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Crooked Stave and Upslope unveil product of collaboration
Denver-based Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project and Boulder-based Upslope Brewing Company have unveiled the first instalment of Crooked Stave’s Ferus Fluxus series – Wild Belgian Pale Ale. Batches of the Wild Belgian Pale Ale have been aging separately at both Upslope’s North Boulder brewery at Lee Hill and Crooked Stave’s Barrel Cellar for the last […]
2B “Healthy Bubbles” in Rexam 12 oz. cans
Consumers now have a great new option for a healthy, low calorie carbonated drink. 2B Sparkling, the first beverage to use Purefruit Natural Sweetener, has launched in Rexam 12oz. cans. Purefruit originates from the monk fruit. For centuries, Buddhist monks have cultivated the small fruit and treasured it for its sweetness, which comes from unique, […]
Can Makers appoint Fenton to lead role
The Can Makers, the industry trade body representing the UK manufacturers of beer and carbonated soft drinks cans, have announced the appointment of Graham Fenton as the new chairman. Graham will be bringing over 30 years of experience in the can industry, taking the helm from Geoff Courtney, who has held the position since 2011. […]
Rexam partners Carlsberg on sustainability
Rexam has become one of the founding partners of Carlsberg’s new Group CSR initiative, the Carlsberg Circular Community. The new initiative, which uses the Cradle-to-Cradle design framework, sees Carlsberg working with its suppliers to encourage innovation and quality in the industry, in pursuit of zero-waste. The Carlsberg Circular Community aims to increase the creation of […]
SKOL to use aluminium Impact Bottle by Ball
SKOL, the African beer brand, has introduced Impact Bottles made by Ball Packaging Europe to market its SKOL PLATINUM beer in Rwanda. The Impact extruded bottle will be launched into the growing African market, which is reportedly set to double in size over the next 10 years. With its entire surface printed in eight different […]
Coming up…
It’s been just over a week since I officially took on my role at CanTech International and I have to say thank you to everyone for welcoming me so wholeheartedly to the industry. The February issue is nearly ready to go, and we have some very high quality features scheduled for your reading pleasure. Among […]
NEW TECHNOLOGY COOLS DRINKS IN UNDER A MINUTE
A new refrigeration technique is revolutionising the way drinks are cooled, potentially saving millions of pounds through dramatically reduced energy consumption. The new V-Tex technology was developed through the ‘Rapidcool’ project consortium, led by Enviro-cool and new product development contractor Pera Technology. The patented technology uses a unique spin cycle to achieve optimum cooling. As […]
Showa Denko Group to acquire Vietnam-based Hanacans
Japan based Showa Denko and its wholly owned subsidiary Showa Aluminum Can Corporation (SAC) have reached an agreement with major shareholders of Rexam-Hanacans Joint Stock Company (Hanacans), of Vietnam, to acquire 91.75% of shares in the company. SAC became the first company in Japan to manufacture and sell aluminum beer cans in 1971 and since then […]
Kerbside first for Alupro
Two more UK local authorities are to launch Alupro’s “Leave Your Cap On” recycling communications campaign, which encourages recyclers to screw the aluminium caps back onto glass bottles before recycling. The new campaigns have seen ‘Leave your cap on’ stickers applied to over 870 glass banks across Leeds and 191 in North Lincolnshire. In addition […]
Sixty years of canmaking in Dutch beverage can plant
In his welcoming speech on 21st December at the Ball plant in Oss (Netherlands), plant manager Peter Kauw referred briefly to the status of canmaking in the Netherlands 60 years ago. “Mister Frits Drijver, founder, managing director and main shareholder of the then leading Dutch canmaker Thomassen & Drijver, decided overnight in 1952 and virtually […]
CIM expands international presence
Cincinnati Industrial Machinery (CIM) has expanded its international presence into the European market with the addition of two new partners based in the United Kingdom. With this expansion, CIM now has operations across three continents; the United States of America, China and the United Kingdom. Craig Fisher joins the firm as a European Field Service […]
Pizza Port Brewing Co. to use Aluminium Cans from Ball
Pizza Port Brewing Co. is debuting three of its popular beers in convenient, sustainable aluminium cans from Ball Corporation. For the first time in its 27-year history, Pizza Port will be entrusting its hand-crafted passion to a new, more portable can package. “It was a natural evolution for us,” said Pizza Port co-founder Gina Marsaglia. […]
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 […]
Aluminium cans help speciality drinks brands expand in Brazil
ABRE, the Brazilian Packaging Association, recently reported that the average number of beverage cans used in 2012 per Brazilian consumer rose to 103, a 12% increase from 91 cans used the year before. While many of these cans are for beer or soft drink applications, an increasing number of brands that produce specialty drinks, […]