MANCHESTER, NH—PowerCap® Technologies, a market leader in dosing-cap technology, introduces Fresh Healthy Stuff™ delivering a great tasting health drink that is the freshest and most stable beverage possible!

Fresh Healthy Stuff stores healthy ingredients that remain fresh in the cap for a fun, interactive, and greener beverage option,

Fresh Healthy Stuff is 100 percent natural and contains 0 sugars, 0 carbs, 0 calories, and 0 preservatives. No more worrying about sunlight degrading all the vitamins in pre-blended drinks.

The vitamins safe, protected and fully potent in the PowerCap! Flavors available include:

Pomegranate Acai Energy—B vitamins, caffeine, guarana, green tea, ginseng and more for a great boost*
Orange Cranberry Immune Support—Vitamin C, zinc, Vitamin D, and magnesium to help your body’s immune system be as strong as it can be*
Lemon Lime Multivitamin/Multimineral—at least 20 percent of the recommended daily needs for 20 important vitamins and minerals

Using PowerCap dosing cap technology, Fresh Healthy Stuff delivers a greener drinking option. Choosing a PowerCap® boosted beverage instead of choosing a pre-blended drink helps to save the enviroment.

PowerCap® uses less plastic than other functional drinks; requires less energy to produce; is lighter to transport; and has less ingredient waste. PowerCap beverages have a longer shelf life — so, less product destroyed. The PowerCaps are also 100 percent recyclable.

Fresh Healthy Stuff™ is a registered trademark of Liquid Health Labs, Inc.

About Liquid Health Labs, Inc.: Liquid Health Labs, Inc. (LHL) is based in Manchester, NH and its proprietary technology is branded PowerCap® dosing cap delivery systems. PowerCap® has application within the beverage, consumer goods, Pharma/OTC, and cosmetic industries.

PowerCap® keeps active ingredients stable and fresh. PowerCap® stores a nutritional drink mix within a chamber in the cap providing consumers with the power to release these stable ingredients into their beverage that is fresh, great tasting, and good for the beverage. More information is available at mypowercap.com

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MANCHESTER, NH—PowerCap® Technologies, market leader in dosing-cap technology, introduces its new “Three Caps Program,” featuring the three major caps that will offer a unique fresh and interactive beverage experience.

The “Three Caps Program” includes PowerCap Push, PowerCap Twist, and PowerCap Universal. Sizes for the technologies vary from 26.7mm up to 43mm with custom options.

PowerCap® keeps ingredients stored fresh in the cap! PowerCap puts the user in control — control the flavor potency by adjusting the amount of water to taste; control what and when to have a beverage; control the carbs, calories, artificial flavors/colors, and preservatives

Using PowerCap dosing cap technology delivers a greener drinking option. PowerCap is a far more eco-friendly alternative to standard fortified beverage bottling, providing distinct advantages over traditional hot-fill preparations of functional drinks, and therefore, is a ‘greener’ technology, further reducing the environmental impact.

PowerCap® uses less plastic than other functional drinks; requires less energy to produce; is lighter to transport; and has less ingredient waste. PowerCap beverages have a longer shelf life — so, less product destroyed. PowerCaps are also 100 percent recyclable.

PowerCap® is a registered trademark of Liquid Health Labs. mypowercap.com

About Liquid Health Labs, Inc.: Liquid Health Labs, Inc. (LHL) is based in Manchester, NH and its proprietary technology is branded PowerCap® dosing cap delivery systems. PowerCap® has application within the beverage, consumer goods, Pharma/OTC, and cosmetic industries.

PowerCap® keeps active ingredients stable and fresh. PowerCap® stores a nutritional drink mix within a chamber in the cap providing consumers with the power to release these stable ingredients into their beverage that is fresh, great tasting, and good for the beverage. More information is available at mypowercap.com

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Companies looking to grow innovative footwear and dosing cap technology businesses

MANCHESTER, NH – Two New Hampshire companies offering innovative, but vastly different services, Liquid Health Labs, Inc., and New England Footwear Manufacturing will be featured at the next NH High Technology Council Entrepreneur Forum on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. The companies present their products to a panel of experts and live audience to gain feedback and insight on marketability and finance strategies. The event will be held at the FIRST headquarters located at 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, NH from 5:20 pm to 8:30 pm.

