Serbian crown cap producers New Don (n, ), and Impa (iM, )

This is a follow up article to my previous "Dating Serbian crown caps using factory signs" and "Serbian crown cap producer Galeb Metal Pack (GMP)". It had come out of fruitful discussions with young Serbian cap collector Stefan Sindjic who filled me up with details on FSs used on Serbian caps since the 1960's.

Two smaller Serbian cap producers that profited from the decline of the 20th century major cap producer Metaloplastika Šabac after NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. were New Don(FS "n"), and Impa (FS "iM").

New Don existed from 1995 (for this first year their logo and FS was ), and although majority of their caps was produced between 2003. (when all major Serbian and regional breweries were bought by international mega breweries) and 2006, two of their notable caps from the 20. century are: Coca-Cola from 1996., and Nektar giveaway from 1998.

In the 21. century Metaloplastika was privatized by Galeb Group in 2002, which also bought Impa in 2006, and in 2007. came out with their new FS "GM" (that stands for Galeb Metaloplastika), ending the use of caps produced by New Don and Impa. From 2008. Galeb produced caps with "GG" FS (Galeb Group), and in 2016. they changed it to today's FS "GMP" (Galeb Metal Pack, division of GG).
 

Mihailo Alić, researcher and collector, Belgrade, April 2022.

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