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Pepsi cola cans to feature Beyonce
PepsiCo has turned to pop super star Beyone Knowles in a bid to turn around its cola business. PepsiCo has stepped up the marketing around its namesake product after admitting it faces a “challenge” selling cola in the US market particularly. The problem for the company is its sports drinks, teas and other products are […]
MPMA and BBC mark 200 years of the can
The Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association has joined forces with the BBC to help produce two videos which mark the 200th anniversary of the can this year. Working with Dr Mark Jepson from Loughborough University’s department of materials. How the first tin cans were made recreates the labour intensive manufacture of a single food can. The […]
Job cuts planned at CCE
Almost 300 jobs are at risk at Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) after the soft drink filler announced it would end direct deliveries to restaurants. British trade union Unite described the move, which will affect sites in Bristol, East Kilbride, north London, Northampton, Sidcup and Wakefield, as “devastating”. The proposed job losses effect 288 people, 160 of […]
‘Damme Cold’ cans
Molson Coors has introduced a two-stage cold activation to Coors Light 440ml and 500ml cans to the UK. The cans feature cold indicators of ‘Cold’ and ‘Damme Cold’ which are activated when the beer reaches perfect drinking temperatures. The initiative, launched last month for the UK market, draws on Coors Light’s successful ‘Closest to Cold’ […]
New look for DWI cans
Ardagh claims to have revolutionised the drawn walled and ironed (DWI) can making process. Its new 400g can, produced for Bonduelle, uses 15% less material due to a 43% reduction in wall thickness. Ardagh estimates if one billion cans were to convert to the new design, the material saving would be equivalent to the weight […]
Caffeine-free coke launched
Coca-Cola is to extend its Coke Zero range with a new caffeine free version of the drink. Coke Zero is according to Coca Cola, the only soft drink on the North American market to post double-digit sales growth for five straight years. The launch of caffeine free Coke Zero is part of a broader strategy […]
Crown to close food can plant
More than 100 jobs are to go at Crown Food Europe after the company announced plans to close a plant in Great Britain. In a brief statement a spokeswoman said the company made the move to close the site in Worcester due to a decline in sales in the food-packaging sector. She said, “We can […]
UK aerosol filling figures up by 5%
The UK aerosol industry filling figures for 2012 have risen for the third successive year. The latest figures, released today by the British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association (BAMA) show a year-on-year increase of 5% up from 1394.4 million units filled in 2011 to 1464.7 million units in 2012. The full figures will be available in the […]
Global beverage can volumes up 6% for Crown
Strong sales in Brazil and Asia Pacific drove a 6% global volume increase in beverage can sales for Crown. Crown also said European beverage cans posted a strong start to the year with a 4% increase in sales volumes, however sales of canned food on the continent fell 2%. Net sales in the first three […]
Rexam can growth up but ‘below expectations’
FTSE 100 listed can maker Rexam saw global sales of its beverage cans grow by 3%. This was, the company admitted below its expectations, but the financial impact was offset by foreign exchange translation benefits and cost savings. The growth, covering the first three months of 2012, was driven by volume growth in beverage cans […]
Updated: Budweiser to launch bow-tie can
Brewer Anheuser-Busch is to launch a bow-tie version of its beer can next month, according to reports in the United States. The design builds on a rebranding of the can from 2011, Budweiser’s 12th can design since the brewer began offering the beer in cans in 1936, which prominently featured the company’s bow-tie. The brewer […]
Aerosol giant Unilever cuts 1m tonnes of CO2
Unilever has announced it has reduced its carbon footprint by more than a million tonnes of CO2. The company, makers of deodorants including Axe, called Lynx in the UK, Ireland Australia and New Zealand, Dove and many other products, announced the news yesterday (15 April). According to Unilever, the UK’s largest deodorant manufacturer, since 2008 […]
Spending on canned food up £2.4bn
Sales of canned food grew faster than any other form of packaging according to new figures. Research released last night (15 April) reveal sales of canned food, in the UK, grew by 4.6% with consumers spending £2.4 billion on canned goods £104.3m more than in 2011. In fact the figures released to mark the start […]
CMB Engineering creates new role for Asian markets
CMB Engineering has created a new role aimed at supporting the company’s sales in Asia. The British-based maker of can making machinery has appointed Lawrence Corbally (pictured) as its sales manager for Asia. CMB Engineering claims it has seen “strong growth” in the can making sector in Asia driven by the rising middle-class in the […]