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Rexam partners with BLC Black Labels
Rexam is working with BLC Black Labels, and has launched Schwarze Eule (Black Owl), an energy drink.
Crown expands slim can capacity
Crown Holdings has announced the official opening of its second two-piece aluminum beverage can production line in Nong Khae, Thailand.
A sense of pride
Richard Piper speaks with Trevor Newman, operations director at Coca-Cola Enterprises’ (CCE) manufacturing facility in Sidcup, south east London.
acáo chooses Rexam slim cans
Rexam has partnered with acáo, a German drinks start-up, to launch an organic vegan ‘Smart Drink’ in Rexam’s 250ml slim cans.
CCE’s new high speed canning line
Coca-Cola Enterprises’ new £16.6m high-speed canning line at its Sidcup site is now operational and will increase on-site production with the line’s capacity increasing from 57,600 cans per hour (cph) to 110,000cph. The new high-speed line, replacing an older line on-site, is CCE’s only multi-formatted line in Great Britain (GB) designed to produce both the […]
The Triumph of Slim
Slim Cans are gaining ground in the beverage can market. The Ball Corporation tells us more about this important size variation.
World Aluminium Aerosol Can Awards
AEROBAL has announced the winners of the World Aluminium Aerosol Can Award 2014: Innovative ideas for print and design and the environment. The judging panel was made up of journalists from can magazines from around the world. A can produced by German manufacturer Tubex for Dove deodorant won the award for best can already on […]
Rexam celebrates fourth line at Ludesch plant
Rexam, Europe’s largest beverage can manufacturer, is celebrating the official opening of the fourth production line at its Ludesch plant in Austria. The new line adds an additional 0.7 billion can capacity to the plant’s annual production, following a £20million investment by Rexam. The plant, which opened in 2007, is a wall-to-wall facility next […]
Cans lifting spirits in the alcohol sector
Cans, pouches, boxes and plastic bottles are commonly viewed as alternatives to glass within the wine and spirits sector.
Out of Africa
Managing director of Nampak Bevcan, Erik Smuts, tells CanTech International the company started up its new high speed aluminium can line at the beginning of May and plans to increase the operational speed to full production capacity in the third quarter of this year.
Non-alcoholic cocktail cans released
Following the launch of its non-alcoholic cocktail range Feel Good Drinks has now brought out a can. The UK-based company says the 250ml cans will be released soon in Britain and are designed to sit on the mixer shelf in supermarket aisles. A new flavour strawberry daiquiri joins the current line up of mojito and […]
Health drive sees Coca-Cola cans slim down
Consumers wanting healthy drinks are being targeted by a slimmed down version of the Coca-Cola can. The traditional 330ml can has dropped 80ml to offer a slimline 250ml can for the first time in the UK. The new can is being introduced alongside the standard 330ml can and is being released nationwide from mid-July, with […]
Soft drinks in cans
Despite the doom and gloom headlines, there are options for growth in soft drinks. Helen Lewis discovers that you just need to know where to look
Mixed Ape chooses aluminium bottles
Mixed Ape Drinks has launched a range of ‘ready to enjoy’ premixed cocktails in aluminium bottles produced by Rexam Beverage Can.