About The Canmaker

The Canmaker is a monthly business intelligence publication for the metal packaging industry offering its readers a mixture of news, features, reviews, comment and access to an unparalleled knowledge base, delivered through print and digital media, along with online services.

Published continuously since 1988, The Canmaker serves a growing global market that was valued at USD 138.11 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 193.24 billion by 2026 .* It is a key source of information for canmakers, their suppliers and customers in the food, beverage, personal care, home products and industrial sectors.

Our readers
The Canmaker‘s subscription list reads like an international who’s-who of the metal packaging world, embracing executives and staff from the smallest companies in the world to the largest multinational corporations.

* Source: IMDPA

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The Canmaker is a primary source of business intelligence for the metal packaging industry, offering subscribers a mixture of news, features, reviews and comment. It is a monthly trade publication available exclusively to businesses and industry professionals. Subscribe today for access to an unparalleled knowledge base, delivered through print and digital media, along with online services.

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Unlimited access to canmaker.com*

  • Breaking news stories – canmaking, filling and product news. Plus features exclusive to Gold Club members
  • Article management – save your articles to your online personal article manager
  • Online archive – search the online archive for up to 10 years of news including Canmaking, Filling, Products and Features (only available with the Executive subscription)

12 print and digital copies of The Canmaker

  • A print copy of The Canmaker mailed to you each month
  • Early access to a digital version of the current issue

The Canmaker - Innovations

  • Recent technological developments in metal packaging
  • A review of the equipment, materials and services set to shape the industry in the coming year
  • Details and illustrations of all of the shortlisted entries in the Cans of the Year Awards, plus an in-depth analysis of the winning entries.

Complimentary Gold Club membership*

  • Discount priority booking for The Canmaker Summit and select conferences
  • Use of The Canmaker Gold Club Lounge at Cannex and Fillex shows
  • Special offers on publications and reports
  • Access to the members only areas of canmaker.com

Online services may be subject to occasional restrictions in some countries due to matters beyond our control.

Membership of The Canmaker Gold Club is given to named subscribers who are actively involved in the manufacture, sale or use of metal packaging, or who are suppliers to these industries. In order to improve our service to members, benefits may be changed from time-to-time.

Circulation and geographical distribution

Our surveys have shown that each of the 3,000 copies of The Canmaker that are circulated worldwide is read by up to seven individuals.

This reflects an estimated global readership of around 20,000.

Who reads The Canmaker?

Advertising in The Canmaker will enable you to reach professionals at every stage of the chain from production to senior management.

A: This includes departmental copies, company libraries and individuals with non-specific job titles.

B: Some individulas with senior production/R&D/technical roles are listed in the managerial sections.

A range of options is available for promoting your products and services to the The Canmaker‘s dedicated audience including a range of positions in print, prominent solus positions on canmaker.com, The Canmaker Directory and The Canmaker year planner.

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The Canmaker Innovations

Published at the beginning of each year, The Canmaker Innovations reviews the latest metal packaging developments, technology and ideas. It provides a review of The Canmaker Cans of the Year awards, featuring the winners and short-listed entries with images and descriptions. As such, The Canmaker Innovations offers a spotlight on the activities of canmakers from every sector of the business, and a reference work for anyone with an interest in the design, decoration and applications of metal packaging.

Collect a free copy from The Canmaker on stand T48.

SPG Events

SPG Events organises exhibitions and conferences tailored to the packaging industry.

These specialist events offer packaging manufacturers and users varied opportunities to explore technology and ideas to improve their businesses. They encompass an international exhibition showcasing the latest equipment, services and materials; conferences that allow in depth discussion of developments and ideas; and an internationally recognised award to examine and celebrate the world’s finest metal packaging.

The Canmaker Summit

The Canmaker Summit brings together delegates and speakers from around the world to exchange ideas, discuss current trends and make new contacts. The Summit includes The Canmaker Cans of the Year Awards – a  celebration of the world’s finest metal packaging.

Join us for two days of intensive, lively, stimulating and constructive dialogue to help you boost your portfolio of knowledge and ideas.

Conference speakers include:

MARTIN BOALER
Managing Director, Moravia Cans, Czech Republic

DR DANIEL ABRAMOWICZ
Chief Technology Officer, Crown, USA

Dr Daniel Abramowicz BW 553

DR PETER BIELE
Chairman of the Executive Board, thyssenkrupp Rasselstein, Germany

GUS REALL
Chief Executive Officer, Stolle Machinery, USA

FRANÇOIS QUERRIOUX
Chief Operating Officer, Eviosys Packaging, Switzerland

DR ULRICH NEHRING
Managing Director, Nehring Consultants, Germany

Dr Ulrich Nehring BW 553

SATOSHI NISHINO
Executive Officer, Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Japan

MICHAEL MAPES
Chief Executive Officer, Trivium Packaging, Netherlands

ALEXANDER KUZAN
Vice President & General Manager Can, Novelis Europe

CAREY CAUSEY
President Ball Beverage Packaging, EMEA, UK

Carey Causey BW 553

PAULO SOUSA
CEO, Colep Packaging, Portugal

AUGUSTO FRANÇA
Head of Research, Brasilata, Brazil

PETE BOOTH
Principal Consultant, Tin Horse, UK

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The Canmaker Cans of the Year Awards

The Canmaker Cans of the Year Awards are internationally renowned for celebrating, promoting and rewarding the huge amount of innovative and ground-breaking work that takes place within the metal packaging industry each year.

Judging has taken place for this year’s awards and short-listed entries will be displayed at The Canmaker Summit, being held in Prague, Czech Republic, 5-6 October 2022. The winners will be announced at the Cans of the Year Awards presentation & gala dinner on 5 October.

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Cannex Fillex
The World Canmaking Congress

Cannex Fillex is an international showcase of the latest canmaking and filling technologies from around the world. It is the perfect place to review the latest metal packaging equipment, materials and services and to make or re-establish valuable business contacts.

Whether you are a canmaker, filler or a supplier to these industries, Cannex & Fillex continues to be a focal point to help you develop your business, exchange information, discuss new technologies and meet the people that you need to see in one place at one time.

Time and again, Cannex & Fillex has proved itself as a metal packaging and filling platform, offering unparalleled doorways to the Asian market and to the world. Cannex & Fillex Asia Pacific will return in 2024 (dates to be announced).

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