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Heineken Group selects Rexam for limited edition cans
Rexam has been selected by Heineken Group to launch a range of limited edition Cruzcampo beer cans. The cans promote the brand’s on-going sponsorship of the Spanish national football team ahead of the 2014 World Cup. The designs use HD printing and thermochromic inks to create graphic depictions of the Spanish national football team players. […]
Education is key
At the recent IMDA conference in Chicago I had a very interesting conversation with a metal decorating expert… A metal decorating expert with an axe to grind!
Mall//herlan at Metpack
This year at Metpack in Essen, Germany, mall//herlan presented a range of new products at its stand: For the beverage industry, the firm has launched a machine for the production of aluminium bottles. The machine can produce 500 bottles a minute using standard equipment and up to 3000 a minute when tailored equipment is in […]
Croatian beer in collectible Ball cans
Croatian beer brand, Ožujsko Pivo, has launched a canned beer collectible in homage to Croatia’s national football team, for which it is the official sponsor. The company utilised Ball Packaging Europe’s variable printing technology Dynamark to create twelve can collectibles, featuring names of the key players on the team. The cans are available individually and […]
Metpack: The Metpack Conference
Anders Linde, secretary general of Metal Packaging Europe, opened the Metpack conference with a review of the history of the can, claiming that its invention ‘has changed the world.’ At the conference, nine international experts gave an overview of new technologies and recent research results. Linde’s opening speech addressed the historical significance of the can, […]
One trillion served
Jack Knight recently took up the challenge to see how many items were printed on metal worldwide.
Metpack: INX International Ink unveils four new inks at Metpack
INX International Ink has introduced four advanced inks for two- and three-piece metal decorating at METPACK 2014. The CP100 cylindrical printer has provided another option for printers at the event in Essen, Germany. The firm unveiled its AP Retort II and AP LoVoc inks for two-piece printing, as well as the TP Plus and TP […]
INX International opens new facility in Heywood
INX International UK hosted a grand opening event at its new manufacturing facility in Heywood, UK, on April 16. The 40,000 square-foot complex was built to support a long term commitment to the metal decorating industry and to enable the company to expand business in the beer and beverage can markets throughout Europe and the […]
What’s the best way to innovate?
I’ve recently been on a whistle-stop tour of can plants and machine manufacturers across the UK and Europe and the question of innovation has cropped up on many occasions. It seems to me, in my short time as editor of CanTech, that the manufacturing process has changed very little over the years. For two-piece, which […]
Britvic implements 1620 Ultra High Speed Printer
Britvic UK has implemented Videojet’s new 1620 UHS, CLARiSOFT and CLARiNET software to increase production line speed by 30 metre/minute. A long-time trusted partner of Videojet, Britvic UK looked to the next generation of machines at its Rugby manufacturing facility in order to meet the increasing production demands of the beverage industry. The advantage of […]
EFES RUS LAUNCH LIMITED EDITION HD CAN FROM REXAM
Rexam has partnered with Efes Rus to develop a limited edition can to celebrate its 2014 partnership with Euroleague basketball. The eye-catching 500ml can design uses eight colour HD printing to achieve a high quality photographic finish. The design brings to life the sponsorship and reflects the brand truths energy, positivity and modernity. Efes Rus […]
Metalprint chooses Vision Experts
Italian-based Metalprint has invested in three print inspection systems from Vision Experts, which have been integrated into their metal sheet decoration lines. Metalprint supplies decorated metal sheets for 2-piece and 3-piece cans. The VE 4000+ METAL inspection systems were retrofitted on a 6-colour KBA Metal- star 2 and on two 2-colour Mailander printing lines. The […]
INX and CTI announce collaboration
INX, a provider of inks for beer and beverage cans, and Chromatic Technologies (CTI), a manufacturer of speciality inks such as thermochromic, photochromic, ‘Reveal’ and security inks, are set to join forces. The two companies will continue to be owned and operated independently and negotiate separate long-term supply agreements. The announcement follows CTI’s launch of […]
Time to make a move
Rising labour costs in southern China have started to affect local labour intensive export industries during the past few years, forcing manufacturers to seek various solutions to reduce the impact of higher wages on factory product prices.