Croxsons signs exclusive UK distribution deal for PANO's PVC-free closures
UK glass packaging specialist Croxsons has signed an exclusive UK distribution agreement with German closure maker PANO Verschluss GmbH for its BLUESEAL PVC-free twist-off caps. The closures, verified to cut CO2 per unit by 81% since 2011, will be offered across Croxsons' glass food jar range as PVC-free alternatives gain traction ahead of tighter European PFAS food-contact rules.
Why this mattersUK food producers gain a compliant, low-carbon PVC-free closure option as European PFAS and PVC restrictions on food-contact packaging tighten.
- Croxsons signed an exclusive distribution agreement with PANO Verschluss GmbH to bring BLUESEAL PVC-free twist-off caps to the UK food sector.
- PANO's closures deliver an 81% reduction in CO2 per closure in 2025 versus 2011, verified by an environmental auditor.
- PANO manufactures more than one billion closures a year across twelve sizes.
- The closures are compatible with cold filling, hot filling, pasteurisation up to 95°C and sterilisation up to 121°C.
- PANO switched from gas-fired thermal drying to induction and UV processes in 2020 and uses 100% renewable energy.
- The deal comes as European restrictions on PFAS in food-contact packaging tighten and PVC-free closures gain traction.