Increasingly demanding requirements from food manufacturers and their consumers mean that packaging is becoming progressively 'smarter'. Active or intelligent packaging is a sector which continues to grow in size, with expansion driven by ...
Tags: Smarter Packaging, Antimicrobial packaging, take-up of packaging
Valspar Sourcing, Inc. has been granted a parent for an article comprised of a body portion or end portion of a food or beverage can comprised of a metal substrate. The food or beverage can coating composition is disposed on an inside ...
Tags: Valspar Sourcing, parent, body portion, end portion, food can, beverage can
Ball has announced plans to end production at its two beverage packaging manufacturing plants in US to consolidate the company's 12oz beverage can and end production capacity. Production will be terminated at Ball's metal beverage ...
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US-based coatings and industrial solutions provider PPG Industries is currently displaying its line of packaging coatings at Cannex Asia Pacific 2012 currently underway at Guangzhou, China. Applications that use packaging coatings like ...
Tags: Packaging Coatings, industrial solutions, line of coatings
CROWN Beverage Packaging North America, a business unit of Crown has announced the launch of a new 10oz beverage can that offers an alternative to traditional drink packaging for specialty beverage brands. According to CROWN, the can has ...
Tags: Recyclable Beverage Can, Beverage Can, Beverage Packaging
Global aluminum company and recycler of beverage cans Novelis has announced the opening of its new Global Research & Technology Center outside of Atlanta, Georgia, US, which serves as the global hub of the company's research and development ...
Global recycler of aluminum beverage cans Novelis has reported a rise in the recycled content of its products from 33% to 39% in the first year since announcing its goal to achieve 80% recycled content by 2020. The US-based company ...
Tags: aluminum beverage cans, beverage cans, recycling capacity
US producer of primary and fabricated aluminum, Alcoa has taken full control of Evermore Recycling, which is now a part of Alcoa’s Global Packaging group and will continue to be based in Nashville, Tennessee, US. Earlier, Alcoa and ...
Tags: fabricated aluminum, sustainable package, recyclable aluminum can
Novelis has opened a new aluminum recycling and casting center at its Yeongju, South Korea facility, which is part of a multi-year, $400m expansion of the company’s operations in Korea. The new aluminum beverage can recycling ...
Tags: Aluminum Beverage Can, Recycling Facility, aluminum recycling
The Brazilian Aluminium Association and the Brazilian Association of Aluminium Cans of High Recyclability have announced that Brazil topped all its previous aluminium can recycling efforts by accomplishing a historic rate of over 98% in ...
Crown has developed a new full aperture end for metal can designed for Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (AB InBev) Budweiser. The 360 End allows the entire can lid to be removed, turning the can itself into a drinking cup. Crown ...
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US-based SanTan Brewing is all set to launch its seasonal beer series in new cans manufactured by global beverage can maker Rexam. Initially, SanTan's seasonal brew Rail Slide Imperial Spiced Ale will be launched in a new 12oz can. The ...
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Rexam Beverage Can is all set to introduce a sample of its new aluminum FUSION Contour bottle, which is based on the company’s Drawn Wall Ironed (DWI) technology and is 100% recyclable. The shatterproof, safe and cold to the touch ...
Dutch brewery Grolsch has selected Rexam Beverage Can to produce 50cl cans to support the company’s partnership with an annual charity fundraising event, 3FM Serious Request run by Dutch radio station 3FM. Rexam's Milton Keynes ...
Tags: Beverage Cans, Rexam Beverage Can, 50cl cans
Global beverage can manufacturing company Rexam has announced that the company produced its 100-millionth 24oz can for The Genesee Brewery in the US. In 2010, Rexam initially started supplying 24oz cans for single-serve versions of ...
Tags: Can, Genesee Brewery, 24oz cans