Business news
AkzoNobel announces new CEO
AkzoNobel has announced that Gregoire Poux-Guillaume will become the company’s new chief executive officer (CEO) as of 1 November 2022.
Hepworth & Company to install new canning line
UK-based Hepworth & Company has unveiled a major programme of investment in its Sussex brewery, including the installation of a new 30,000 cans per hour capacity canning line and a number of environmental measures.
85 years of spam
This Tuesday (5 July 2022) marked 85 years since the iconic tinned Spam brand was launched by Jay Hormel and Minnesota-based Hormel Foods Corporation.
Sustaining local demand
After Eviosys’s announcement of further investment in its Concarneau site in Brittany, France, CanTech International caught up with the company to discuss the developments in further detail
Aluminium Deutschland integrates DAVR into operations
Aluminium Deutschland (AD) is taking over the tasks of the Deutsche Aluminium Verpackung Recycling (DAVR), with the existing DAVR being dissolved and continued as an AD working group on behalf of the shareholders.
Heineken to build $90m can plant in Mexico
Heineken has announced plans to build a 1.8 billion peso ($90 million) can manufacturing plant in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua near its brewery in the town of Mequoi.
King Oscar becomes top speciality canned seafood brand in the US
King Oscar Inc, Norwegian seafood producer, has announced its rapid ascension to the largest-selling brand in the US canned speciality seafood category.
Sales of canned wine quadruple in two years
Can Makers, the trade body representing drinks can manufacturers in the UK, has published a new industry report that details the stratospheric category growth of canned wine.
Eviosys announces launch of EvioLink at Paris Packaging Week
As part of Paris Packaging Week (29-30 June 2022), Eviosys is launching EvioLink, a unique QR code that can be printed directly onto products.
Alliance partners join forces for sustainable aluminium industry future in Saxony-Anhalt
Alliance partners, including Aluminium Deutschland, have signed a joint declaration for a sustainable future of the aluminium industry in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at a meeting at Novelis’ Nachterstedt site.
thyssenkrupp Rasselstein welcomes revised European standard for packaging steel
The revised European standard 10202:2022 will be available in Germany as of July.
Ball for International Women in Engineering Day
This year’s International Women in Engineering Day is taking place on 23 June, and Ball Corporation has announced that in celebration it will be holding a jobs fair aimed at attracting a diverse workforce to its new can making plant near Kettering, UK.
Funding leases spur additional can capture equipment from AMP and Crown
Aluminium beverage can manufacturers Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) and Crown Holdings, working with the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), have announced funding for leases of can capture equipment for recycling facilities.
Ball brings Aluminium Cup to all major retailers across US
Ball Corporation has announced that its Aluminium Cup is now available for purchase at major retailers in all 50 states across the US.