OptiLift® from Ardagh Group is a startlingly simple yet highly effective new method for the effortless opening of metal cans of all known diameter.

Pioneered through Ardagh’s Research and Development Centre in Crosmières, France, this inventive can opening solution uses a finger-well beneath the tab to ensure an intuitively easy positioning of the finger to give an improved grip for easy lifting of the tab.

The key to the innovation is the flex panel; convex during the seaming process it achieves automatic concavity after sterilisation owing to the creation of a vacuum and without the need for mechanical manipulation. OptiLift® has a common lid and tab design, and with material savings of 15 per cent is also a very sustainable packaging development.
OptiLift® is already used by a number of well-known food brands, and has gained several prestigious awards. Vincent Guillaume, Logistics and Purchasing Manager of Green Giant® – General Mills said: “We see OptiLift® as a great innovation for consumer convenience.”
Stéphane Pierrard, R&D and Quality Director of William Saurin added: “OptiLift® is an efficient solution to meet current and consumer needs.” The award winning pear shaped can produced by Ardagh for Zwanenberg luncheon meat and cooked ham uses OptiLift® easy open ends for effortless and convenient opening.
OptiLift® gained the coveted iF packaging Gold award, where the citation read: “This simple design feature enormously increases the functionality of the packaging without increasing costs. Simplicity in its essence. Wonderful.”
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