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Northern Monk Brew unveils can line
Northern Monk Brew Co reveals its core range of beer in can form.
AkzoNobel invests in UK pilot plant
AkzoNobel invests more than £1.3m to build a pilot plant for coating resins at its Performance Coatings site located in Felling, UK.
CMB apprentices win big in Brazil
Medallions of excellence for CMB apprentices at Worldskills, Brazil.
BAMA launches ‘Working Safely with Aerosols’
BAMA has launched a new set of 6 posters
Metal Recycles Forever logo
Rexam has announced the first commercial use of the Metal Recycles Forever logo in the UK.
CSD performance strong
2015 sees strong performance from carbonated soft drinks (CSDs).
July/August 2015
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Resource Futures to research recycling rates
Resource Futures’ research will aim to determine how much aluminium packaging is reprocessed or exported.
AkzoNobel reports strong Q2
AkzoNobel today reported a positive second quarter despite a challenging market.
Concrete Cow premieres beer in cans
Rexam has partnered with craft brewer Concrete Cow, to launch the brand’s first ever beer in cans. Branching out from their bottled beer portfolio, the Concrete Cow MK IPA cans have been designed by Rexam and are inspired by the local Milton Keynes area, which is home to Concrete Cow, the famous Concrete Cow monuments […]
intu Trafford Centre gets ‘canny’
The intu Trafford Centre, a large shopping and leisure complex in Manchester, UK, is aiming to recycle more than one million drinks cans, following the unveiling of 243 can collectors at various sites throughout the shopping centre. The scheme, which has been implemented by the free to use Every Can Counts recycling programme, will aim […]
Groovy embossed can
Heineken and Ball Packaging Europe have teamed up to create the new ‘Groovy Embossed Can’ with grooved edges running around its entire body.
CMB apprentices to represent UK at WorldSkills in Brazil
A team of young engineers from CMB Engineering has excelled in this year’s Manufacturing Team Challenge category at the national WorldSkills UK competition, winning first prize for the design and production of a remote control forklift. The WorldSkills competition rewards talent and seeks to increase knowledge across a number of industries by encouraging apprenticeships, skills […]
Pull the other one
Ring pulls have evolved over the years, from those that pull off to stay-on tabs, to now ones that are capable of puncturing an air hole into the end of the can to make it more effective to pour.