packaging
Crown explore food packaging trends
Crown Food Europe has partnered with design and research agency, Kinneir Dufort, in an effort to understand consumer perceptions of food packaging formats and their behavior when shopping.
Sensory Analytics named on Triad Fast 50 list
Sensory Analytics has earned its highest ever position on the Triad Business Journal’s Fast 50 List for 2018, coming in at number 12.
Ball open new plant in Spain
Beverage can maker, Ball Corporation has today inaugurated a new production plant in Spain located in Cabanillas del Campo, Guadalajara.
Register for the Asia CanTech Awards 2018
Register for the Asia CanTech awards on 30 October.
Actega DS expands its site in Bremen, Germany
The construction project to expand Actega DS’s research and manufacturing site in Bremen began this month.
Royal Docks step up packaged production for craft beer with WaveGrip
WaveGrip’s multi-packing applicator and brand defining coloured carriers are helping Royal Docks Brewing Co. increase its packaged beer output.
Hitting the mainstream
There has been some great news emanating from the UK retail industry recently, with the UK’s largest retailer Tesco becoming the first of the main supermarkets in the UK to offer customers the opportunity to purchase water in aluminium cans.
Coca-Cola GB: Red is the new black
Coca-Cola Great Britain has revealed a new design for the Coca-Cola range featuring new look packaging for Coca-Cola original taste and Coca-Cola zero sugar.
Finishing with UV and LED technology
At the Fachpack exhibition (25-27 September in Nuremberg, Germany) UV system manufacturer IST Metz will be presenting a product portfolio of UV lamp and LED solutions for the finishing of packaging.
rasselstein Express – the new service promise for packaging steel
The new thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH online shop is promising 16 days from ordering until a selected packaging steel is ready for shipping.
Crown wins big at 2018 IMDA Awards
Crown has walked away from the 2018 International Metal Decorators Association (IMDA) Excellence in Quality competition with five awards, including the event’s top prize, the Grand Award.
Videojet presents Thermal Transfer Overprinter
Videojet Technologies has introduced the Videojet 6230 Thermal Transfer Overprinter (TTO), a printer that is said to help manufacturers reduce flexible packaging coding errors and improve Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
Here comes the Sun
As the UK bathes in unseasonably glorious weather, CanTech International continued its quest for sun with a recent visit to Sun Chemical’s global headquarters for metal decorating inks in Bilbao, Spain.
The week that was
News in the metal packaging industry is a lot like London buses; you wait ages for a story, then three come along at once.