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An improved consumer experience from a beverage can

Nomis Consultancy’s Simon Jennings introduced ‘Open Clean’, a new innovation for the beverage can industry on the third day of Asia CanTech

Can & end making, Filling, Sustainability

Keep it clean

At the recent Asia CanTech conference in Thailand, one of our speakers raised a very interesting topic – namely that of consumers’ attitudes to hygiene. A recent survey showed that close to 60 per cent of people asked were not satisfied with stay-on-tab (SOT) closures as they thought them to be unhygienic. Interestingly, over 30 […]

Can & end making, Sustainability

Resealable can shortlisted for innovation award

Can2close, a resealable beverage can, has been named as a finalist in the 2013 Beverage Innovation Awards. Judged by a panel of industry experts, can2closes’s concept was nominated in the ‘Best Closures’ category. The resealable beverage can end is a new mechanism that replaces the standard stay-on tab opening of beverage cans with a simple […]

Can & end making, Sustainability

360 end falling foul of litter laws

Littering laws from the 1960s and 1970s are holding back expansion plans for a US brewer. Sly Fox Brewing Company, which recently introduced the first cans to feature Crown’s 360 end, has run into trouble with some rather old littering laws. It seems quite a few American states have laws making cans that feature detachable […]

Can & end making, Sustainability

Coke cans the most dropped

Cans of Coca Cola are the most dropped by litterbugs according to a new survey by the Keep Britain Tidy campaign. For the first time the campaign invited volunteers to join surveying staff and more than 500 people signed up to count over 37,000 pieces of litter dropped around the UK. The survey, which was […]

Can & end making, Filling

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.

Can & end making, Sustainability

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Events

Sun

19

Apr

Craft Brewers Conference

The Craft Brewers Conference is the number one environment in North America for concentrated, affordable brewing education and idea sharing to improve brewery quality and performance. Attendees can choose from fourteen educational tracks led by the top minds in the beer and business worlds.

Wed

22

Apr

BAMA Innovation Day (POSTPONED)

The Innovation Day aims to assist in the promotion of various supply chain innovations through the aerosol industry. The event will once again bring together some of the best minds, influential thinkers and innovative manufacturers in the aerosol industry today.

In previous years, the event has featured various speakers from across the UK and Europe who examined a wide range of topics including, changing consumer behaviour, smart design, the latest manufacturing approaches and sustainable packaging innovations.

Tue

5

May

Metpack (2020 EVENT CANCELLED)

The future of packaging is the subject of heated discussions in all parts of the Earth. The world is curious about what innovations in the field of metal packaging will be presented at Messe Essen from 5-9 May, 2020. Then, Metpack will take place for the tenth time. Every three years, the world’s leading fair draws top-class exhibitors into the Ruhr metropolis. They use the trade fair in order to introduce their innovations for the manufacture, refinement and recycling of metal packaging to an international trade public. Still until May 31, 2019, any interested parties can snap up booths at the most important sectoral event of the year. In addition, registered companies have the possibility of taking part in the Metpack Innovation Award.

Thu

7

May

Interpack (2020 EVENT POSTPONED)

Wed

20

May

International Metal Decorating and Packaging Association (IMDPA) Conference (2020 EVENT CANCELLED)

Tue

26

May

Empack (POSTPONED)

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