Press Conference
HÔTEL LE RITZ, Paris, France
November 17th 2016
Presenters
Dr. Heino Freudenberg – President & CEO, Vinventions
Monika Michalski – Marketing Manager Europe, Cork Supply
Dr. Olav Aagaard – VP Exploratory R&D and Sustainability, Vinventions
Vinventions:
The Global Leader in Sustainable High-Performance Wine Closures
… together with …
Cork Supply:
The Global Leader in Highest Quality Natural Corks
… are very excited to announce for the 1st time a true …
Break-through Product Innovation
… resulting from years of joint development efforts
… drawing upon the unique skills and capabilities of each of our companies:
Vinventions’ depth in material technology and wine preservation knowledge
Cork Supply’s extensive legacy in natural cork and quality assurance knowhow
Together we proudly introduce to you today:
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About Vinventions and Cork Supply
Our Visions
The most innovative and most trusted
global supplier of complete wine closure solutions to the still and sparkling wine industry
The industry’s most trusted and relied upon partner, providing best in class products,
exceptional expertise and a passion for quality and customer satisfaction
Our Combined Mission
Combine our unique skills and expertise to develop and market a new high performance natural closure, which …
• Combines nature based materials with leading edge technology • Eliminates fault due to TCA and bottle‐to‐bottle inconsistency in oxygen transfer
• Eliminates glue or other undesirable resp. non‐sustainable materials • Resulting in the world’s most sustainable micro‐agglomerated natural cork closure!
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Vinventions
acquired
Nomacorc,
the leading
global supplier
of premium
plant-based
closures to the
wine industry
01/2015
Ohlinger
Group joins
Vinventions
07/2015
Vinventions
completes a
distribution
agreement
with Vinolok/
Vinoseal
11/2015
Welcomes
Syntek
Bouchage as
licensee,
later fully
joining
Vinventions
01/2016
Zest! is
launched: The
world’s 1st
zero carbon
footprint high
performance
sparkling wine
closure
05/2016
Next
generation
"Nomacorc
Green Line" is
launched with
improved
performance,
design &
sustainability
09/2016
Vinventions
& Cork
Supply
announce
, the
world’s most
sustainable
microagglomerated natural
cork closure
11/2016
Vinventions today
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Over 550 employees with 7 operating sites in USA, Belgium, Germany, France, South Africa, Argentina and China.
Extensive sales channels with Sales Teams in every major wine segment
Producing over 2.5 billion closures protecting every eighth bottle of wine produced worldwide
Offering the most complete line of wine closure products and services
Vinventions = The House of 7 Brands
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Vinventions = House of 7 Brands
Vision
Be the most innovative and most trusted global supplier of complete wine closure solutions to the still and sparkling wine industry
Mission
We help wineries and retailers ensure their wines present as intended, delight the consumer and succeed in the marketplace.
Solution
categories
PlantCorc
Synthetics
Screwcaps
Natural Cork
Glass
Closures
Marketing
Services
Oenological
Services
Brands
Unique
Selling Proposition
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Performance
Style
Sustainability
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Key
products
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Reserva
Select
Classic
Smart
Zest!
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Value for
Money
Excellia
ECO
Supreme
Supremecorq
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Consistency
TCA-taintfree
Glue-free
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Selektion
Selektion+
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Chlorinefree
Innovative
screwcaps
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Traditional
screwcaps
Sustainable
liners
Next gen.
screwcaps
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Style
Sustainability
Complete
solutions
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Vinolok
Vinoseal
Complete
solution
package
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Oxygen
Management
Category
Captain
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Consumer
insights
NomaSense
NomaLine
Bottlingrelated
services
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Branding
concepts
Consumer
research
Neuro
Marketing
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Cork Supply – A Market Focused Evolution
Cork
Supply
USA
1981
Cork
Supply
Australia
1991
Global
Quality
Control
1993
Cork Supply
South Africa/
Cork Supply
Portugal
1995
Newpak
USA /
Newpak
Australia
Cork Supply
Spain /
Cork Supply
France
1997
2003
Cork
Supply
Argentina
2006
Studio
Labels
Australia
2007
Tonnellerie
Ô
2008
Cork
Supply
Italy
2010
Cork
Supply
China
2015
by
Vinventions
& Cork
Supply
11/2016
Cork Supply today
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Over 400 employees, with 6 operating sites in USA, Portugal, Australia, South Africa, Argentina, & China
Established superior sales presence in more than 30 countries
ISO-certified and made up of talented specialists in sales, customer service, supply chain, technical labs and operations.
