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Crown explore food packaging trends
Crown Food Europe has partnered with design and research agency, Kinneir Dufort, in an effort to understand consumer perceptions of food packaging formats and their behavior when shopping.
Gruppo ASA renames its UK and Swiss factories
Gruppo ASA has renamed its factories in the UK and Switzerland to strengthen the company’s identity on the market.
Stella Artois updates packaging design
AB InBev has announced the launch of a new packaging design for UK alcohol brand, Stella Artois.
A supplier profile
We have just put the finishing touches to our 2018 Supplier Profile Issue.
Hitting the mainstream
There has been some great news emanating from the UK retail industry recently, with the UK’s largest retailer Tesco becoming the first of the main supermarkets in the UK to offer customers the opportunity to purchase water in aluminium cans.
Aerobal calls for jury members to participate in global can awards
The International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (Aerobal) is advertising the opportunity to participate as a jury member in its upcoming World Aluminium Aerosol Can Award competition.
Samurai power in a can
Ball Corporation has collaborated with Attila Hildmann Empire GmbH to produce a new range of cans for its organic drink Daisho.
Ball mimics the Italian Pint for CRAK brewery
In response to the continued demand for new European can size formats, Ball Corporation has partnered with independent Italian craft brewery CRAK to produce “super sleek” designs for its craft beer range.
Business news, Can & end making, Metal decorating, Sustainability
Ball and Ožujsko develop lager cans for the World Cup
To celebrate the World Cup in style, Ball has collaborated with Ožujsko, part of Zagrebačka Brewery, to offer customers a striking new can design for its flagship lager.
Canstruction features Ardagh’s seafood cans installation
Together with Ardagh Group and seafood company Cofisa, Metal Packaging Europe showcased a brand new Canstruction at the Alimarket Conference in Madrid on 13 June.
Wavegrip’s G1 applicator heads Due South to Florida
WaveGrip’s G1 multi-packing applicator is helping Florida brewery Due South Brewing Co. to pack its range of canned craft beer much more efficiently and cost-effectively, the company says.
Business news, Can & end making, Metal decorating, Sustainability
BCM builds new beverage can plant in Thailand
A new beverage can plant is being constructed in Thailand by Bangkok Can Manufacturing (BCM), a subsidiary of Japan’s Toyo Seikan Group (TSG).
South African metal packaging industry poised for growth
At the Australian Institute of Packaging’s (AIP) recent biennial National Conference held in Queensland, chief executive officer of MetPac-SA Kishan Singh delivered a speech on South Africa’s thriving metal packaging industry.
Ball designs Strawster can for BlackStarBurger
Ball Corporation has partnered with Ovayaco, a company that produces and supplies beverages to Moscow-based restaurant chain BlackStarBurger, to design a new can using the Strawster technology.