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Crown announces sustainability goals
Crown Holdings has announced its new environmental sustainability goals which it aims to achieve by the end of 2020.
Ardagh produces aluminium seafood can
Ardagh Group’s specialist aluminium can plant in Cuxhaven, north Germany, has produced the world’s lightest seafood can.
The best place for used beverage cans?
Hydro’s new facility is located in the heart of a growing can market, as Europeans now are using more than 30 billion cans a year.
Crown publishes Q1 results
Crown Holdings has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2016.
Kirchhausen joins WallramGroup
Hardy Kirchhausen will become vice president/COO of the WallramGroup, as from July 2016.
Can shipments on the up
Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) reports that aluminium beverage can shipments for alcoholic drinks were up 2.8%, while shipments for non-alcoholic beverages (largely carbonated soft drinks) declined 1.6% in Q4 2015.
Crown announces can plant build in New York
Crown has announced plans to build a new beverage can plant in the community of Nichols, New York to meet increased demand from beverage customers for specialty can sizes.
Ball opens India plant
Ball Corporation has opened an aluminium aerosol can plant in Ahmedabad, India.
Roeslein continues construction in Iowa
Roeslein & Associates is working with global can making client Silgan Containers on the construction of a Greenfield can plant in Burlington, Iowa.
25 years of modular integration
Roeslein & Associates is this year celebrating its 25th Anniversary. CanTech editor Richard Piper travelled to Saint Louis, Missouri, to uncover just what makes this long serving integrator tick.
Meet me in St Louis
Last week I travelled to Missouri to visit Roeslein and Associates. The company has been operating for 25 years, and to mark the occasion CanTech has decided to run an article in order to uncover what makes it tick. Have you heard of an integrator? Perhaps you have. But in case you’re unfamiliar it is […]
Finch’s beer transitions to cans
Chicago-based craft brewer Finch’s Beer has selected Rexam’s 16 oz cans for its beers. Finch’s has already launched Secret Stache Stout, Hardcore Chimera, Finch’s Pale Ale and Nuclear Winter in Rexam cans with Sobek & Set, Fascist Pig and Threadless coming soon, followed by Wet Hot American Wheat this summer. Secret Stache Stout features rich […]
Rexam invests in Panama
Rexam, has announced that it has completed an investment in Envases Del Istmo SA (Endelis), a single line beverage can plant in Colón, Panama. Their investment partner is Envases Universales de Mexico (EUM). Long term supply agreements have been secured with SABMiller and Florida Ice & Farm Company SA (FIFCO), whose affiliates previously owned the […]
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2014 has been an exciting year for the metal packaging industry. The rise in popularity of aluminium bottles, thermochromic inks and the trend towards personalisation are of particular note, as well as developments worldwide in terms of new can plant openings and investments in up and coming markets. Most have seen steady growth, while others […]