News in Brief
Bunting acquires powder milling and blending specialist
Bunting has acquired Gloucestershire-based powder milling and blending specialist Pilamec. Pilamec further broadens the Bunting product portfolio. Since becoming a limited company in 1976, Pilamec has developed a reputation as a leading specialist supplier of materials and size reduction services to amongst other things the chemical, metal and ceramic industries. At their Gloucestershire operation, Pilamec…
Hop Valley expands into 19.2-oz cans nationwide
Hop Valley Brewing this spring is expanding nationwide two of its award-winning IPAs into 19.2-ounce cans, a single-serve format that’s proving popular with a growing number of drinkers. The Eugene, Ore.-based craft brewer, which in 2021 expanded its flagship Bubble Stash IPA across North America and its Stash Pack IPA variety 12-packs nationwide in the…
Crown to build new beverage can plan in UK
Crown Holdings has announced that it will build a new beverage can facility in Peterborough, United Kingdom. Beverage cans are the world’s most sustainable and recycled beverage packaging option and are increasingly preferred by customers and consumers alike. A growing proportion of new beverages in the U.K. is being introduced in cans, and this new facility demonstrates…
Torus Technology Group announces South American expansion
Torus Technology Group has announced its expansion into South America as it launches a dedicated office and spare parts warehouse based in Vila Madalena, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The new office will facilitate the storage and distribution of spare parts to Torus Measurement Systems’ customers throughout Brazil and South America and will act as a base…
Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein launches worlds first food can made of CO2 reduced Bluemint Steel
Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein has launched the world’s first food can made of CO2-reduced Bluemint Steel together with Swiss companies Hoffmann Neopac and Ricola in March. The three companies, where sustainability and conservation of resources are ingrained within their corporate strategies, have joined forces to launch the first food can made of CO2-reduced packaging steel, thus making…
Latamcan set to be a sell out show
Latamcan, due to take place 11-13 May this year, is set to be a sell out show. A spokesperson said, “Latamcan is very excited about the great support we are receiving not only from the organisers and members of the panels of both technical forums but the interest we are noticing among canmakers is spectacular,…
HEINEKEN stops production and sale of Heineken beer in Russia
Heineken have joined the growing list of brands that have halted production and sales of their goods and services in Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. “We are shocked and saddened to watch the tragedy in Ukraine unfold,” Heineken chief executive Dolf van den Brink said in a statement. “We stand with the Ukrainian…
Sun Chemical announces new solventless solution for sustainable packaging production
Sun Chemical has collaborated with HP to launch sustainable flexible packaging produced with HP’s Indigo digital press and Sun Chemical’s new solventless lamination solution SunLam. Due to its fast-curing, ultra-low monomer and solvent-free properties, SunLam can help brands improve their sustainability and expand the circular economy. As part of the partnership, Sun Chemical and HP…
New research identifies issues with widespread adoption of sustainable packaging
Research into sustainable packaging carried out by global packaging, product, and material test and inspection company Industrial Physics has found that almost half of the 255 global packaging professionals (49%) surveyed said meeting testing standards was one the biggest challenges they faced in wider adoption of sustainable packaging materials. The research goes on to reveal…
The ‘tiny’ company that came to can much of SA’s craft beer and canned wine
Inspired in 2019 by the growth of mobile and micro canning in the United States, primarily spurred on by the burgeoning craft beer industry, local entrepreneur Tom Riley imported a high-end canning system to South Africa and started Tiny Keg. His idea was to travel with the mobile canning unit to craft breweries around the…
