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REXAM sponsors Annual AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival
Rexam BCNA sponsored the Annual AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival this month at the Scottsdale Civic Centre in Arizona for the second year running. The event celebrates the canned craft beer revolution. According to the Brewers Association, the craft brewing industry grew 18% by volume in 2013. The event feautred over 250 local and national […]
Croatian beer in collectible Ball cans
Croatian beer brand, Ožujsko Pivo, has launched a canned beer collectible in homage to Croatia’s national football team, for which it is the official sponsor. The company utilised Ball Packaging Europe’s variable printing technology Dynamark to create twelve can collectibles, featuring names of the key players on the team. The cans are available individually and […]
London bus a hit at Metpack
The CanTech Routemaster bus was very well received at the recent Metpack show in Essen, Germany. Following a three day drive from its home in Wales, UK, the red behemoth arrived at the show in very good time. It was joined by the CanTech team on Monday 5th May, where it was turned into a […]
May 2014
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Big Wood Brewery selects Rexam cans
Big Wood Brewery has added a fifth beer to its lineup of craft beers in Rexam 16 ounce cans. Amigo Grande features the tagline “Cerveza De Playa,” which roughly translates into “Beer of the Beach.” Amigo Grande is a Mexican Style Lager with five percent alcohol by volume (ABV). It joins Big Wood’s Jack Savage […]
INX International opens new facility in Heywood
INX International UK hosted a grand opening event at its new manufacturing facility in Heywood, UK, on April 16. The 40,000 square-foot complex was built to support a long term commitment to the metal decorating industry and to enable the company to expand business in the beer and beverage can markets throughout Europe and the […]
Free beer!
Now that I’ve got your attention, let me enlighten you all a little further as to our plans for the upcoming Metpack show. We have a rather special stand this year, details of which will be released in the next issue of the magazine, and we encourage you to visit us to discuss the industry, […]
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 […]
Red Hare Brewing Company to launch its craft beer in cans
Red Hare craft beer will be packaged exclusively in cans made of Novelis’ evercan aluminum sheet, which is made of a guaranteed minimum 90% recycled content. It is expected to be on store shelves in May 2014 throughout the south eastern US. “This introduction marks the commercial availability of the world’s first certified high-recycled content […]
Indie Beer Can Festival launches for independent British brewers
Indie Beer Can Festival, the first UK-wide search for the very best independent beer in cans, has been launched by the Can Makers in partnership with the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA). Every independent brewer’s beer, regardless of current pack format, is being offered the chance to be showcased in cans at the Indie Beer […]
Saint Archer Brewing Company selects Ball cans
The Saint Archer Brewing Company has announced it will be releasing their four core beers in 12oz cans from Ball Corporation. The four beers, Blonde Ale, White Ale, Pale Ale and IPA, will be available in the cans in select stores throughout central and southern California. “The bottom line is cans speak to who we […]
Mission Brewery implements automated canning system
Cask Brewing Systems has custom-built a new automated canning system that can handle 32-ounce cans for Mission Brewery. Mission Brewery has already implemented the new system for two of its beers, its Shipwrecked Double IPA and its El Conquistador Extra Pale Ale. Using the new system, the company is canning 20 32-ounce cans a minute. […]
SweetWater selects Ball Corp cans
SweetWater Brewing Company will debut two of its beers in 12- and 16-ounce aluminium cans from Ball Corporation. Beginning in the next couple of weeks, SweetWater’s 420 Extra Pale Ale and IPA beers will be available in 100% recyclable, 12- and 16-ounce cans in nine southeastern states, including Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, South […]
A trip to Milton Keynes
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting my first can plant – Rexam in Milton Keynes. What an eye opener it was I have to say. Having just joined the industry, everything has now clicked into place following my visit to their operation. The first thing that struck me was just how organised things […]