Belvac Production Machinery has developed an aluminium bottle design that is suitable for use on PET filling lines.
The Belvac Carrier Ring Bottle was launched on National Recycling Day (15 November) as part of the canmaking equipment manufacturer’s efforts to...
Despite the leading drinks firms reporting lower volumes in the third quarter, their suppliers in the metal packaging industry were able to increase their margins, reports Arthur Stupay
Leading beverage can manufacturers reported lower sales in the Americas and Europe...
Can shipments at Canpack increased in the third quarter, buoyed by rising demand in Europe and by the Poland-based beverage can manufacturer's newest plant in the US becoming fully operational.
Worldwide volumes in the three months to the end of...
The cans and decorated ends produced by Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) for beverage brand Candy Can have been honoured at the 21st World Beverage Innovation Awards, held at industry exhibition BrauBeviale in Nuremberg, Germany, on 26-28 November.
The awards promote...
UK aluminium recycling organisation Alupro has released its first progress report, assessing the national impact of campaigns it ran last year in its bid to help the country move aluminium packaging to a circular economy model.
The Alupro 2022 Impact...
China-based aluminium canstock manufacturer Guangdong Betterlid Packaging Material has become an Industrial Users member of the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI).
Deputy general manager Ding Yong said the company hoped ASI membership would help it to “ensure the continuous and effective...
The canmakers who took home silver awards in the 2023 Cans of the Year, and their winning entries, are reviewed by Michelle Russell
Bold, unique and attractive designs, clever technology, superior finishes, and a high level of innovation in sustainability...
Specialists in scrap management and recycling are devising new and sustainable ways of managing the waste generated by can manufacturing processes. Nisa Ali reports on the latest developments
With rising raw material costs and an increased focus on sustainability performance,...
Upgrades to the latest test and inspection systems are more effectively identifying defective cans on production lines, enabling canmakers to increase productivity, writes Mark McCord
One inspection system for multiple formats
Allvig Technology recently provided a system for Trivium Packaging, which...
Listening to younger consumers, adopting open innovation, communicating sustainability, and embracing the fourth industrial revolution were some of the ideas exchanged at The Canmaker Summit. Nisa Ali reports
Delegates at the Canmaker Summit commented on the “openness” of companies and...
Ball Corporation recently released what it admits is a very ambitious climate transition plan that it hopes will influence others to make substantial change. Michelle Russell talked to the company’s chief sustainability officer
Influencing systemic sustainable change within the packaging...
Chinese canmaking giant Baosteel has trialled production of a low-carbon aluminium can designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Half of the metal used in the container is derived from used beverage cans (UBCs) and 35% from aluminium produced in smelters...
European aluminium industry representatives are among the groups welcoming European Parliament moves to establish a strict framework for recyclability measures in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).
Metal Packaging Europe (MPE), the Association of European Producers of Steel for...
Dutch drinks producer IPL Brands BV has chosen cans made by Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) to bring French Beaujolais Nouveau red wine to consumers in South Korea.
The still wine is produced from gamay grapes grown in the Beaujolais region...
The development of a new solvent that helps to dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions has won Germany-based Klüber Lubrication an award from Cefic, the European Chemical Industry Council.
Klüber, which supplies lubricants to the canmaking industry, received The European Responsible...
Initiatives at beverage can plants operated by Crown Holdings that included reducing water consumption in the US, improving workplace safety in Brazil and India, and providing shelter to employees and their families fleeing the earthquake in Turkey, were recognised...
Krassimira Kazashka has been appointed chief executive at Brussels-based industry organisation Metal Packaging Europe.
Kazashka comes with experience in EU institutions, policies, and business associations, and with an in-depth knowledge of sustainability, packaging and packaging waste, the circular economy, chemicals,...
AkzoNobel is expanding its production of bisphenol-free coatings for the metal packaging industry with a new plant to be built in Spain, and has also launched two new coating products.
The production centre in Vilafranca del Penedès in Catalonia is...
The Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association (MPMA) has honoured Eviosys with its Best in Metal 2023 award, for the canmaker's Ecopeel innovation.
The annual award is made from a shortlist of finalists in the MPMA-sponsored metal packaging category of the UK Packaging...
US contract manufacturer DrinkPak is building two new canning plants in Texas that are set to come on line in 2024.
The facilities near Fort Worth in North Texas, representing an investment of US$452 million, will cover almost 3 million...
