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The new rules shaping aluminium packaging
For years, sustainability regulation was often viewed as a looming compliance exercise. New reporting requirements, recycled content targets and collection schemes were seen primarily as additional costs for packaging producers and brand owners to absorb. That perception is now changing. From the European Union’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) to the rollout of Deposit…
Wine packaging reforms put aluminium alternatives firmly in the spotlight
Representatives from Ball Corporation, the Wine Society and alcohol compliance specialist Abridge have highlighted growing opportunities for aluminium packaging as new sustainability regulations reshape packaging decisions across the wine sector. Speaking during a Sustainable Wine Roundtable (SWR) webinar, panellists said the introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes, Deposit Return Systems (DRS) and the European…
Treading Carefully: How the canned seafood industry is balancing growth, sustainability and consumer demand
For decades, canned seafood occupied a relatively straightforward position in global food manufacturing. Tuna, sardines, mackerel and salmon offered consumers affordable protein, long shelf life and convenience, while the can itself provided durability, transport efficiency and excellent product protection. Today, however, the sector finds itself under growing pressure from multiple directions at once. Consumer demand…
A win for Canan Dogan, MW Lak Solutions
Hailing from Istanbul, Canan Dogan has navigated the traditionally male-dominated industrial landscape to spearhead a sustainability revolution that is currently reshaping the metal packaging sector. “For me, LED was just for nails,” she laughs in a moment of candour during our conversation, recalling the day she was approached about entering the highly technical world of…
Hidden Precision: Why SR Instruments Is Stepping Out of the Shadows
At first glance, SR Instruments looks like a classic engineering niche player: small team, highly specialised technology, little public profile. But beneath that modest surface lies a company supplying some of the biggest names in the global steel and metal packaging supply chain – including Tata Steel, Posco, ArcelorMittal, JSW and major tinplate producers across…
METPACK 2026: Conference Round-up
Metpack 2026 not only looks at what is happening today but forecasts what will happen tomorrow. The Metpack Conference is where the meeting of industry minds comes together. It is set apart from the exhibition halls because these seminars and speeches demand focus and attention. They also demand a working knowledge of science, engineering and…
METPACK Innovation Awards
The Metpack Innovation Awards 2026 took centre stage on May 6, 2026 during the world’s leading trade fair for metal packaging in Essen, Germany. The awards have been a stalwart of the event since 1996. Presented every three years they recognise groundbreaking advancements in time efficiency, cost reduction, sustainability, and quality improvements within the sector.…
METPACK 2026: DAY 1
Metpack 2026 kicked off Tuesday May 5 in the German city of Essen. Canmaking News was front and centre of the event to bring you all the announcements and launches. The exhibition is one of the world’s most important gatherings for the metal packaging industry. The event has a reputation for innovation, networking and business…
From cans to circularity: why aluminium is back at the centre of the sustainability debate
For an industry long defined by scale and efficiency, the aluminium beverage can is being recast in more strategic terms — as a test case for what a functioning circular economy might look like in practice. That is the argument advanced by Chris Smith, a senior executive at Orora Beverage, who has been outlining the…
Retrofitting the line: why beverage producers are rethinking legacy roller conveyors
In beverage packaging facilities, conveyor systems tend to be treated as fixed infrastructure. Once installed, they are expected to run, be maintained, and eventually replaced. What is changing is not the hardware itself, but how operators are thinking about upgrading it. For CODI Manufacturing, that shift is showing up in a growing number of retrofit…
