The Group has acquired Vinventions’ Mexico-based screwcap manufacturing operations, establishing a dedicated production hub for the U.S. alcoholic beverage industry.
February 23, 2026 (Milan, Italy) — Guala Closures, a global leader in specialty beverage and pharmaceutical closure solutions, has acquired Vinventions’ screwcap production business located in Rosarito, Mexico, expanding its manufacturing footprint in North America and strengthening its supply capabilities for the U.S. wine and spirits market.
Established in 2024, the Rosarito plant is a state-of-the-art facility specializing in the production of high-quality 30×60 aluminium closures, with a total installed capacity exceeding 200 million units per year and the potential for further expansion.
Due to its strategic location and access to the North American market, the acquisition will provide Guala Closures with additional capacity to support growing demand from its U.S. wine and spirits customers, ensuring short lead times and an enhanced level of customer service under favorable transportation and trade conditions.
“This investment marks a significant milestone in advancing our growth strategy for the North American wine closures market” said Andrea Lodetti, CEO of Guala Closures. “Establishing a dedicated production site in Mexico, which adds to our existing large plant in San José Iturbide, allows us to be closer to our U.S. customers and respond more effectively to their needs – particularly those of the small and medium-sized winemakers that require a more tailored, local, and flexible supply base. With this transaction, we are also laying the groundwork for further expansions and future growth as we expect demand to continue to increase”.
Guala Closures has been present in Mexico since 1979 with the establishment of Guala Closures Mexico, that, together with Guala Closures North America’s Fairfield facility, have been focused on serving wine and spirits customers across the U.S. market. Alongside spirits, the U.S. wine market continues to be a priority growth area for Guala Closures, supported by consistent performance and strong results in recent years. The transaction aligns with the company’s broader strategy of pursuing targeted acquisitions to reinforce its leadership in high-value beverage closure segments and key geographic markets.
About Guala Closures
As creators of closure solutions, Guala Closures delivers premium, innovative, and sustainable closure systems that protect products, enhance user experience, and strengthen brand value. With 40 production facilities and a presence in over 100 countries, the Group is a global leader in specialty beverage and pharmaceutical closure solutions. Through close collaboration with customers and design studios, Guala Closures turns ideas into high-performance, manufacturable solutions.
In the year prior to September 2025, the Group recorded over €936 million in revenue, powered by over 5,000 employees, seven product development and innovation centres, and 200+ patents, underscoring its commitment to innovation and industry leadership. For more information, please visit Guala Closures and follow the company page on LinkedIn.
Guala Closures reaffirms its commitment to sustainability
On June 5th, the Group released the 2024 ESG Overview — a milestone that underscores our commitment to building a more sustainable future. The document highlights significant progress in emissions reduction, energy efficiency, and transparency, marking another important step forward in the sustainability journey we began in 2011.
This report once again reflects Guala Closures’ pioneering spirit, which sets us apart not only in developing innovative closure solutions but also in guiding our industry toward greater responsibility.
Read the Full 2024 ESG Overview to learn more about our achievements.
Building on its successful operations in Kenya and South Africa, Guala Closures is now investing in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and one of the fastest-growing markets.
Lagos, April 23, 2025 – Guala Closures, a world leader in the production of closures for the spirits, wine, water, beer, non-alcoholic beverage, and edible oil markets, inaugurated yesterday its new greenfield manufacturing facility in West Africa, strategically located in the Lagos Free Zone.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by Ugo Boni, Consul General of Italy in Lagos, Adesuwa Ladoja, CEO of Lagos Free Zone, Andrea Lodetti, CEO of Guala Closures, and other executives of the Group. This expansion represents a key milestone in the company’s growth strategy, strengthening its commitment to the African market and enhancing its presence in one of the continent’s most dynamic economies.
