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Ball collaborates with Skiwater to unveil its Alumni-tek bottle
Ball has collaborated with Austrian based Skiwater Beverages to produce its latest innovation, the Alumni-tek bottle.
Global market for metal cans on the rise
The global market for metal cans, barrels, drums and pails is projected to exceed $80 billion by 2022, driven by rising consumption of all types of beverages and growing popularity of convenient, cost-friendly, eco-friendly and safe packaging options.
Ball creates can for the chocolate market
A collaboration between Ball and Belgian chocolate brand Ovidias sees the chocolatier bring its patented packaging concept to the commercial market.
Showing some bottle
Evert van de Weg explores the latest developments within the aluminium bottle can sector.
Cask unveils canning machine
Cask Brewing Systems, inventors of micro-canning equipment for craft brewers has unveiled a new canning machine for craft brewers.
Steel packaging preserves nutrition
Canned vegetables’ vitamin and mineral levels are just as high as freshly cooked vegetables, reports SGS Fresenius Institute.
A river of refreshment
Jim Peterson, of the Ball Corporation, looks at the rise of the canned beer market.
Galena Brewing Company chooses Rexam
Galena Brewing Company has expanded its packaging lineup to include three beers in Rexam 16oz cans.
The annual AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival
Rexam will be the presenting sponsor of the annual AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival, held on 16 May this year at the Scottsdale Civic Center in Scottsdale, Arizona.
New product for detection of thermophilic anaerobes in canned foods
Microbiology specialist Lab M has added a new product to its range of dehydrated culture media for the detection of anaerobic organisms associated with sulphide spoilage in food. Using a modification of a formulation originally developed by the National Canners Association of America, Lab M’s new Iron Sulphite Agar is able to detect those organisms […]
Dagger Falls goes pink with cans for cancer awareness
Idaho-based Sockeye Brewing has partnered with Crown Beverage Packaging North America to launch its flagship Dagger Falls IPA brand in limited-edition pink cans. The concept is to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which takes place every October. Discussions of the project began in May of this year, with Crown laying the groundwork over the summer […]
Farm Girl Saison now in 16oz cans
Lift Bridge Brewing Company has launched Farm Girl Saison in four-packs of 16oz cans from Rexam. The smooth and well-rounded 5.5% Belgian style beer, created in 2008, has a pale golden colour and a dry malt finish with spiciness from the yeast. “We’re very excited to be extending our flagship beer, Farm Girl Saison, beyond […]
Slim cans from Ball used by winery
US based Southwest Wines is packaging its Soleil Mimosa wine in 187ml slim aluminium cans supplied by Ball Corporation.