Blogs
Next please
It’s supplier profile time as you know, but that doesn’t mean we will be depriving you of all the usual quality features you’ve come to expect.
Turkish can maker publishes new book
Evert van de Weg guest blogs about a new book on can making.
The wheels continue to turn…
As the Ball/Rexam merger continues to gather momentum it appears to be gaining interest in the financial sector too.
Get with the ‘profile’
September is our Supplier Profile issue, in which the great and the good of the industry are invited to feature within its pages in order to showcase exactly what they can offer.
The conference season
As we enter the build-up to Asia CanTech, the team here are really ramping up the efforts to make this event the best one to date.
Safety first
I noticed recently that aside from the obvious business of producing quality products, safety is top of the list of priorities without exception in this business.
Oversupply issues
There is currently a glut of aluminium, driving prices for the packaging sector down by some 28 per cent over the last seven months.
Pull the other one
Ring pulls have evolved over the years, from those that pull off to stay-on tabs, to now ones that are capable of puncturing an air hole into the end of the can to make it more effective to pour.
The human element
On a recent factory tour, something occurred to me that raised a rather important question – will the human element continue to be phased out when it comes to manufacturing?
Precision manufacturing in China
Following my visit to Cannex this month I took a trip up to Yantai with Johan Jonkman of VMI to take a look at the company’s manufacturing plant.
Enter the digital age?
On a recent visit to the IMDA conference in Chicago, there was a certain buzz around the topic of digital printing. Opinions vary as to the viability of this technology, but we have to start somewhere.
Picture perfect
Decoration on beverage cans has improved exponentially over the years due to the tireless research and development work undertaken not only by the manufacturers of the decorators themselves but also by the plate makers.
European Aluminium’s ‘Sustainability Roadmap’
I recently attended European Aluminium’s ‘Common Goals, Shared Action’ sustainability event for the aluminium industry in Brussels, Belgium.
Waste not…
The can is a master at storing food. It’s the ultimate packaging option in my opinion, offering a safe, easily stackable, long-term storage solution for over 1,500 different kinds of food items. But are there steps that could be taken to improve them still further? One thing that occurred to me recently was that people […]