cap is a small assembly: outer shell, liner, inner coating, sometimes a tamper-evident ring. The shell drives 60–70% of the cost. Lin