canvironment week
April 2013
April’s issue looks at environmental initiatives taking place such as the Hindustan Tin Works led Canvironment Week (pages 27 & 28), which seems to have become a truly global event.
Will Geller, general manager North America at Quality by Vision, writes about can seaming inspection (pages 14 & 15) and how technology has transformed this process.
There is also an article by Rich Grimley president and chief executive of Rexam Beverage Can North America (page 31) discussing how the world’s largest canned beverage market is performing and as with most thing what happens in the US often takes place in the rest of the world sooner or later.
David Sterrett, vice president of engineering at Shenandoah Automation, offers his views on autonomous maintenance for can lines (pages 18 & 19) and revealing what a truly difficult and rewarding job working in this industry can be.
Canvironment Week reaches climax
Can maker Hindustan Tin Works and the Indian Institute of Packaging marked the finale of Canvironment Week 2012 by celebrating the ‘Spirit of Sustainability’ at India Pack.
Fashion students support Canvironment Week
As part of activities for Canvironment Week, students from fashion design college Pearl Academy in New Delhi, India, took part in a fashion show that featured oufits made from tin cans and metal scraps.
HTW organises creative design workshop for rag pickers
Leading Indian can maker Hindustan Tin Works (HTW) recently organised a creative design workshop for rag pickers at Bhopura as part of the annual environmental campaign Canvironment Week.
Canvironment Week 2012 gets underway
Canvironment Week, an annual environmental campaign that promotes the sustainability of metal packaging, got underway at the Green Expo in South Africa.
Making cans popular
Alex Bouwer, Nampak Bevcan sales and marketing manager, discusses the beverage can market in South Africa
Marketing matters
I’ve been thinking about marketing and how well, or sometimes badly, the metal packaging industry promotes itself. The sustainability message is starting to get across as can recycling rates continue to rise. However, a quick search on Google shows that more can be done. Searching ‘sustainability cans’ returns 1,930,000 results while ‘sustainability glass’ returns a […]
February 2012
Articles in this issue include a look at Wilco AG’s range of leak testers, reports on sustainability and environmental developments, the first in a series of technical articles based on the Technical Forum at last year’s Asia CanTech conference, an article that looks at how can makers can improve line efficiency, plus regulars including Candid and Knight’s Knowledge.
Canvironment Week comes to an end
Canvironment Week, an environmental campaign that promotes the sustainability of metal packaging, reached its climax with a concert and fashion show at Delhi University last Wednesday (14 December).
Indian bands perform at CanCussion event
Canvironment Week 2011 – an environmental campaign which promotes the sustainability of metal packaging – reaches its climax in India today (Wednesday 14 December).
Canvironment Week gains more support
Four new can making companies have joined Canvironment Week 2011 – a campaign that promotes the sustainability credentials of metal packaging. Nampak and Collect-a-Can from South Africa, ASA from Italy and Emballator from Sweden have all joined the campaign.
Hindustan Tin Works wins IPA award
Indian can maker Hindustan Tin Works has won the IPA Innovation Award for its Canvironment Week initiative. The International Packaging Association (IPA) promotes the inherent material and environmental value of steel packaging.
Canvironment Week wins Empac Challenge
European Metal Packaging (Empac), the association which brings together European producers of rigid metal packaging, announced the winner of its €10,000 student competition at Interpack.
Canvironment Week 2011 launched at Metpack
Canvironment Week 2011 was officially launched at Metpack with the ringing of a sustainability bell earlier this week. The global event, which is being organised by Indian can maker Hindustan Tin Works, aims to promote sustainability and the environmental friendliness of cans.