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Dantex Group announces expansion plans
Thanks to the recent growth in demand from the 2-piece canning and aerosol industry, Dantex has announced plans to expand its plate cutting and packaging lines across the group. During the 3rd quarter of 2020, Dantex carried out an expansion program aimed at increasing plate handling and packaging capabilities. The Can Décor printers have a…
Silver City Brewery announces expansion plans
Silver City Brewery has announced plans to expand its distribution to Idaho, Oregon, Alaska, and Hawaii. After surpassing 25,000 barrels of production in 2019 and winning the 2019 Great American Beer Festival Mid-Size Brewing Company of the Year award, Silver City Brewery is excited to expand their footprint throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Exclusively…
FLINT Group Packaging Inks announces launch of Spanish regional service centre in Spain
Flint Group has announced its investment in a newly optimised Regional Service Centre (RSC) in Barcelona, Spain, galvanising its commitment to customers in the region. The site opening strengthens Flint Group Packaging Inks’ (Flexible Packaging and Paper & Board) position in the Spanish market. Importantly, it brings the company closer to its customer base by…
BrewDog hides gold cans worth £15k in packs of beer
BrewDog have hidden ten solid gold Punk IPA cans in 12-packs of the beer, which will be shipped out from the brewer’s online shop over the next four weeks. The brewer, which is no stranger to publicity stunts, announced the news on its social media channels Each can is worth £15,000 and each recipient also receives…
Sun Chemical joins digital watermark initiative to drive higher recycling rates
Sun Chemical has signed up to the Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0, facilitated by the European Brands Association. In doing so, Sun Chemical is joining forces with over 85 companies and organisations to participate in a pilot project with the goal of proving the viability of digital watermarking technologies to enable better sorting and higher…
White Claw to build largest brewery in US in 25 years
Mark Anthony Brewing have announced plans to build a state-of-the art brewing and canning facility in South Carolina. The new facility will produce White Claw Hard Seltzer, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Mike’s Harder Lemonade and Cayman Jack Cocktails. The new plant will be located in metro Columbia and create approximately 300 jobs for the state. The company’s $400…
Low and no-alcohol canned drink sales soar in UK lockdown
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association have noted a sharp rise in the popularity of “nolo” ready-to-drink cocktails such as gin and tonics in cans – convenient in the warmer weather when meetings were allowed in parks and open spaces. The category was worth £109m between April and June, when drinkers knocked back more canned cocktails at…
Interpack 2021 on course to go ahead
Messe Düsseldorf have agreed on a way to hold Interpack from 25 February to 3 March 2021 with its industry and trade association partners, as well as the trade fair advisory board. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and fears of lower number of visitors, all participating companies will receive discounted participation conditions. In addition,…
Molson Coors launches new consumer e-commerce platform in UK
Molson Coors Beverage Company has launched a new direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform in the U.K. that offers the full range of the company’s brands, along with other beers, wines, spirits, soft drinks and snacks from select third-party partners. Revl, which debuted on Monday, promises next-day home delivery of beverages and snacks for consumers across England, Wales and…
Goya announces $80 million expansion
Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned food company in The United States, has announced an $80 million expansion of its manufacturing and distribution facility in Brookshire, Texas. The expansion includes the purchase of new, state of the art food processing equipment that will enable the company to double production capacity to meet the increased consumer demand…
