Blogs
Recycle Week 2023
Recycle Week, taking place from 16-22 October, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, with the theme of ‘The Big Recycling Hunt.’
Keeping the excitement going
With Sarah Hills now on board at CanTech, our colleagues back from two successful industry showcases, and Asia CanTech on the horizon, there is much to celebrate this week at Bell Publishing.
Familiar but new beginnings
Following our LinkedIn post last week, CanTech International is pleased to announce Sarah Hills as the publication’s new sales manager – read an introduction from her here!
Events past, present & future
I’m back – as a Mrs (still a Rivers though) and getting back up to speed, while some of team CanTech attend the IMDPA Annual Conference, and the rest of Bell Publishing gears up for the busy month ahead of our industry-leading events.
Let the Asia CanTech countdown begin
As Asia CanTech 2023 edges closer, here’s a quick reminder of our agenda, and some useful links for entering the awards and registering.
Business news, Can & end making, Filling, Metal decorating, Product news, Sustainability
Trends to watch for beverage brands
Katie Hoddinott, product design team leader at Crown Technology, a business unit of Crown Holdings, discusses key trends in the beverage market.
Business news, Can & end making, Product news, Sustainability
Wedding cans
Today I’m taking the spotlight as this marks my last ‘live’ blog from the office before I get married – and I’ve been finding out about the tradition of tying of metal cans to the back of a wedding car.
EGA marks Emirati Women’s Day with record women graduate trainees
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) marked Emirati Women’s Day on 28 August – the theme of which was We Collaborate for Tomorrow – with, for the first time, a majority of women among the company’s graduate trainees.
Fighting crime with dummy display packaging
A recent move from British consumer cooperative, Co-op, poses the question of how far retailers should go to deter theft and protect their products.
Beauty in the small things
Australia’s ‘first craft cannery’ has launched, with its founders promoting sustainable canned seafood packed by hand.
What we’re looking for
We’ve had a few queries as to what we’re looking for in entries to this year’s Asia CanTech awards, so I thought I’d use this week’s blog to outline some of the criteria, to give you a better idea.
Think of the kids
A new brand has launched what it believes to be the world’s first ‘kids kombucha’ in cans, but will this catch on? Is metal packaging for kids?
The heat is on
Here in the UK, our news pages are filled with updates on the continuing fires across the Mediterranean and beyond.
Banning the bin
Environmental solutions group, A Plastic Planet, is calling for a ban on household bins in the UK by 2030. Sian Sutherland, the group’s co-founder, says improvements to recycling collection rates cover up continued failure to actually recycle the waste collected.