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Metal Adds a Touch of Class to the Snacking World
Laetitia Durafour, Marketing Director at Crown Food Europe, looks at the significant rise in popularity of snacks and the benefits that metal packaging brings to this budding sector. In a fast-paced world where time is of the essence, it is no wonder that the snacks market is booming. Everybody seems to be living life at…
Brewdog launches Hard Seltzer brand
Scottish craft beer giant Brewdog have announced the firm’s entry into the hard seltzer market with it’s own brand called Clean & Press. There are four flavours in the range: Crushed Black Cherry, Crushed Mango and White Peach, Cactus and Lime, and Kiwi and Passionfruit. Called Clean & Press, the seltzers have been made with…
MPMA appoints Technical & Regulatory Affairs Manager
Packaging technologist, Stuart Falconer, has joined the MPMA as Technical & Regulatory Affairs Manager to provide technical and legislative support to members, not least as the UK’s exit from the European Union looms, and a raft of packaging related regulations, including DRS, make their way through Government. Stuart has wide experience in working with packaging…
Crown designs metal cans for Italian Spring Water brand Acqua S. Bernardo
Italian spring water brand Acqua S. Bernardo (San Bernardo) has launched its premium still and sparkling mineral water in metal packaging from Crown. The San Bernardo’s beverages, which are marketed as ‘the lightest water in the world’, have previously been packaged exclusively in glass bottles. However, the transition to new metal packaging comes as Acqua…
Trivium celebrate Beverage Day with sustainable packaging
Trivium Packaging have celebrated World Beverage Day with their 100% recyclable aluminium bottles. The firm has created a sustainable beverage packaging option, one that will be a hit with eco-friendly consumers who make up a large proportion of the beverage sectors target audience. Aluminium bottles from Trivium are ideal for a wide variety of beverage…
Seventh Son Brewing launches ‘Beer Me’
Ohio based Brewery, Seventh Son, have launched the Beer Me Project as part of its seventh anniversary celebrations. The project aims to feature each of the fifty-seven employees who have contributed to the brewery on cans of beer. The employees have been put on cans of Maui Wowie, a tropical fruit pale ale with guava, passionfruit,…
DB Cargo UK launches new train service to transport steel
DB Cargo have announced the launch of a new train service from South Wales to Belgium for Tata Steel. ‘Vital’ steel from the company’s Port Talbor and Llanwern works is now being transported through the Channel Tunnel for use in Belgium’s manufacturing sector – a welcome boost during a difficult time. The new service provides…
Aluminium Association calls for system reform in the US
The Aluminum Association has called for significant reforms to the Commerce Department’s Section 232 aluminium tariff exclusion system. Under current rules set by the department, importers can request an exclusion from paying the 10 percent Section 232 tariff on specific aluminium products entering the United States. The Commerce Department has granted tariff exclusions for huge volumes…
UK manufacturing sector suffers worst slump in 8 years
The UK’s manufacturing output fell at its fastest rate since 2012 in March, data from HIS Markit/Cips purchasing managers’ index (PMI) has revealed. The COVID-19 outbreak has been blamed from the slump, causing broken supply chains and a significant decline in demand. The index fell to a three-month low of 47.8 in March, down from…
Hydro donates former employee quarters in Brazil for use as field hospital
The Albras aluminium plant, part of Hydro’s value chain in Brazil, has announced that they are to donate former employee quarters for use as a field hospital in the community of Barcarena. The nearly 4,000-square-meter building consists of 36 apartments with individual bathrooms, and common areas for laundry, cafeteria and bathrooms. The municipal administration will…
