Publisher
Janis is the publisher of Jaymac International specialise in the development of web design, the publishing of online magazines, and internet media. Canmaking News is the leading online magazine for metal packaging which was developed for the market in October 2003.
August Issue 167 – News in Brief
Huss Brewing Company, based in Arizona and led by husband and wife team Jeff and Leah Huss, is drawing on more than 25 years of craft beer experience to launch a new set of products packaged in environmentally-friendly aluminium beverage cans.
Bisphenol A (BPA)… where are we now?
Bisphenol A is an organic synthetic colourless compound, discovered by Russian chemist Aleksandr Dianin in 1891, and has been in commercial use since 1957. BPA-based plastics include certain polycarbonates for use in various consumer products, such as plastic water bottles, CDs and DVDs, and epoxy resins, which are used to line water pipes and the insides of many food and beverage cans.
July Issue 166 – World News
People in the UK and across Europe are recycling more steel packaging than ever before, according to APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging.
July Issue 166 – News in Brief
Toyo Ink SC Holdings, the parent company of the Toyo Ink Group of Japan, has announced plans to enter the Myanmar market with the establishment of a production base in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone in Yangon.
July Issue 166 – Features
This month, the ingenious design and manufacture of the 2-piece aluminium beverage can grabbed our attention, when we came across an engaging video (see below) by the brilliant Bill Hammack (‘The Engineer Guy’) in which he details the engineering choices underlying the design and making of a beverage can.
June Issue 165 – Comment
We can hardly believe that almost half the year has gone already! May saw the IMDA Conference in Illinois and this year’s annual event reflected the many challenges the metal packaging industry has to deal with to keep it viable, leading, and innovating onwards to continued success.
July Issue 166 – Comment
This time last year we were apologising for the weather, not that it was our fault of course, but it was just rain, rain and more rain. What a difference a year makes, now in the UK, we’re having one of the finest summers for years.