Held once a year, the competition consists of three steps, each one a competition of its own. In step one, jurors selected can2close as one of 10 winners out of 169 submissions.
Munich based can2close GmbH was founded in 2012 by Andreas Kleiner, Robert Kruetten and Moritz von Grotthuss. It presented its ‘c2’ resealable end, a new mechanism that replaces the standard stay-on tab opening of beverage cans with a simple mechanism that is easier to open and can be repeatedly sealed – a feature present on plastic bottles and other types of beverage containers but that it says is not yet well solved for cans.
“We are very honoured,” said Andreas Kleiner, CEO of can2close. “This award, in combination with the excellent feedback we have received from leading beverage manufacturers, confirms that we have found a major business opportunity with a product that will evolve an industry.”
In September 2012, can2close received the Silver award in the Prototype category of the ‘Cans of the Year Award’ in Tokyo.
Source: Can2Close
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