Martens China, part of Belgian brewer Martens (Bocholt), and its Japanese counterpart Suntory (Tokyo) have started up a filling line in China for bottles with the PCO 1881 international standard neck, filling beer in PET barrier bottles and using “DoubleSeal SuperShorty” O2 scavenging closures from Bericap (Budenheim / Germany; www.bericap.com). The closure absorbs oxygen in the headspace above the beer on one side and stops ingress of oxygen on the other. It has been developed with a crown cork design, which looks very similar to the traditional beer crown cork and helps maintain the quality of the bottled beer. When used in combination with Bericap's Double Seal Supershorty closures, the new closure allows for feedstock savings of up to 30%.