Maverick, the US leading manufacturer of closures for the wine and spirits industry, has merged with another closure creator, the Enoplastic Group of northern Italy. Sparflex, specializing in foil (secondary-closure capsule) production for Champagnes and Sparkling Wines, in 2015 acquired Rivercap, whose U.S. arm was previously based in Benicia, and in 2018 acquired then-privately owned Maverick Enterprises in Ukiah. The Enoflex Group has 15 production sites - five in France, two in Spain, three in Italy, 2 in Australia & New Zealand and three in the U.S. and Mexico- that export to nearly 65 countries and employ over 1800 people.