Liquid Health Labs, Inc. is based in Deerfield, NH and its proprietary technology is the branded PowerCap® dosing cap delivery systems. New England Footwear Manufacturing is a contract footwear manufacturing startup company based in Durham NH that is advancing the design and production of athletic footwear.

The NH High Tech Council (NHHTC) produces a series of educational programs to support entrepreneurship and provide high-level resources to rapidly growing companies. At the Entrepreneur Forum, companies present their business challenges to a panel of industry experts, and receive board-level and executive advice on how best to address their challenges, all in front of a live audience.

The Forum includes a cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres and networking opportunities, as well as a “sky dive pitch” from one or two early stage companies or a non-profit or student-driven entity that focuses on a specific challenge or opportunity they are facing. The cost for the event is only $25 for NHHTC members, $30 for non-members, and only $10 for students. Individuals can register at NHHTC.org.

About Liquid Health Labs, Inc.: Liquid Health Labs, Inc. (LHL) is based in Deerfield, NH and its proprietary technology is branded PowerCap® dosing cap delivery systems. PowerCap® has application within the consumer goods, Pharma/OTC, and cosmetic industries.

PowerCap® keeps active ingredients stable and fresh. PowerCap® stores a nutritional drink mix within a chamber in the cap providing consumers with the power to release these stable ingredients into their beverage that is fresh, great tasting, and good for the beverage.

According to LHL President Derek Hopkins the fundamental advantages that PowerCap® has over traditional bottled beverages are that it experiences virtually no degradation of active ingredients, its manufacturing technology is less expensive, flexible and turn-key; producing it is far more environmentally sustainable; and it is produced entirely in the United States. PowerCap® products feature innovative packaging and offer consumers an interactive, fresh drinking experience.

LHL is working to distribute PowerCap® by partnering with beverage private labels, bottlers, and distributors. LHL also produces and distributes its own proprietary brands, Nutrelle™, Last Shot™, Vitahydrate™, and Fresh Healthy Stuff™

About New England Footwear Manufacturing: Led by two footwear industry veterans, Doug Clark (Timberland, Reebok, Converse) and Jim Sciabarrasi (New Balance), New England Footwear Manufacturing LLC (NEFM) was a winner of the 2011 Green Launching Pad competition. NEFM is a contract footwear manufacturing startup company based in Durham NH. NEFM is advancing the design and production of athletic footwear through several material and process innovations.

NEFM has developed a manufacturing process that substantially reduces the amount of labor used in conventional shoemaking, and replaces it with a combination of virtual 3D tools and mechanization. This innovative approach has the potential to change the footwear manufacturing paradigm forever. By eliminating dependence on abundant, low-skilled Asian labor, NEFM can return manufacturing closer to footwear brand managers and consumers in North America and Europe.

About the NHHTC Entrepreneur Forum: The NHHTC holds three Entrepreneur Forums per year where attendees discover how to present a plan to potential investors or gain valuable feedback on specific topics. These events are designed to attract attendees that include entrepreneurs who are developing a business idea or have an interest in the subject matter of the presenters, members of the financial and investment community, and students.

Each of the presenting companies is given 15 minutes to present its business plan and receive feedback from a panel of experts and the audience. Typically, panelists include at least one investor (angel, venture capitalist, corporate investor, or financial institution) appropriate for the stage of the company and the amount of capital sought. Other panelists are chosen for their familiarity with the industry, technology, market place or strategic issues being addressed.

The panel acts as venture advisors for an evening and provides feedback and potential solutions to challenges faced by entrepreneurial companies based on their own professional experiences and expertise. These business challenges are those encountered by most entrepreneurial companies – including financial, marketing and sales, technology, operations, management, growth, diversification, and more.

To learn more about the event, go to NHHTC.org or call 603.935-8951. Attendance is limited given space constraints.

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Getting to the top

Caps and closures put the finishing touch on packages
By Stephanie Hildebrandt

Dosing systems

In addition to lightweight, cost-effective plastic closures, value-added dispensing closures will further add to growth in the caps and closures market, according to The Freedonia Group’s report.

