Features
Ireland’s can filling sectors face up to mandatory recycling regimes
By Mark Godfrey in Dublin
The importance of integrity
TOLAG’s Chris McKenzie examines the importance of integrity in the can making business
Case study: vacuum and compressed air
Pneumofore celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2023 – and details here its setup of vacuum and compressed air at the Pachuca plant of Envases Universales
Conveyance options for moving containers
Ska Fabricating advises on how to choose the right discharge, decline and pallet conveyor to pair with a depalletiser
Filling you in
CanTech International examines the most recent developments in beverage can filling, from both global brands and equipment manufacturers
Furthering sustainability in refill and reuse packaging
Simon Jennings, director of Nomis Consultancy, shares his thoughts on the opportunities metal presents for driving refillability and reusability in the packaging world
Exhibitors at Metpack: part 2
Find out more about the companies exhibiting at the trade fair from 2-6 May 2023, across halls 1 to 3.
Exhibitors at Metpack: part 1
Find out more about the companies exhibiting at the trade fair from 2-6 May 2023, across halls 1 to 3.
Nippon Steel’s chromate-free tinplate
Japan’s Nippon Steel Corporation focuses on food safety and sustainability while promoting the new passivation process for its chromate-free tinplate,* EZP, and its challenge to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050. David Hayes reports
Craft beer can seaming
Evert van de Weg revisits Can x Lab to discuss its additional services and expertise in seaming for beverage cans in the craft beer sector
Total Eclipse
CanTech International speaks to Prime Controls about its Eclipse Technology, which the company is set to showcase at this year’s Metpack trade fair
A thirst for opportunity
Magnetics specialist, Bunting, shares the journey towards its expansion for supplying the two-piece can industry with decorator cylinders at its brand-new manufacturing centre in the US
EU can manufacturers contest new packaging reuse rules
Liz Newmark speaks to experts in the metal packaging industry about their views on the European Commission’s proposal for new regulation on packaging and packaging waste
Can Manufacturers Institute joins 2023 Asia CanTech lineup
Robert Budway, president, and Scott Breen, vice president of sustainability, at the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), have been announced as the first keynote speakers joining Asia CanTech’s 2023 edition in Bangkok, Thailand. Alex Rivers spoke to both about their involvement in the conference