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Innovus Engineering launches new milk powder canning machine
The new 10VGT vacuum and gassing seamer from Innovus Engineering is built fully in stainless steel and is designed to meet the specific needs of the canned milk powder market, achieving residual oxygen levels of less than 0.5%. It follows the design guidelines of the European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG), ensuring an easy…
Molson Coors launches first ever draft Hard Seltzer in the UK
Molson Coors Beverage Company’s hard seltzer Three Fold is hitting the UK on-trade with the launch of its first-ever draught variation – ‘Red Berries’. Molson Coors introduced Three Fold in early 2021, recognising hard seltzer’s potential in the UK following rapid growth in the US. There, the category already commands a 2.6% market share of…
Tecnocap awarded ‘Metal Pack of the Year’
The UK Packaging Awards is among the sector’s most prestigious prizes in Europe and worldwide, judged by a panel of the most influential packaging buyers and specifiers. Experts from many of the biggest household names, including Coca-Cola, Heineken, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, and Nestlé, assessed this year’s entries. The ’Metal Pack of the Year’ category is sponsored…
Big Rock Brewery commissions new canning line in Calgary
Big Rock Brewery has announced the successful commissioning of the new can line in Calgary that was previously announced in February of 2021 and is an initial step in the Corporation’s long term strategic growth plan. The installation of the new can line, which includes tunnel pasteurisation, provides the Corporation with greater packaging capabilities at…
Alupro welcomes long awaited Environment Act
More than two years after it was first introduced, the UK government’s Environment Act has finally received Royal Assent. Created to outline the government’s sustainability vision, clarify environmental governance post-Brexit and map out the transition towards a more circular economy, Environment Secretary George Eustice believes the Act will deliver ‘the most ambitious environmental programme of…
Trivium Packaging awarded for sustainability efforts
Trivium Packaging has been recognised with a Platinum medal, the highest-ranking available, in the 2021 EcoVadis sustainability ratings. EcoVadis awards the Platinum honour to only the top one percent of more than 75,000 participating companies assessed globally, spanning more than 160 countries and 200 industries. EcoVadis reviews a participating organisation’s performance across four judged categories:…
Ardagh Metal Packaging acquires Hart Print
Ardagh Metal Packaging (“AMP”) has acquired Hart Print, a North-America based innovator in digital printing services to the beverage market – the first company to offer digital printed cans in the North-American market. Quebec-based Hart Print, founded in 2018, provides flexible digital printing solutions to support superior quality product innovation, from design optimisation to fully realised designs.…
Hindalco recognised as worlds most sustainable aluminium company
Hindalco Industries Limited, the metals flagship of Aditya Birla Group, has achieved the No.1 rank in the Aluminium Industry for its sustainability performance in the 2021 edition of the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) rankings. Hindalco is the only aluminium company to enter the exclusive DJSI World Index in 2021…
Anheuser-Busch buys alcoholic beverage brand Hoop Tea
Anheuser-Busch built its foundation on beer, but a bigger part of its future is centered on a portfolio that goes beyond its roots. It’s a similar strategy being used by rival Molson Coors, which has become an expert in energy drinks, beverages with THC, hard seltzers and natural diet sodas as it moves to “fundamentally change” its portfolio…
Ball eliminate 100,000 water bottles and cups at Denver stadium
In October 2020, Ball Corp. acquired the naming rights to the Denver arena that the NBA’s Nuggets and NHL’s Colorado Avalanche call home, in an effort to further showcase its plan to replace plastic products with its recyclable Aluminum ones. It seems as if their efforts have paid off. A recent tweet from Ball announced…