Dosing systems focus on ease of use for consumers and sustainability via energy savings, suppliers say. PowerCap–Liquid Health Labs, Deerfield, N.H., offers three different styles of dosing caps under its PowerCap brand.

“PowerCap has distinct advantages over traditional hot-fill preparations of functional drinks: PowerCap has been shown in a major university study to protect sensitive ingredients; it is less energy intensive due to it supporting cold filling, and therefore, is a ‘greener’ technology; and [it] can be utilized on lighter weight plastic bottles, further reducing the environmental impact,” says Ken Milligan, chief science officer and executive vice president for the company. “Additionally, the newly introduced PowerCap Universal fits on any traditional bottled water neck finish. This allows the consumer to conveniently transform standard bottled water into a functional beverage, and get multiple uses out of their water bottle throughout the day while still getting great-tasting functional drinks and reducing the number of bottles entering the landfill.”

In addition to the PowerCap Universal, the company offers push and twist dosing caps, which are both equally popular, Milligan says. A company that employs a full-time engineering team solely devoted to the dosing cap category, PowerCap has the expertise and ability to continue innovating, create custom solutions for customers, and also facilitate success throughout the supply chain, he adds.

All production is U.S.-based, which offers a quick turn-around time for supply, says Derek Hopkins, president of PowerCap–Liquid Health Labs. Plus, the company has the capacity to write long-term supply contracts. “We have the ability to meet production needs for small and large companies this year,” he says.

In addition to licensing its PowerCap solutions to beverage-makers, PowerCap–Liquid Health Labs develops its own products. Last Shot, a hangover protection drink, Nutrelle, a beauty beverage, and Fresh Healthy Stuff…In the Cap!, a health and wellness drink, were made to fit onto mainstream water bottles. Last Shot and Fresh Healthy Stuff…In the Cap! both use the PowerCap Universal push cap, which snaps onto to 26.7-ml. to 28-ml. bottles. The twist PowerCap fits on 26.7-ml. and 28-ml. bottles, and the push PowerCap fits on 28-ml. bottles, Hopkins notes. Fresh Healthy Stuff…In the Cap! can be purchased online, in select New England locations and was recently launched regionally at Kroger grocery stores.

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Functional beverages—beverages that are designed to provide health benefits that go beyond general nutrition—are the fastest-growing category in the nutrition industry. Liquid Health Labs, a Deerfield, New Hampshire-based company has brought a new twist to this market with the PowerCap, a two-piece bottlecap with a storage chamber that keeps nutritional supplements and additives stable and fresh. When the consumer twists or pushes the cap, these ingredients are infused into a consumable liquid, such as water. This allows beverages companies to work with ingredients they cannot work with in standard ready-to-drink functional beverages.

In recognition of this innovative technology, Liquid Health Labs has won the Innovation Rocks! Award from the New Hampshire Division of Economic Development and Rock 101 (WGIR-FM) for the month of November.

With the PowerCap, there is no need to heat the bottles when filling during manufacturing. This results in a lower energy cost since each hot-fill bottle uses approximately half a kilowatt hour more than a PowerCap bottle—which is equal to running a small window unit air condition for an hour. With hundreds of millions of beverage bottles used each year, conversion to PowerCap by even some of the functional beverage industry would significantly reduce the industry’s carbon footprint. Cold-filled bottles also are lighter and use less plastic, and require less energy to make.

Storing the ingredients in the cap results in extended shelf life for the beverage, since ingredients are only released when the consumer opens the cap. This is especially important with ingredients like probiotics, which have a very short shelf life once they’ve been introduced into a liquid.

“It’s so exciting to see relatively young New Hampshire company develop a product line that is innovative and ‘green,’” said New Hampshire Division of Economic Development Interim Director Chris Way. “The PowerCap is already being used by Last Shot, Nutrelle, VitaHydrate and Fresh Healthy Stuff.”

Liquid Health Labs, which was founded in 2002, is located in the abi Innovation HUB, home to many of Manchester’s most innovative start-up companies.

“Innovation Rocks!” is an initiative sponsored by the New Hampshire Division of Economic Development in coordination with Rock 101 (WGIR-FM) to celebrate the creativity and ingenuity of New Hampshire innovators.