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Tea in a can the nations favourite new tipple?
As the end of dry January nears in sight the sober soldiers amongst us are counting down the days until we can enjoy an ice-cold glass of beer. Luckily, going sober for January doesn’t have to be as painful as it would have been ten years ago. This is due in part, to the staggering…
Australian Brewery stops beer production to provide water relief
Australia based brewery, Cascade, has contributed to the bushfire relief efforts, halting beer production at the Hobart based plant, in order to donate 120,000 cans (or 50,000 litres) of water to communities that have had their drinking supply affected by the bushfires. This is the third time Cascade’s parent company, Carlton & United Breweries, has…
Plastic bottles supposedly still in demand
Coco-Cola’s head of sustainability, Bea Perez, has announced that the firm will not ditch single-use plastic bottles as consumers still want them. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ms Perez said that the firm could not ditch plastic outright as this would likely alienate customers and hit sales. The firm has pledged to…
Aluminium Aerosol Can Production in First Half of 2019
Despite rapid growth in the production of aluminium aerosol cans over the last few years, AEROBAL, the International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers, has reported that this growth did not continue during the first half of this year. So far, production of cans from member companies has fallen by 1% to three billion cans…
Hyperion Materials to Acquire Arno Friedrichs Hartmetall Gmbh
The leading global materials science company, Hyperion Materials & Technologies Inc, has signed an agreement to acquire Arno Friedrichs Hartmetall GmbH & Co. KG and its affiliates (AFC). The decision to acquire AFC is unsurprising given the company’s long-established history of simple yet powerful innovation. The partnership will also create a leading player in tungsten…
Legendary Lanico celebrates 100 years
Founded by Otto Niemsch with 15 members of staff in 1919 under the name Lamprecht, Niemsch & Co, Lanico has been a stalwart player in the industry, recognised as a leading supplier for the metal packaging, food can and filter industry. Although many of us are inexperienced when it comes to living through times of…
