Metal decorating
Innovation in colour
Off the back of its 2022 Colored by INX Can Design Contest, INX International Ink Co speaks to CanTech International about the success of its Color Perfection programme and key drivers for the company’s innovation in coatings and inks
The Grand Tour joy continues
This year’s CanTech the Grand Tour event may have been virtual, but one of our award winners has received their trophy in-person from CanTech editorial board member Evert van de Weg.
Can Makers launches Design Accolades
Created to recognise excellence in design across all market segments, the Design Accolades will be awarded on a bi-annual basis.
Great Lakes Brewing Company wins consecutive INX Can Design Contest titles
Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland, USA, has successfully defended its title and won the third annual Colored by INX Can Design Contest.
A grand affair
It has been a busy day for the CanTech team, with our virtual CanTech the Grand Tour 2022 event in full swing.
CanTech the Grand Tour announces 2022 award winners
We are delighted to announce the category winners of our CanTech the Grand Tour 2022 can awards, as well as our Grand Winner for 2022.
Business news, Can & end making, Metal decorating, Sustainability
INX announces Can Design Contest finalists
Five finalists have been determined for the third annual Colored by INX Can Design Contest.
INX launches $50m Venture Capital Fund
INX International Ink Co is establishing INX Venture Capital to make minority investments in technology and materials science startups with strategic relevance to the printing inks and coatings value chain.
Metal aesthetics
Unlike books, sometimes metal packaging must be judged by its ‘cover’ – or in this case, design. Looks are increasingly important in the metal packaging world, as Trivium highlighted recently when it awarded winners of its Forever Canvas Challenge 2022.
Coca-Cola launches gaming cans into the metaverse
Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Byte will bring the flavour of pixels to life in a limited-edition canned beverage that the brand says ‘transcends the digital and physical worlds.’
INX extends deadline for Colored by INX Can Design Contest
INX International Ink Co has extended its entry deadline for the Colored by INX Can Design Contest to 27 May 2022.
Toyo Ink expands inkjet ink capacity in France
Toyo Ink Europe Specialty Chemicals has started operations of an all-new €13-million production facility for inkjet inks at its manufacturing complex in Oissel in northern France.
INX focuses on Color Perfection programme at Craft Brewers Conference
INX International Ink Co has announced it will focus attention on the exclusive INX Color Perfection programme for beverage can design and decorating at the 2-5 May Craft Brewers Conference in Minnesota.
Sun Chemical celebrates two wins at the 2022 Kepner-Tregoe Excellence Awards
The company won the award for Excellence in the Utilization of KT Process in Manufacturing Operations, while Gareth Phillips, customer excellence lead at Sun Chemical, was named Program Leader of the Year.