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METPACK 2026 cut to 4 days
Messe Essen METPACK Committee have agreed to adjust the trade fair period to four days, a move that they say, will make the event more efficient and attractive. This means that the international metal packaging industry will next meet from 5 to 8 May 2026 in Halls 1, 2 and 3 of Messe Essen to…
Alupro launches report tracking industry’s recycling goals
Alupro has launched a new report demonstrating the national impact of its pioneering educational initiatives. The Alupro Impact Report details activity delivered during 2022, explores the outcomes of its latest campaigns and tracks progress towards its goal of achieving a 100% recycling rate for aluminium packaging. Crucially, the report explains how the achievements of Alupro’s…
APEAL applauds European Parliament vote
APEAL (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging) has welcomed the European Parliament (EP) plenary vote in favour of stricter recyclability measures inside the Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Commending the European Commission’s ambitious proposal for these original measures, APEAL acknowledged the efficiency demonstrated by the rapporteur, MEP Frédérique Ries, and the…
Trend report offers insight into consumers evolving values
Global market research company Euromonitor International has released the Top Global Consumer Trends 2024 report today. The annual report reveals emerging trends that provide insights into consumers’ evolving values and explores how their behaviour is redefining their shopping motivations and needs. It examines how the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the importance of sustainability initiatives, and social,…
Shanghai Huafon Aluminium Corporation ASI certified
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) has announced that Shanghai Huafon Aluminium Corporation has achieved Certification against the ASI Performance Standard for its Shanghai production facility. The company has an annual production capacity of 175,000 tonnes of rolled aluminium products, which are used in applications such as automotive, engineering machinery, power stations, air conditioning and battery housing.…
Obituary: Jeffrey Robinson, CEO of Environmental Services and Technology
It is with great sadness that we report that Jeffrey Griffin Robinson, CEO of Environmental Services and Technology and a great friend of Canmaking News, passed away Sunday, November 19, 2023, surrounded by his family. Jeffrey Griffin Robinson was born July 20, 1960, in Burlington, Iowa, the son of Griffin John and Pamela (Sharp) Robinson.…
Beaujolais Nouveau in Ardagh’s Wine Cans
Dutch company IPL Brands BV, based in Amsterdam, known for its premium sparkling wines, has released “Beaujolais Nouveau” in the South Korean market. IPL Brands BV has chosen to package this iconic French wine in 200ml Wine Cans from Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP). Beaujolais Nouveau is a fruity, red wine made from Gamay grapes grown…
Sun Chemical expands sheetfed offset direct food contact ink offering
Sun Chemical has further enhanced its sheetfed offset direct food contact ink offering with the launch of an innovative, ‘green’ shade blue pigment that helps to increase the colour gamut available to designers and brand owners, especially now within the ‘green’ shade colour space without comprising compliance to accepted food safety standards. Due to the…
AkzoNobel invests €32 million in a new production centre for bisphenol-free coatings
AkzoNobel is investing €32 million in a new plant at Vilafranca del Penedès in Spain to manufacture bisphenol-free coatings for the metal packaging industry in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). The new facility, which is expected to be operational by mid-2025, will create around 40 new jobs and has been designed according to the…
AkzoNobel launches two Bisphenol-free solutions
AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings has launched Accelstyle 100 – a waterborne Gloss overprint varnish (OPV), and Accelstyle 200 – a waterborne Matt OPV to give can makers and brand owners external coatings for conventional two-piece aluminium beer and beverage cans that are free from Bisphenol, styrene and PFAS.i Accelstyle 100, matches the performance of AkzoNobel’s standard…
