A light-weight hand held or bench mounted pneumatic vial crimper and decapper designed and patented to make it simple to crimp and de-cap (de-crimp) vials and bottles. The AP/CP2000 Vial crimper and de-capper is used around the world, from Australia to Sweden, from Chile to China, the tool has proved to be the class leader in pharmacy crimpers and de-cappers for R & D and production packaging.