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February 2014
Regulars: Candid Craft Beer Update FillingFocus News Features: Metal Packaging Europe Aerosols: BAMA Recycling: Alupro
Rexam partners Carlsberg on sustainability
Rexam has become one of the founding partners of Carlsberg’s new Group CSR initiative, the Carlsberg Circular Community. The new initiative, which uses the Cradle-to-Cradle design framework, sees Carlsberg working with its suppliers to encourage innovation and quality in the industry, in pursuit of zero-waste. The Carlsberg Circular Community aims to increase the creation of […]
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 […]
Coming up…
It’s been just over a week since I officially took on my role at CanTech International and I have to say thank you to everyone for welcoming me so wholeheartedly to the industry. The February issue is nearly ready to go, and we have some very high quality features scheduled for your reading pleasure. Among […]
Showa Denko Group to acquire Vietnam-based Hanacans
Japan based Showa Denko and its wholly owned subsidiary Showa Aluminum Can Corporation (SAC) have reached an agreement with major shareholders of Rexam-Hanacans Joint Stock Company (Hanacans), of Vietnam, to acquire 91.75% of shares in the company. SAC became the first company in Japan to manufacture and sell aluminum beer cans in 1971 and since then […]
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 […]
Pizza Port Brewing Co. to use Aluminium Cans from Ball
Pizza Port Brewing Co. is debuting three of its popular beers in convenient, sustainable aluminium cans from Ball Corporation. For the first time in its 27-year history, Pizza Port will be entrusting its hand-crafted passion to a new, more portable can package. “It was a natural evolution for us,” said Pizza Port co-founder Gina Marsaglia. […]
December 2013
In this month’s issue we take a look back at Asia CanTech 2013, which was held in October at the Marriot Hotel in Surabaya, Indonesia. Keynote speaker Hiroshi Ueno, general manager of Universal Can, gave an insightful update on the aluminium bottle market in Japan and Asia, while Christof Frohs from Ibea spoke about in-line […]
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, […]
Alkaline advances
Frank McDonough and Jim Vandenberg of Quaker Chemical Corporation explore the benefits of using advanced alkaline cleaning technology for aluminium beverage cans
Microbrewer turns to 32-ounce cans
Mission Brewery, based in San Diego, California, has released two of its beers in new 32-ounce cans. Reportedly the first quart can to be used by a US microbrewer, Mission is using the cans for its Shipwrecked Double IPA and El Conquistador Extra Pale Ale products. Mission founder Dan Selis initially planned for the beers […]
Cans with embossed touch design
The Bavaria brewery from the Netherlands is to launch 8.6 Black, a dark version of its classic Bavaria 8.6 beer on the African market. The 50 cl cans, designed with an embossed touch process, are made by Ball Packaging. 8.6 Black is the latest addition to the 8.6 range from tradition-steeped Dutch brewers Bavaria. The […]
Crown launches new sleek 425ml in Brazil
Crown’s Brazilian arm is to introduce a 425ml sleek can to the country. Crown Embalagens Metálicas da Amazônia SA, a subsidiary of Crown Holdings claims the new can gives the company the largest portfolio of beverage packaging available in Brazil. “Beverage brands continue to build their share of the flourishing Brazil market by frequently introducing […]
Cans for summer brew
An Australian craft brewer is to unveil a canned version of its summer beer for the first time this Friday (13 September). Mountain Goat has said it is due to unveil its new Summer Ale in 375ml cans in time for this weekend. The beer is brewed using wheat malt and un-malted wheat, which are […]