technology
December/ January 2015
Focus: Asia Market/consumer trends Printing technology and consumables Oven technology Asia CanTech review
Aluminium crucial to economic growth in Europe
In response to the Competitiveness Council’s Conclusions on the Industrial Competitiveness Agenda, Director-General of the European Aluminium Association Gerd Götz issued a statement.
The first LED Tech Talk
IST METZ recently hosted the first LED Tech Talk, an event taking account of the increasing significance of LED technology, whose use in the printing industry has grown in the past few years. IST METZ supplies both conventional UV systems with medium-pressure mercury discharge lamps and LED systems. The LED Tech Talk was designed to […]
Novelis’ sustainability report
Novelis has published its Fiscal Year 2014 sustainability report. The report details Novelis’ efforts to increase its recycling capacity and the recycled content of its products to 80 per cent by 2020 with a focus on innovation and technology to accelerate the use of recycled aluminum. “We’re leading the industry to harness the sustainability potential […]
Crown revamps design studio
Crown Bevcan Europe and Middle East announced recently that it has revamped its European Design Studio to serve as a one-stop shop for brand owners across the EMEA region. Located in Leicester, UK, the Studio features cutting-edge pre-press and print technology which offers customers a wholly integrated design service in a single location. Included in […]
SteeloCare wins German Packaging Award
SteeloCare, a tinplate aerosol can from the technology network Lanico, Schuler Pressen and ThyssenKrupp Rasselstein, has been awarded the renowned Packaging Award in the category cosmetics & hygiene articles. The jury of independent experts from industry, research, teaching and the trade press was convinced by the new concept can, which combines the unusual approach of […]
AkzoNobel Q3 trading results
AkzoNobel has announced its Q3 2014 trading results. Highlights include: • Operating income totaled €335 million • Revenue down two per cent, volume up one per cent, more than offset by negative currency effects and divestments • Return on sales at 9.1 per cent (compared to 8.0 per cent in 2013); excluding restructuring costs of […]
Novelis awarded two 2014 European Aluminium Awards
Novelis was awarded two prizes at the 2014 European Aluminium Awards at this year’s ALUMINIUM 2014 Trade Fair. The first award was in the Building and Architecture category for the Blue Planet aquarium building in Copenhagen constructed with Novelis falzonal pre-painted aluminium for roof cladding, which provides the building with weather resistance and an iconic […]
Novelis opens recycling centre
Novelis, an aluminium rolling and recycling specialist, has opened a new aluminium recycling centre next to its rolling in Nachterstedt, Germany. The €200 million recycling centre will process up to 400,000 metric tons of aluminium scrap annually, turning it back into high-value aluminum ingots to feed the company’s European manufacturing network. “The Nachterstedt Recycling Center […]
Innovate, facilitate… Decorate!
Richard Piper speaks with two industry experts on the subject of inks and coatings.
Denver Beer selects Ball cans for new promotion
Denver Beer is releasing two of its beers, Incredible Pedal and Graham Cracker Porter, in 12-ounce cans from Ball. The cans are marked using Ball’s Dynamark variable printing technology with one of 24 distinct GPS coordinates. These coordinates correspond to 24 secret locations in Colorado, as part of a promotion dubbed the DBC Explorer Challenge. […]
CMC-KUHNKE launches the MCI-1000 Monobloc Can Inspection Station
CMC-KUHNKE has launched the MCI-1000 Monobloc Can Inspection Station, which uses optical technology to measure critical parameters of Monobloc Aerosol Cans. The new equipment is based on the Bottle Can Inspector (BCI-1000) and uses precision optics and high-resolution cameras to take all measurements automatically. The MCI-1000 can measure diameter, curl outer diameter, curl inner diameter, […]
Rexam offers premium edition cans
Rexam is now offering Super Premium Editions and, for the first time, Positive Editions to its customers from all Rexam locations. Rexam’s patent pending Editions technology allows for up to 24 different designs to be printed simultaneously on a single pallet. Super Premium Editions offers the next step in can design, printing high definition detailed […]
A digital age
The buzz word of late appears to be digital. It is no revelation that we are living in a digital age – indeed, if you disagree then I would suggest that you have either been living in a remote part of the jungle or are the most extreme Luddite ever to have wandered the earth – but is it necessarily best?