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Vizzy celebrates Pride Month with new packaging
Vizzy Hard Seltzer already stands out on shelves with its signature orange packaging. Now it’s upping the ante with limited-edition packaging in key markets that celebrate Pride Month. Created in partnership with the Human Rights Campaign, Vizzy’s papaya passionfruit hard seltzer will be sold in slim cans featuring seven vibrant colors and text that reads:…
Spa Girl Cocktails raises $5m in funding
Spa Girl Cocktails, the premium vodka cocktail company, has announced the closing of an oversubscribed $5 million Series A financing round. Spa Girl, known for its delicious taste and healthier ingredients, dominates the market with the most award-winning, highest proof ready-to-drink (RTD) canned and bottled cocktails made with 6x distilled premium vodka, natural flavours, pure cane sugar,…
Kraft Heinz to invest $199 million in UK manufacturing facility
Kraft Heinz Co has said that it plans to invest 140 million pounds ($198.83 million) in its food manufacturing facility in northwest England over the next four years, subject to U.S. approval. The investment would be the company’s biggest expansion of an existing manufacturing site outside the United States in more than 20 years. The plans…
Koenig & Bauer increases prices
Citing reduced availability of a raft of raw materials including “copper, plastics, additives, sheet metal and wood”, alongside higher shipping and logistics costs, Koenig & Bauer have announced “moderate price adjustments” across it’s entire portfolio. “The moderate price increase enables further innovations and is thus an investment in the future for the industry,” the manufacturer…
Metal remains the recycling champ
A recent report from the Aluminum Association and the Can Manufacturers Institute has used the latest industry data to reinforce the strengths of aluminium beverage cans. “With metal packaging as our primary product, sustainability is ingrained in our business and will remain a core value for our Company moving forward. Through our Twentyby30 program, we…
Beiersdorf and Nussbaum to produce aerosol cans with 100 percent recycled aluminium
Beiersdorf and the Swiss packaging specialist Nussbaum are producing aerosol cans made entirely from recycled aluminium. After a year of development, the partner companies are producing the innovative aerosol packaging entirely out of used beverage cans – and are beginning a new chapter in the area of the circular economy. The first Beiersdorf products in…
Emballator launches sustainable and optimised metal packaging
Emballator Metal Group have launched a new lighter and more optimised packaging solution. The new optimised design has several features for the environment. New UN Optimized results in decreased carbon footprint, more pallets per truck, and 25 percent less wrapping. “This product will have a great impact on the environment. Our focus has been to create…
CANPACK sees important growth in first quarter
CANPACK has announced its full year combined results for the year ended December 31, 2020 and its trading update for Q1 2021. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, beverage can bodies volumes grew 14% year-over-year, driven by significant growth in South America and Europe. During the year, consumers switched to beverage cans as…
The Can Makers welcome new member
The Can Makers, the trade body representing drinks can manufacturers in the UK has welcomed a new member, XSYS part of the Flint Group. It follows a period of sustained growth in the beverage can sector during which demand has increased to record levels. Simon Gresty, Can Makers chairman, said, “Following the exceptional challenges which…
Welcome to June!
Summer is finally here, after a soggy few weeks (in the UK at least!), things are looking up. We commented last month how pleased we were that the hospitality industry was opening up and we’re sure we’re not alone in saying how lovely it is to have a proper pint of beer! Let’s hope that…