33cl
Badoit goes sleek
Badoit natural sparkling water partners with modern packaging format to release three signature waters in Ball’s 33cl sleek cans.
Rexam joins UK mobile canning facility project
Rexam has teamed up with WeCan Solutions to produce aluminium cans for the first ever mobile canning facility in the UK, one of only a handful in Europe.
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 […]
The Triumph of Slim
Slim Cans are gaining ground in the beverage can market. The Ball Corporation tells us more about this important size variation.
Rexam designs cut-out tab for Carlsberg
Rexam has been selected by Carlsberg to design a cut-out tab using the Hop leaf, part of the original Carlsberg logo designed by Danish artist Thorvald Bindesbøll in 1904. Produced out of Rexam’s Recklinghausen and Mont plants, the tabs will be available on all 33cl and 50cl cans. It will be first implemented in Norway […]
Rexam to produce Spiderman cans
Rexam has been selected by Alcon Group to produce Spiderman-themed cans for MIO milkshakes. The move comes as part of an agreement between Marvel and MIO for the launch of a range of new milkshake flavours. Orange and passion fruit flavour MIO milkshakes will be available in the Spiderman cans. Speaking about the ongoing relationship […]
Fourpure choose Rexam for bespoke design
Rexam has partnered with Fourpure Brewing Co (an independent British craft brewer) to develop unique designs for their newly canned craft beer range. The brand is switching from glass bottle to aluminium cans, with designs depicting the skyline of each city from which the characteristics of the beer are inspired – six in all. Daniel […]
Heineken Group selects Rexam for limited edition cans
Rexam has been selected by Heineken Group to launch a range of limited edition Cruzcampo beer cans. The cans promote the brand’s on-going sponsorship of the Spanish national football team ahead of the 2014 World Cup. The designs use HD printing and thermochromic inks to create graphic depictions of the Spanish national football team players. […]
Perrier launches in new Slim Cans
Perrier, a UK-based sparking water brand owned by Nestlé Waters’, is launching in 33cl Slim Cans. The move takes place amid research that shows that Slim Cans are the preferred format amongst consumers. Emma Lewis, assistant brand manager for Perrier, explains: “As the only sparkling water sold in a can, Perrier is in a unique […]
On the ball
Richard Piper visits the Ball can making plant in Wrexham, North Wales.
Carlsberg Denmark selects Rexam to produce four new can designs
Carlsberg Denmark has selected Rexam to produce four new can designs celebrating Carlsberg’s sponsorship of the Barclays Premier League. The limited edition 33cl cans are produced at Rexam’s Fredericia plant by combining two designs on parallel lines, which are mixed before palletising to deliver four designs simultaneously. The designs show images of football fans in […]
SKOL to use aluminium Impact Bottle by Ball
SKOL, the African beer brand, has introduced Impact Bottles made by Ball Packaging Europe to market its SKOL PLATINUM beer in Rwanda. The Impact extruded bottle will be launched into the growing African market, which is reportedly set to double in size over the next 10 years. With its entire surface printed in eight different […]
Sixty years of canmaking in Dutch beverage can plant
In his welcoming speech on 21st December at the Ball plant in Oss (Netherlands), plant manager Peter Kauw referred briefly to the status of canmaking in the Netherlands 60 years ago. “Mister Frits Drijver, founder, managing director and main shareholder of the then leading Dutch canmaker Thomassen & Drijver, decided overnight in 1952 and virtually […]
Milkshake in a can
Alcon Group has partnered with Rexam to launch MIO, a unique and refreshing lemonade flavoured milkshake. Recognising a gap in the market amongst teenagers and young adults for a carbonated milk based drink, Rexam and Alcon have worked together to produce an innovative can design to launch the first beverage of this type in Russia. […]