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CANstruction Dallas to donate thousands of canned goods to food banks
CANstruction Dallas, an annual design and build event of giant canned food structures benefitting the North Texas Food Bank, begins Saturday, August 26, 2023, and runs through Sunday, September 10, 2023, at NorthPark Center. The event will feature 22 art-themed structures built entirely out of canned foods and other non-perishable food items by teams consisting…
Keystone Light brings back ‘The Hunt’ promotion
Keystone Light fans are on the hunt. The beer brand has brought back its popular “The Hunt” promotion, giving legal-age consumers a chance to find a blaze-orange can that signals the start of hunting season. Consumers who find one of the elusive cans hidden in 30-, 24- and 15-packs of Keystone Light get a chance to win…
Emballator Metal Group receives EcoVadis Gold
Emballator Metal Group, with units in Sweden and Finland, has steadily been improving its focus on sustainable procurement and the environment. As a result of the company’s hard work, Emballator Metal Group has now received EcoVadis Gold. EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted business sustainability rating according to themselves, work with more than 75 000 companies in…
Domino recognised with Silver EcoVadis rating
Domino Printing Sciences (Domino) has achieved a Silver EcoVadis Rating. The award means that Domino is in the top 25% of all companies assessed by EcoVadis, a trusted provider of business sustainability ratings. As the world’s largest and most trusted sustainability assessors, EcoVadis provides business sustainability ratings that provide transparency for customers and guidelines for further…
Ball Corporation and Cervejaria Masterpiece add first ever ASI logo on a beverage can
Ball Corporation has collaborated with Cervejaria Masterpiece to introduce the first-ever ASI on-product logo on a beverage can in the design of their newly released Donatello Barley Wine. In a statement the company said that this collaboration not only signifies the companies’ sustainable practices but also demonstrates the industry’s dedication to responsible production, stewardship and…
XANO agrees to acquire Integrated Packaging Solutions
XANO has signed an agreement, via a subsidiary, to acquire all the shares in Integrated Packaging Solutions (IPS) with subsidiaries, located in Denver, Colorado, US. IPS is an international company with operations in the packaging sector, mainly linked to the can industry. IPS provides manufacturers of metal packaging with machine equipment and integration technology and provides…
US announces new tariffs on imported canned seafood
The U.S. Department of Commerce has determined that tariffs should be placed on tin products used in seafood canning being imported from China, Canada, and Germany. The government declined to place tariffs on tin being imported by companies in South Korea, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. “These findings demonstrate that Commerce took…
Henkel appoints North America President
Henkel has named Pernille Lind Olsen as President of the North America region. She also serves as Corporate Senior Vice President Adhesive Technologies Packaging & Consumer Goods; and Regional Head Adhesive Technologies, North America. In her role as President Henkel North America, Lind Olsen succeeds Steven Essick who has retired after 27 years with the…
Consumer brands comment on Tin Mill Steel Tariffs
The Consumer Brands Association have issued the following statement on the Department of Commerce’s preliminary determination regarding new tariffs on tin mill steel from President & CEO David Chavern, “Today’s announcement from the Department of Commerce is a positive step toward protecting U.S. consumers, domestic manufacturers and their workforce. We are encouraged that our message was heard: ordinary…
Spam donates 264,000 of canned meat to Maui wildfire victims
Spam and its parent company, Hormel Foods, are stepping up to aid victims of the Maui wildfire disaster. The companies announced Thursday they would donate 264,000 cans of Spam, valued at more than $1 million, to a relief organisation. “The people of Hawaii have a special place in both the history and heart of the Spam brand,” the companies…