Features
Standing out from the crowd
Kat Skeates was at BrauBeviale to report on the latest trends in the beverage packaging and production industry. Here’s a round-up of the show…
Business news, Can & end making, Filling, Metal decorating, Sustainability
2018 Review – Let us seize the day
Richard Moore reviews 2018 and the current issues facing the can making industry, with a passionate plea that the metal packaging industry is facing its ‘carpe diem’ moment
Business news, Can & end making, Filling, Metal decorating, Sustainability
Modernising a classic process
Ian Scholey examines the investments in the die necking product sector.
Enhancing the consumer experience – Asia CanTech day two highlights
With a record number of suppliers exhibiting, the 2018 edition of Asia CanTech started with a
real flourish. See a summary of presentations from day two.
Business news, Can & end making, Filling, Metal decorating, Sustainability
Could DRS spell trouble for aerosol recycling?
Patrick Heskins, chief executive of the British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association, talks to CanTech about Deposit Return Schemes and aerosol recycling.
Can Man: Remembering Bill
This edition of Can Man takes on a slightly different narrative, as I recently learnt of the sad news of the passing of William ‘Bill’ Coors, the chairman of the Adolph Coors Company.
Tin men become MASTERS
Tinmasters recently announced the acquisition of Afon Tinplate. Alex Fordham visits Tinmasters’ headquarters in Caldicot, UK, to find out the implications of the purchase and the reasons behind the company’s rebranding
Cheers to 30 years
Alex Fordham recently visited UTC Overseas, who this October celebrate 30 years in the can making business.
A stronger platform for us all
AkzoNobel recently released its new generation of coatings for the internal protection of three-piece food cans. Alex Fordham visited the company headquarters in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, to find out the potential benefits for the three-piece food can market.
The Portuguese caviar
Alex Fordham recently visited Comur, the Portuguese sardine company, which still skins and de-bones its sardines by hand.
An improved consumer experience from a beverage can
Nomis Consultancy’s Simon Jennings introduces Open Clean, a new innovation for the beverage can industry.
Investing in the future
At Metpack, the news that SLAC are in advanced negotiations to acquire Intercan Group took many within the metal packaging industry by surprise. But what are the implications for the industry? Alex Fordham speaks with Intercan’s owner Peter Strode to find out more.
A sense of nostalgia
Sri Lanka’s can making industry has entered a new phase with the opening of GM Metal Packaging’s decorative tinplate can production plant that is serving the customers who previously have been supplied from the company’s main factory in Guangdong Province in China. David Hayes reports.
Europe versus US on aerosol can regulation
Patrick Heskins examines the aerosol can regulations in Europe and the US.