coating
AkzoNobel invests in UK pilot plant
AkzoNobel invests more than £1.3m to build a pilot plant for coating resins at its Performance Coatings site located in Felling, UK.
ConAgra removes BPA from cans
BPA free cans for ConAgra Foods
A good year for KBA-MetalPrint
A review of the business year 2014 found that KBA-MetalPrint has once more recorded an increase in turnover. With its presentation of the two new metal decorating presses Mailänder 280 and MetalStar 3, together with the energy-efficient HighEcon drying oven (winner of the silver Metpack Award 2014), KBA-MetalPrint had a busy year and saw turnover […]
The Triumph of Slim
Slim Cans are gaining ground in the beverage can market. The Ball Corporation tells us more about this important size variation.
KBA’s MetalStar 3 is a best-seller
In the three months since this year’s METPACK, KBA-MetalPrint’s MetalStar 3 has proven to be a best-seller. Over 50 printing units of the MetalStar 3 have been sold worldwide, from two-colour to eight-colour printing presses with integrated UV coating towers, as well as with purely thermal drying as six-colour printing presses with the MetalCoat 480 […]
Novelis awarded two 2014 European Aluminium Awards
Novelis was awarded two prizes at the 2014 European Aluminium Awards at this year’s ALUMINIUM 2014 Trade Fair. The first award was in the Building and Architecture category for the Blue Planet aquarium building in Copenhagen constructed with Novelis falzonal pre-painted aluminium for roof cladding, which provides the building with weather resistance and an iconic […]
Innovate, facilitate… Decorate!
Richard Piper speaks with two industry experts on the subject of inks and coatings.
French start-up selects wine cans from Ball
Fabulous Brands, the company behind WineStar, is offering French medal winning wines with an AOC-label in 200ml aluminium cans provided by Ball Packaging. A red, rose and white wine is available, and WineStar now aims to take on the German wine market. Fabulous Brands founder Cédric Segal has high ambitions, “We want to become the […]
KBA and Sensory announce co-operation
Coating line supplier KBA-MetalPrint and Sensory Analytics have announced that they will co-operate on coating quality management. The SpecMetrix inline coating thickness measurement system is to be installed at KBA-MetalPrint coating lines. It is hoped that this will ensure and record coating quality, and operate more economically. Continuous inline inspecting via a monitor will enable […]
Multi Colour
Neil McRitchie visited the laminating line at IMCP in Surabaya, and talked to Mr Tan Kee Huak, chief operating officer of IMCP, who has been working on laminated cans for the past two and a half years
South Africa converts to aluminium cans
Between 100-200 million South African Rand (£6.1m-£12.2m) a year will flow into the scrap metals and recycling industry as a result of the conversion from tin-plated steel cans to aluminium cans, providing an additional 2,000-3,000 people a source of income from collecting and selling used cans, estimates South Africa’s sole beverage can manufacturer Nampak Bevcan. […]
Beverage brands make mark with laser-etched tabs
Crown Beverage Packaging North America, a business unit of Crown Holdings, has introduced its Laser-Etched Tabs (LET) technology to provide beverage brands in North America with a new way to engage consumers and build brand loyalty. Given their placement and function, beverage tabs are pivotal to the drinking experience and are prime real estate for […]
First eight-colour press for Chinese can maker
A new Chinese can maker, SWKD, has started production with the first eight-colour metal decorating press in the Chinese market. The MetalStar UV from KBA-MetalPrint is accompanied by the country’s first MetalCoat 480 coating machine and a 42m long dryer. When the first press was being commissioned earlier this year, SWKD ordered two further UV […]
Sheet-fed press collaboration
Hebenstreit Metal Decorating GmbH and Manroland Sheetfed GmbH have agreed on a strategic co-operation to provide high-end sheet-fed offset presses to the metal packaging market. Manroland will support Hebenstreit with printing technology as well as manufacturing, R&D and service support on a worldwide basis. Hebenstreit engineers and markets a complete range of metal printing solutions […]