canned fish
The restaurant that ‘can’
Canned fish can sometimes be viewed as a slightly lower end product in certain countries. A functional product for that tuna mayonnaise sandwich or a few sardines on toast for a quick snack, but one restaurant pop-up in London’s Soho has been making canned fish ‘sexy’ for the past six months. The idea was hit […]
Fish canning
Richard Piper spoke with Jon Walsh, marketing director at John West, about the fish canning industry and the role packaging plays.
In-house production line for canned fish producer
Crown Food Europe, a business unit of Crown Holdings, has installed an aluminium can production line inside the Rabo de Peixe plant of Cofaco, the leader in the Portuguese canned fish market. Located in Cofaco’s plant on São Miguel Island in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, the in-house line serves to meet a growing […]
Tuna cans offer perfect day out promotion
Tuna products maker Princes is launching a new on-can promotion aimed at driving sales across the canned fish category. Its perfect day promotion, aimed at UK consumers, will feature on 2.5 million promotional four packs of Princes Tuna Chunks. Each pack contains a unique code letting consumers do a two for one perfect day of […]
Film pays homage to the can industry
Eurocan, a UK supplier of can making machinery, helped supply and set up equipment that was used in the feature film Dark Shadows.
Canned fish remains popular in Australia
A new range of John West Tuna Chunks has been released by Simplot Australia and will be packaged in 95g cans made by the Ardagh Group. Ardagh Group is the world’s largest seafood can manufacturer and has worked with John West for a number of years.
Jealsa to use Crown’s PeelSeam peelable ends on tuna cans
Jealsa, the leading Mediterranean fish canner, is relaunching its oil-based tuna in cans which use PeelSeam peelable ends from Crown Food Europe, a business unit of Crown Holdings. The new metal cans address the growing demand for more convenient product access, offering enhanced packaging openability for consumers.
September/October 2010
Regulars: Equipment News: The latest machinery and equipment for the can line New Products: New cans and ends in the market place Candid: Gregor Spengler, secretary general, European Tube Manufacturers Association Features: Asia CanTech 2010 Preview: What’s coming up at the conference and meeting point for can makers and fillers in Asia Pacific No drain, […]