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Impress and Inesa join forces in Peru
Impress has teamed up with Inesa, a leading can maker in South America, to establish a joint venture with the aim of capturing a significant part of the Peruvian market in steel and aluminium cans within the next three years.
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Crown Holdings' quarterly profit rises
Crown Holdings has announced a rise in second-quarter profit, driven by 25% growth in its Middle East markets and the pass-through of higher raw material costs.
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Higher costs for US brewers
Higher US costs for key brewing ingredients such as hops and barley have forced many brewers to charge more for their beer.
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Silgan Containers US workers strike
More than 50 employees of Silgan Containers' Kingsburg, California plant has started strike action over wages, medical insurance and pension benefits. The can plant supplies the local Del Monte factory peach and tomato factory.
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Heinz drops "baked" from beans
Heinz has removed the word "baked" from its iconic beans can as part of an updated look for the product.
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Crown to produce Easylift ends in the US
Crown Food Packaging North America, a business unit of Crown Holdings, is working with major food marketing companies to introduce its award-winning Easylift easy-open ends to North American consumers.
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Nicholson steps down at Pepsi
Pepsi Company's chief marketing officer Cie Nicholson has resigned from the company. She has served as the drink giant's head of marketing since November 2005.
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Launch of MillerCoors
SABMiller and Molson Coors Brewing Company has combined their US and Puerto Rico operations to create MillerCoors, which began operating as a combined entity on July 1, 2008.
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Weba strengthens forming press offering
Weba, the Austrian tool manufacturing company, continues to expand its technology advance in the area of hardening by press.
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Bill Smith dies at 81
William Smith, Sr., chairman and CEO of US company DS Containers has died at his home in New Jersey, on 24 June at the age of 81. He was a veteran of more than 50 years in the packaging industry and a tireless advocate for the manufacturing sector of the US economy.
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Lift-off for Alufoil Trophy 2009
Entries are being invited for the Alufoil Trophy 2009 award as a new judge has joined the panel.
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Anheuser-Busch rejects InBev proposal
The US brewer Anheuser-Busch (AB) has determined that the unsolicited, non-binding proposal by InBev to acquire all outstanding shares of AB for $65 per share is financially inadequate and not in the best interests of the company's shareholders.
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First metal container achieves President's gold award
The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) has awarded the Heineken TenCan Beer Keg the President’s Gold Award.
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US demand for caps and closures to reach $9.6 billion
US demand for caps and closures will increase 4.9% annually to $9.6 billion in 2012, representing over 276 billion units, according to a new stury from The Freedonia Group. This is bolstered by the popularity of value-added designs such as child-resistant and dispensing closures, with the latter offering increased convenience and controlled product release in numerous applications.
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Latin America, the new frontier
The South American market is getting more and more interesting for the beverage and packaging divisions. Constant, increasing growth – on both the production and consumption side – is driving machine manufacturers to set up events aimed at proposing technology and know-how to potential Latin American customers.
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Solutions in hard materials
US-based Lieb Precision Tool Inc. (LPT) has redeemed all shares from is founder and co-owner David Lieb and become a member of the German Wallram Group.
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Fred McDonogh re-elected EAFA President
Fred McDonogh, Hydro Aluminium’s head of the foil business unit, has been re-elected president of the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) for a second term.
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Crown builds Morocco plant
Crown Holdings has announced the construction of a new beverage can plant on its existing food can manufacturing site in Casablanca, Morocco.
Operational in late 2009, the new plant will produce two-piece aluminium cans with an initial capacity of 700 million cans a year.
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Ball gains permit to build plant in Poland
Ball Packaging Europe, an aluminium can manufacturer, has just obtained a permit to invest in Lublin, Poland.
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MPMA presents award
Steve Thomas, European marketing manager for Crown Food and chair of the Metal Packaging Manufacturer’s Association (MPMA) PR committee, presented the Student Starpack Award for the most creative Metal Pack for a Consumer Electronic Product to Lauri Lindquist of the Lahti Institute of Design, Finland at an awards event held recently at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining’s offices in London.
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