The Nigerian plant will serve West African markets and can supply anti-counterfeiting safety closures for spirits bottles, including innovative features developed precisely for this specific market. The construction of the plant, which spans nearly 5,000 square meters, was completed in a record time of just 22 weeks and reached operational start-up by the end of 2024. The facility will be further developed in the next years and is expected to create significant employment opportunities for the local community.
Building on its successful operations in Kenya and South Africa, recently strengthened with the acquisition of the facility owned by Astir Vitogiannis in Johannesburg, Guala Closures is investing in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and one of its fastest-growing markets. With a population exceeding 235 million and a median age of just 18, Nigeria offers vast potential for industrial and economic development. The country's growing spirits and other beverages markets, fueled by an expanding middle class with increasing disposable income and a demand for premium products, creates significant opportunities for Guala Closures. The new facility will allow to better serve local businesses and global brands with innovative and high-quality closure solutions tailored to regional needs.
The opening of the Lagos facility reinforces Guala Closures’ long-term vision for growth and leadership in Africa, further positioning the company as a key partner in the region’s industrial and economic evolution.
“This investment underscores our commitment to advancing in the African market and creating value for our partners,” said Andrea Lodetti, CEO of Guala Closures. “Indeed, our global presence and in-depth knowledge of local markets allow us to stay close to our global customers, addressing their specific needs in every region of the world with customized solutions and outstanding service. By leveraging cutting-edge technologies and maintaining a strong focus on product quality and safety, we aim to enhance brand identity while offering robust protection against counterfeiting - an increasingly critical issue in the industry.”
With this expansion, Guala Closures continues its strategy of staying close to its customers, a philosophy reflected in its network of 37 production plants and 7 research and development centers worldwide.
Mrs. Adesuwa Ladoja, the Managing Director and CEO of Lagos Free Zone, added: “We are delighted that Guala Closures, one of our most prestigious international clients, has decided to expand their operations in Nigeria through our ready-to-lease Standard Industrial Facility at the LFZ. We are committed to supporting the next phase of growth in Nigeria and West Africa for Guala Closures.”
About Guala Closures
Guala Closures offers premium and innovative closure solutions that provide protection and convenience to consumers while enhancing customers' brands. With 37 production plants worldwide, Guala Closures is a world leader in the production of closures for spirits, wines, beer, non-alcoholic beverages, oil and condiments, that guarantee proximity to its customers, with a localised and customised offer of services and solutions. More information is available at www.gualaclosures.com and follow the company page on LinkedIn.
Guala Closures North America will be promoting the most luxurious aluminum wine closures manufactured in North America – WAK and Savin.
The WAK closure combines tradition and innovation to deliver the benefits of an aluminum closure with the look of a traditional cork. As used by trusted customers Caymus, Coppercane, Hope Family wines and John Anthony Cellars.
Guala’s SAVIN PREMIUM closure offers a sleek sided closure, showing no visible thread, with a patented aluminum insert – compared to other plastic alternatives in market. This delivers a premium and sustainable choice for wine customers to highlight the value of their brand. As used by trusted customers Constellation and Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy.
Guala Closures also offers the Blossom sustainable range of closures specific to the wine industry, as well as QR coded liners and aluminum closures for sparkling wines, alongside safety closures and bar-tops.
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Unified Symposium Booth: 1218
Guala Closures North America, based in Fairfield, California, is part of the Guala Group, the largest supplier of safety and value added closures in the world, with 34 production facilities (headquartered in Italy).
Guala North America supplies the wine and spirits market, plus has customers in oil, water, and non-alcoholic beverage.
We’re excited to announce TWO new additions to our Fairfield production facility: a custom silk screen printing line for 30x60 screw caps and local production of Guala’s internal threaded screw cap, Savin. With local Savin production, Guala becomes the only USA producer of an internally threaded 30x60 screw cap. The new silk screw line allows Guala to offer smaller, custom runs for wineries that need unique closures with fast turnaround times. Whether you’re looking for distinctive branding or a specialized design, our Fairfield facility is equipped to meet your needs efficiently.
