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! 3
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 • • • •
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 4
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 • • • •
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 6
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" 8
SÜBR – The World’s Most Sustainable Micro-Agglomerated Natural Cork Game changing joint development of Vinventions and Cork Supply • • •
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 • •
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 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
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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 12
Q&A
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