April 2: Lee Fairman was last week appointed as the new chairman of the UK’s canmaking industry body, the Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association.
He heads an industry with sales worth more than ÂŁ1 billion making cans for drinks, food, aerosols, industrial and promotional applications.
* In 2006, metal packaging sales in the UK were up 10.5 percent to ÂŁ1.18bn.
