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The time to innovate is now
Investments in refillable solutions are on the rise, as well as developments in beverage can tabs…
Calling all can makers…
With the deadline fast approaching for entries to the 2025 CanTech the Grand Tour Awards, now is the time to submit your innovations for the chance to join a prestigious lineup of winners.
Can & end making, Metal decorating, Product news, Sustainability
New year, new exposure
The festive period saw many a canned beverage consumed by myself, and it’s been exciting to see aluminium bottles advertised by the 2025 World Darts Championships.
Merry and bright
What a year 2024 has been. Having just gone to print with the December/January edition of the magazine, there are a great many successes to reflect on, and surely many more to come in 2025.
Can & end making, Canning, Coatings, Equipment, Events, Filling, Metal decorating, Social impact, Sustainability
The road ahead
While we’ve just closed the November edition of the magazine, which covers how leaders and decision-makers are energising the metal packaging industry, there has been more than a spanner in the works with the US election result.
Lacking in spooks
With Halloween just around the corner, the local supermarkets here in the UK are packed with an abundance of sweets and decorations in preparation. But where are cans fitting in with the celebrations?
Thank you Asia CanTech 2024!
What a packed few days it has been at this year’s Asia CanTech in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam! Here’s a recap.
Business news, Can & end making, Canning, Coatings, Equipment, Filling, Metal decorating, Product news, Raw materials, Regulations, Sustainability
See you in Vietnam!
The wait is almost over and the 2024 Asia CanTech team will be flying to Vietnam at the end of this week, to get set up for this year’s conference, exhibition and awards.
Future partnership
You may have seen on social media recently the news that CanTech is partnering with Paris Packaging Week for the 2025 edition of ADF Paris (28 and 29 January) – find out more in this week’s blog.
Asia CanTech 2024 presentation previews
Meet your keynotes and hear from some of the speakers at the 2024 Asia CanTech conference
Business news, Can & end making, Canning, Coatings, Equipment, Filling, Metal decorating, Product news, Raw materials, Regulations, Sustainability
Reporting from the IMDPA 2024
Alex Rivers gives a brief recap of the first day of the International Metal Decorating & Packaging Association’s (IMDPA) Annual Conference.
See you in Illinois!
Next week marks the IMDPA’s Annual Conference, which I am excited to be attending for the first time with Sarah Hills.
Events aplenty
We’re looking ahead to Asia CanTech as the next couple of days see London Packaging Week and one of Bell’s other magazine events take place.
Clearing the water
Seafood giant, Thai Union Group, has announced it is implementing solutions to reduce plastic waste entering the ocean from Thailand.