Design

Our closures.

Definitely beautiful.

Our closures. Definitely beautiful.

Packaging: a key marketing lever

Innovative packaging can make a product unique and glamorous and attract consumer attention. In addition, many consumers judge the quality of a product by its packaging before they even buy and consume it.

Therefore, we do not think of closures merely in terms of their functionality, but as an element playing a major role in the brand communication system.

State-of-the-art printing facilities for graphic impact at the highest level.

Large investments have been made to equip us with the in-house facilities and state-of-the-art machinery to ensure the best possible quality in this area as well.
We can offer all printing techniques available on the market today, such as :

Top punching

Allows for embossed lettering on the top of the capsule, with possible subsequent hotfoil printing and varnishing.

Side punching

Uses a process similar to the previous one and allows the reproduction of an embossed inscription or logo on the cylindrical skirt, with possible subsequent hotfoil printing.

Hot Foil

Hotfoil printing on both top and side to reproduce and embellish brands/logos and lettering.

Pad pinting

A printing system similar to the previous ones that differs by applying the lettering with dense inks by means of pads.

Lithography

Flat sheet varnishing with the creation of logos and overhead graphics or actual designs on the part being preformed.

Offset

Varnishing or side printing with modern machines that can print up to 5 colors in register simultaneously.

Spray painting

Applicable to the top and side of the cap with the possibility of special effects such as glitter, metallic and others.

Any type of finish is possible: glossy, matte and semi-matte, metallic and pearly.

Venus Wine e
Venus Spirit

Designed to guarantee the absolute inviolability of the product, as in the case of high-end wines and spirits, the Venus closure was designed in Astro’s research laboratories and is covered by an international patent.

With an elegant design, Astro Venus is equipped with a special anti-counterfeiting insert type ” tamper evident” without any external threads, thus not visible to the eye, which only comes out when the bottle is first opened. When the bottle is closed again, the seal remains visible on the outside of the lower part in aluminium, proving its previous opening.

Orion system: anti-counterfeit.

Ongoing research enabled us to developed the Orion system, a special finishing of the capsules with UV-sensitive anti-counterfeiting varnishes- specifically for valuable wines, spirits and liqueurs, which are the most susceptible to counterfeiting and adulteration.

In-house graphic studio

An Astro exclusive to make each of your design need possible

The graphic part is so important to us that we have equipped ourselves with a real internal graphic studio capable of designing and creating sketches in full compliance with the layout of the bottle and label, according to the needs of customers.

Working in close contact with the internal technical offices and coordinating with your creative agency, our graphic studio will take care of:

Verify the technical feasibility of the proposed packaging.
Propose the most suitable solutions to achieve the desired result as to graphics (pre-deformation, lithographic and offset printing), materials used (photosensitive, metallic or glitter paints) and printing processes (hot-foil, pad printing, punching).

According to Astro’s “All-in-one-site-production” philosophy, our graphic studio is equipped with a pre-printing and photoetching laboratory with cutting-edge techniques to support the lithography and offset department.

This is a great advantage, which Astro’s customers can profit from, because it allows to:

Manufacture printing sets in-house, ensuring highest precision and reduced time.
Intervene in zero time in case of any problems, with a prompt remaking of plates and printing cylinders without any impact on production times.