This marks a significant milestone for Guala Closures, a global leader in wine closures with support plants located in Italy, Poland, Ukraine, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico. Fairfield now joins the ranks, enhancing our capacity to serve North American clients with speed and flexibility.
If you have any questions or need custom closure solutions, feel free to contact our team:
- Sterling Macdonell, Sales Manager – sterling@gualaclosuresna.com
- Shelly Sponseller, Customer Service/Supply Chain Manager – customerservice@gualaclosuresna.com
Our investment in this production line reflects our commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction, helping us provide even better service to the wine industry.
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The ease of opening and re-closing the bottle, followed by practicality and the ability to preserve taste. These are the main reasons why wine consumers choose aluminum closures, according to a recent study by Aluminium Closures Group
The same survey, conducted among 6,000 people from Italy, Spain, Germany, France, England and Poland, revealed another important piece of evidence: as many as 42% of respondents, in fact, say that in the long term alu closures will dominate the wine industry.
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"The quality and service of Guala Closures' screw caps are the main reasons we chose to collaborate with this company, which represents a reliable and established partner. The screw caps are the hallmark of this company and they have always satisfied us" Kat Mason, Wine communication manager at Cloudy Bay Vineyards, has no doubts as to why choosing Guala Closures as a partner.
The result? A wine of the highest quality that reflects the natural wonder of New Zealand and communicates its extreme attention to detail through innovative packaging design.
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Aluminum screw cap closures for wine bottles are expanding worldwide, yet some countries have lower adoption rates than others. Top users are New Zealand, with 99% of wines sealed with screw caps, and Australia, with 80%.
The world’s largest manufacturer of aluminum closures, the Guala Closures Group, is working hard to promote the obvious benefits of aluminium screw caps for the wine industry. Regions with a long history in wine, like Europe and North America, have a traditional preference for cork. However, times are changing, and screw cap closures align with the active lifestyle of younger consumers who appreciate their convenience and functionality. These consumers are less enamored with wine traditions. They are also ever vigilant about sustainability claims when choosing wines, which makes 100% recyclable and reusable aluminum attractive. Screw cap closures also allow for moderation, a key trend in today’s culture, where sharing a glass and saving the rest for later is easier.
Guala Closures Group is at the forefront of these trends, with over 30 production sites around the world. Specifically in New Zealand, Guala supported the local wine industry and took a unique approach to the role of screw caps when a group of forward-thinking winemakers formed the Screwcap Wine Seal Initiative in 2001. The catalysts were challenges with sustainability, which wasn’t a word at the time, and cork taint. The Screwcap Initiative research found that screw caps provided a better seal, prevented oxygen transfer, and kept wines fresher and more consistent for longer. In just three years, the entire wine industry in New Zealand has zero to 40-50% screw cap. Today, 99% of New Zealand wines use aluminium screw cap closure.
“In 2005, Guala Closures invested significantly in New Zealand so the local wine industry could consider innovation and forward thinking closure alternatives. New Zealand prides itself on being an early adopter,” says Dave Campbell, General Manager of Guala Closures Group in North America, and himself a Kiwi. “Twenty years ago, we were saying the same things that Americans are saying now regarding aluminium closures, but we adopted the benefits of screw caps really quickly and decided that, from a sustainable winemaking perspective, screw cap closures simply made sense in the modern world.”
The US wine industry has been slower in its move to aluminium screw caps, partly due to the lingering consumer perception that closure type denotes quality and partly due to the winery concern that they should only use them for less expensive wines. The change is happening, with over one-third of the industry now using this style of closure. The Guala Closure Group, as a world leader in aluminium closure production continues to invest locally in the region and provide innovative and sustainable closure solutions to the US wine industry to meet the needs of the modern and everchanging wine consumer.
To learn more about how aluminium screw cap closures can work for you, visit the Guala Closure Group booth at 816 at the Unified Wine and Grape Symposium.
