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Crown wins gold at Starpack awards
Crown Aerosols and Speciality Packaging Europe is celebrating a number of successes in the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) Starpack Awards 2014. At the awards ceremony, which took place in London, UK, the team was honored with gold, silver and bronze across multiple categories for its work with some of Europe’s beverage and […]
Rexam and Efes Rus launch seasonal can
For the past 15 years Rexam and Russian drinks company Efes Rus have engaged in a strategic partnership which has resulted in the creation of many innovative products. Their most recent product has been the development of a winter limited edition can for the Velkopopovicky Kozel dark beer brand. The new can joins a portfolio […]
BPA may increase blood pressure study finds
A Korean study, recently published in the American Heart Association Journal, has claimed that drinking beverages from cans increases blood pressure due to the BPA content. The study was conducted by way of a randomised crossover trial with non-institutionalised adults, who were aged 60 years and over, and recruited from a local community centre. ‘A […]
Drink cans in the spotlight on BBC’s Apprentice
The Can Makers efforts reached new heights and took a share of the limelight on prime time TV as the BBC’s The Apprentice aired. Team Summit came “Top Dawg” with their canned energy drink after both teams were put to a soft drink challenge where they had to design the flavour, packaging and an advertising […]
The restaurant that ‘can’
Canned fish can sometimes be viewed as a slightly lower end product in certain countries. A functional product for that tuna mayonnaise sandwich or a few sardines on toast for a quick snack, but one restaurant pop-up in London’s Soho has been making canned fish ‘sexy’ for the past six months. The idea was hit […]
Carlsberg selects Rexam cans for festive launch
Carlsberg has selected Rexam’s 1 litre and 750ml King for a launch of limited edition Christmas cans of their Tuborg Pilsner beer. Rexam’s 1 litre can is the largest two piece aluminium beverage can available on the global market. Dr. Linda Boos, director of corporate communications and CSR Carlsberg Germany GmbH says, “Working with Rexam […]
Crown offers 550ml beverage can
Crown Embalagens Metálicas da Amazônia S.A. (Crown Brazil), a joint venture of Crown Holdings and Évora S.A. of Porto Alegre, Brazil, is now offering a 550ml beverage can that brands can use to leverage the growing culture of sharing beverages. The can enables consumers to easily share their beverage with friends or family, yet retains […]
Churchkey Can Company returns
In 2012, Churchkey Can Company launched its flagship pilsner in a package that hadn’t been seen since the 1970’s. The Seattle-based company brought back the all-steel can with a flat top that necessitated a “churchkey” to open. Part novelty, part nostalgia, Churchkey received a lot of press when its cans first hit shelves. However, within […]
Cans at Christmas
With the festive season fast approaching and preparations well underway, what part will cans play when it comes to your own celebrations this Christmas? Being a devout foodie I will certainly be opening a few myself. Perhaps some duck confit for Christmas Eve, or a few of chestnut purée to add a twist to the […]
Coca-Cola invests in France
Coca-Cola Enterprises will invest in a new, state-of-the-art production line for cans at its manufacturing site in Grigny, France. This investment of 30 million euros will create some 20 new jobs at the site. “With this new investment, Coca-Cola Enterprises reaffirms its commitment to produce in France, since 90% of our drinks consumed in France […]
MetalMatters campaign launches in Wales
TV presenter Iolo Williams has joined forces with the MetalMatters programme run by ALUPRO to call encourage residents of Torfaen and Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) to recycle more. The average household in the Torfaen Borough using over 60 million items of metal packaging each year and the RCT Borough using 106 million items (joint total […]
Every Can Counts at festivals
This summer, the Every Can Counts campaign went on the road to spread its message about the importance of recycling drinks cans when out of the home to around 5 million music lovers and holiday-makers. For the second year running, investment from Carlsberg UK enabled Every Can Counts to create interactive can recycling zones at […]
Cooking with cans
Canned Food UK, a not-for-profit member-led organisation that promotes cooking with canned food, is celebrating the one year anniversary of its YouTube Cooking Channel. The channel was launched in November 2013 and features more than 35 step-by-step videos, many of which are fronted by celebrity chef James Martin, which aim to demonstrate how easy it […]
Crown selected to implement on-pack promotion
The Shepton Mallet Cider Mill recruited Crown Bevcan Europe & Middle East to help them implement a promotional giveaway. The idea was to give the customer who bought the one millionth can of Natch cider their height in cases of Natch. The Shepton Mallet Cider Mill chose Crown’s Instant Win Can idea which allows a […]