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Innovate, facilitate… Decorate!
Richard Piper speaks with two industry experts on the subject of inks and coatings.
AkzoNobel sponsors Gay Pride 2014
AkzoNobel will be spreading its own life-size rainbow coloured Pride Wings, which will glide through Amsterdam from July 31 to August 2 to show the firm’s support for Gay Pride 2014. The wings, which made their first appearance last Friday on the city’s Staalmeestersbrug, will be on show at the Mercatorplein and the Homo-monument on […]
Vision Experts reports success at Metpack
Vision Experts has reported success at Metpack 2014 in Essen. Can makers and contract printers from around 40 countries showed their interest in the new solution for 100% inspection of metal decorated sheets. Vision Experts could demonstrate realistically on a machine how VE 4000+ METAL works. “We are very happy with the feedback to our […]
London bus a hit at Metpack
The CanTech Routemaster bus was very well received at the recent Metpack show in Essen, Germany. Following a three day drive from its home in Wales, UK, the red behemoth arrived at the show in very good time. It was joined by the CanTech team on Monday 5th May, where it was turned into a […]
Metpack: KBA oven takes Silver Innovation Award
KBA MetalPrint has won the silver Innovation Award at the Metpack Show for its HighEcon drying oven. Highlights of the oven include its ability to save up to 50% on natural gas consumption on average, and also its capability to handle metal sheets of just 0.100mm in thickness. CEO Ralf Gumbel commented on the award, […]
May 2014
Filling Focus: Beer Lubricants Washers and dry-off ovens Metpack show issue IMDA preview
Hindustan Tin Works celebrates export of 1bn ends
Hindustan Tin Works will celebrate the export of its “1bn ends” at the Metal Packaging Plaza during the upcoming Interpack show (May 8 – 14, Messe Dusseldorf, Germany.) The company is aiming to position itself as a global end manufacturer by exporting its products like metal ends, components, cans, printed sheets to the major brand […]
Free beer!
Now that I’ve got your attention, let me enlighten you all a little further as to our plans for the upcoming Metpack show. We have a rather special stand this year, details of which will be released in the next issue of the magazine, and we encourage you to visit us to discuss the industry, […]
Carlsberg Denmark selects Rexam to produce four new can designs
Carlsberg Denmark has selected Rexam to produce four new can designs celebrating Carlsberg’s sponsorship of the Barclays Premier League. The limited edition 33cl cans are produced at Rexam’s Fredericia plant by combining two designs on parallel lines, which are mixed before palletising to deliver four designs simultaneously. The designs show images of football fans in […]
CanTech sponsors CMB Academy of canmaking
CMB Engineering recently opened the CMB Academy of Canmaking and Seaming in the company’s headquarters at Shipley, Yorkshire. The new Academy – a first in the industry – will serve as a platform to train the company’s existing customer base, offering in-depth theoretical and practical understanding of seaming and canmaking. Present at the opening of […]
Ball 2013 results show improvement
Ball Corporation has reported full-year 2013 net earnings attributable to the corporation of $406.8 million (including after tax charges of $82.8 million, or 55 cents per diluted share for business consolidation costs, discontinued operations, debt refinancing costs and other activities), or $2.73 per diluted share, on sales of $8.5 billion, compared to $403.5 million, or […]
APEAL to ‘steel’ the show
APEAL, The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, announced today that it will host a dedicated ‘Steel for Packaging’ stand for the first time at the forthcoming Interpack show in Düsseldorf, 8th – 14th May 2014. APEAL’s secretary general, Alexander Mohr, believes the show to be an ideal platform for APEAL to engage […]
Second sustainability report from Crown
Crown Holdings has announced the release of their second Sustainability Report, which was structured using the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) G3 Guidelines at Application Level C. It focuses on developments in the company’s sustainability efforts from an economic, environmental and social perspective since its inaugural publication was issued in November 2011. Looking at fiscal years […]
CMB Engineering apprentice takes gold at the Skills Show
Dominic Trees, a third-year apprentice at CMB Engineering, won a gold medal in the Mechanical Turning competition at the UK’s Skills Show, the nation’s largest skills and careers event. The show also plays host to the WorldSkills UK national competitions, where apprentices from companies across the country test their talents. In total, over 60 […]