coronavirus
The joy of food cans
One positive to come out of the pandemic has been the renaissance of the humble food can. From celebrity chefs, to food supermarket displays, food cans have been high on the agenda for consumers adjusting to the new norm we are seeing.
Demand for canned food is here to stay
The can making and filling sectors have become beneficiaries – at least in the short term – of consumers turning their kitchen cupboards into pandemic pantries, stockpiling canned food and other long-lasting products because they fear of food shortages because of Covid-19.
BAMA cancels 2020 Innovation Day
The British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association (BAMA) has announced that its annual Innovation Day, which had already been rescheduled due coronavirus concerns, has been cancelled.
SLAC International offers PPE manufacturing support
SLAC International’s Mingjia CV20R automatic N95 mask production system is used for fully automated N95 ‘folding mask’ production.
Online retailer urges households not to throw out stockpiled food
Approved Food is continuing to urge shoppers to only buy what they need in the run-up to this year’s Stop Food Waste Day on 29 April. Most previously stockpiled food that has been discarded is fresh, but some of it includes store-cupboard items such as tinned vegetables.
Bunting-DuBois provides custom magnets & magnetic assemblies for critical medical devices
Throughout the Covid-19 crisis, Bunting has remained operational to manufacture essential products.
Keeping updated
I hope this comment finds our readers well, as we enter our second month of isolation here in the UK.
Supply chain disruptions amid Covid-19
Martha Rojas, vice president, director project development, at UTC Overseas, examines the impact of the Covid-19 crisis to the supply chain, and the strategies undertaken to keep the can making industry moving.
Ventilator parts in production at CarnaudMetalbox Engineering
CarnaudMetalbox Engineering has begun production in parts to help build ventilators to assist in the fight against Covid-19.
Aerosol industry maintains balance during pandemic
AEROBAL highlights the important role packaging manufacturers are playing as part of a system-relevant supply chain, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry.
CarnaudMetalBox Engineering showcases art from children’s competition
CarnaudMetalBox Engineering recently awarded employees’ children for sending in uplifting art celebrating essential workers and can makers during the Covid-19 crisis.
Domino maintains operations, supports vital sectors during Covid-19 crisis
Domino Printing Sciences is demonstrating its commitment to supporting customers in vital sectors during the current Covid-19 crisis – in order to maintain supply chains in the face of soaring demand for essential products.
Checking in from (not) so splendid isolation
I hope this blog finds our readers well, as we enter our second week of isolation here in the UK.
AkzoNobel responds to market disruption caused by Covid-19
AkzoNobel has paused key parts of the company’s transformation and is suspending its 2020 financial ambition in response to significant market disruption resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.