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Default [TN] Backlog notes (CRB Pif & Rotgipfler)

On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:27:31 +0100, Michael Pronay >
wrote:

> Ken Blake > wrote:
>
> >> Glass stoppers, see this:
> >> http://www2.dupont.com/Elvax/en_US/u...esealring.html

>
> > Thanks. Interesting. But as I said, I've never seen one like
> > that.

>
> Sorry for chiming in: Do you mean that you have seen another type
> of glass stopper, just not this one, or no glass stopper at all?



Sorry to have confused you. I've seen no glass stoppers at all.


> To the best of my knowledge, this type (Vino-Lok) is the only one,
> and it's used in Austria and Germany since around 2003, but I'd
> estimate the penetration rate well below 5% for them. (Screw-caps
> in Austria, otoh, have a market share of over 70% of the whole
> production.)
>
> M.


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