raw materials
September 2013
This issue contains the annual Supplier Profile, the essential guide to equipment, materials, tools and services for the metal packaging industry – this year it is bigger and better than ever. But there is also so much more to read! Mall/Herlan has unveiled high speed bottle necking and shaping machine in Italy, and in China, […]
Aluminium price “fix”
Well, if the general public didn’t have enough reasons to hate investment banks now there is another one. According to an investigation by the New York Times one investment bank’s ownership of warehouses in Detroit in the US, is allowing it to move aluminium around between its sites. The practice is not illegal but does […]
Scotland’s businesses set to ‘make every can count’
Businesses in Scotland are being asked to support the Every Can Counts campaign by recycling empty drinks cans.
October 2012
The October issue of CanTech International includes a preview of our annual conference Asia CanTech 2012. Other articles look at steel packaging developments and the used and refurbished equipment market. Another article offers tips on how to keep your can line in top condition while there is an explanation of vacuum systems. There is also a look at how the beverage can has changed over the years.
Running on demand
Dealers of used and refurbished can making equipment are continuing to see a strong demand for their products. Alec Peachey reports
EU recognise metals as ‘permanent material’
Permanent materials, including metals, have been recognised as a new resource category by the European Parliament. Industry body Metal Packaging Europe (MPE), which has worked hard to bring resource efficiency to the forefront of EU Policy, has welcomed the move.
Metal matters
The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (Apeal) took part in a debate on metal packaging’s contribution to a resource-efficient Europe at the European Parliament in Brussels. Patricia Mobbs, communications manager, reports on the event
Recycling campaign launched in Northern Ireland
The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) is encouraging householders in Northern Ireland to recycle their metal packaging through a campaign called MetalMatters.
A core of steel
The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (Apeal) held its recent Summit in Košice, Slovakia. Patricia Mobbs, Apeal communications manager, reports on the event
Sun Chemical announces price increase
Sun Chemical, a leading manufacturer of printing inks and pigments, has announced an increase in prices globally on all packaging inks from 1 December.
Ball’s Deeside plant achieves zero waste to landfill target
Another of Ball Packaging Europe’s plants has achieved zero waste to landfill. John Griffiths AM, Welsh Government Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development, visited Ball’s can end facility in Deeside, UK, on Tuesday (26 July).
INX International announces price increase
The rising cost of raw materials has forced INX International Ink Co to announce a price increase effective from April 1, 2011. The company, which is a provider of inks for metal decorating, has cited the unprecedented upward price pressure on raw materials, transportation and the continued instability in the raw material supply chain as the major contributing factors for this new price increase.
March 2009
Regulars: New Products: New cans and ends in the market place Equipment News: The latest machinery and equipment for the can line Candid: Vince Major, commercial director of Crown’s UK Ireland, Benelux and Scandinavia regions, is now chairman of The Can Makers Features: Tinplate turns to gold: The huge swings in tinplate prices and other […]