Established as a global leader supplying natural cork closures
Cork Supply = Top-of-the-Bottle Experts
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Cork Supply – Top-of-the-Bottle Experts
Recognized as the wine industry’s Top-of-the-Bottle Experts, specialized in
natural, technical and sparkling corks, and in distribution partnerships,
offers acclaimed Nomacorc® Green Line, Guala® screw caps, Rivercap® tin,
polylaminate and PVC capsules, and Sparflex® champagne foils and wire hoods.
Cork Supply Brands
Distributed Brands
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Introducing to you …
"The World’s Most Sustainable Micro-Agglomerated Natural Cork"
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SÜBR – The World’s Most Sustainable Micro-Agglomerated Natural Cork
Game changing joint development of Vinventions and Cork Supply
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Vinventions’ depth in material technology and wine preservation knowledge
Cork Supply’s extensive legacy in natural cork and quality assurance knowhow
Jointly creating a new family of sustainable performance closures Truly natural with majority of TCA-taint-free natural cork as core of composition
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Vinventions’ patented production process, which – together with Cork Supply’s high quality natural cork granules – generates TCA‐taint‐free natural corks, i.e. below sensory levels of <0.5 ng/L (ppt) Suitable for all quality wines, including those where regulations mandate the use of natural cork
"Glue-Free" micro-agglomerate natural cork structure (patented)
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Safe, clean, and migration‐free
Sensory‐neutral … contributing no undesirable aromas or tastes
Biodegradable raw materials for long term sustainability
Fully compliant with all relevant food compliance regulations
Offering significant advances in
Performance, Sustainability and Design
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SÜBR – The World’s Most Sustainable Micro-Agglomerated Natural Cork
Performance
O2
Longterm
wine preservation
Bottle-to-bottle
Consistency
Secured brand
equity
TCA-taint-free
(< 0.5 ng/L)
Majority
natural cork
Biodegradable
binder
Recyclable
Glue-Free
Sustainability
Design
Traditional Look & Feel of Natural Cork
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Vinventions & Cork Supply – Together … 1 + 1 > 2
Vinventions
Innovation track record and thought
leader in oxygen management
Biodegradable material science
coupled with leading-edge
processing technology
World-class extrusion technology
supporting new and old world wine
markets
45 sales associates & over 100
distribution partners providing
worldwide coverage
Cork Supply
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Legacy in Natural Cork with break
through TCA-taint-free technology
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Supplier of highest quality,
TCA-taint-free, natural cork
granules
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Full range natural cork finishing
facilities close to market in every
major wine region
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60 direct sales associates servicing
customers in over 30 countries
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Together we offer "SÜBR"
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The most clean, safe, compliant,
consistent and ... sustainable
micro-agglomerated natural cork
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Fault free products with optimum
oxygen management and wine
preservation performance
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Lean and efficient production
customized for customer needs and
ready just-in-time
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The strongest sales and distribution
network of any company offering
sustainable performance closures
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Achieving global leadership
position with
sales targeted
at min. 500 million units by 2021
– The World’s Most Sustainable Micro-Agglomerated Natural Cork
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SÜBR – The World’s Most Sustainable Micro-Agglomerated Natural Cork
… is coming soon!
Announced for the first time
Ritz Hotel, Paris, France – November 17th, 2016
Presented to world public
at Vinitech, Bordeaux/France
• Vinventions Booth B-27, Stand 2702, Hall 1
• Cork Supply Booth C-24, Stand 2409, Hall 1
Market validation trials
with selected customer partners
in key wine regions starting 12/2016
Global commercial rollout:
Q2 2017
• Pilot production capability today
• New full-scale production in preparation
with a starting capacity of 200 million corks
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Q&A
SÜBR – The World’s Most Sustainable Micro-Agglomerated Natural Cork
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