aperture

Mettler-Toledo implements features to profile metal detectors

Mettler-Toledo Safeline has launched a series of enhanced features for Profile Throat metal detectors and gravity fall systems.

Can & end making

Crown wins ‘Best in Metal’ 2016 title

Crown has scooped the Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association’s (MPMA) ‘Best in Metal’ 2016 award for its range of full aperture cans for Aegir Bryggeri craft beer.

IMDA day one highlights

The first day at IMDA in Chicago’s Bloomingdale suburb saw some very interesting topics discussed.

Can & end making, Filling

Aluminium cans help speciality drinks brands expand in Brazil

ABRE, the Brazilian Packaging Association, recently reported that the average number of beverage cans used in 2012 per Brazilian consumer rose to 103, a 12% increase from 91 cans used the year before. While many of these cans are for beer or soft drink applications, an increasing number of brands that produce specialty drinks, […]

Can & end making, Filling, Metal decorating, Sustainability

Canada’s first vented beer can

Canadians will get their first vented beer can after can maker Crown unveiled a new design. Budweiser began a pilot of vented end last month and two of Canada’s top selling brands Coors Light and Molson Canadian. The vented end features a dual aperture opening, meaning it has two holes rather than the one hole […]

Sly Fox first to use removable end

Helles Golden Lager will be the first commercial use of Crown’s new full aperture end in North America. The can, which is the ninth canned beer by Sly Fox Brewing of Pennsylvania, will have a fully removable lid and both brewer and can maker believe the combination is a perfect fit for beer. “This technology […]

Can with full aperture end launched in China

Brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has teamed up with can maker Crown to launch a new packaging format in China.

Can & end making, Filling

Crown to show new technologies at Interpack

Can maker Crown is launching a “revolutionary” new twist-off closure at Interpack in Germany. The closure’s unique design is said to significantly reduce the torque required to remove the closure, enhancing convenience for consumers of all ages.

Filling, Metal decorating

Events

Sun

21

Apr

Craft Brewers Conference

America’s largest craft brewing industry gathering.

Tue

14

May

World Aluminium Conference

The 30th World Aluminium Conference will return in May 2024 at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, London, co-hosted by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) and the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI).

Thu

6

Jun

ALFED EnvironmentAl Sustainability Strategy Day

The EnvironmentAl Sustainability Strategy Day is set to return on Thursday 6 June, held once again at BMA House, London.

Tue

16

Jul

Cannex & Fillex

Cannex & Fillex – the World Canmaking Congress, is an international showcase of the latest can making and filling technologies from around the world.

Wed

11

Sep

London Packaging Week

Combining the four events of Packaging Première, PCD, PLD and Food & Consumer Pack.

Wed

11

Sep

UK Metals Expo

The event bringing together the entire metals supply chain, from primary metal manufacturer to supply chain management, processing metals, fabrication, machinery, engineering, surface coatings and recycling.

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