Congratulations to Ardagh and Stabburet who have collaborated to achieve ‘The Can of the Year’,  Award 2019 which was held in London at the Canmaker Summit.   The importance of a lightweight and full recyclable aluminium can that contains nutritious seafood has been developed by Ardagh and the Norwegian seafood company. The major project for……...

The project  will be next  to Ball’s  aluminium beverage can manufacturing plant in Rome, Georgia.  They plan  to hire approximately 145 new employees for the cups facility to support the multi-year investment of approximately $200 million. Atlanta-based KBD Group Inc. will be  the general contractor for the project. “We’re increasingly hearing from customers and consumers that they want……...

Tata Steel has joined forces with Dutch companies Gasunie, EBN and Port of Amsterdam to complete a feasibility report for a project which could reduce the steelmakers’ CO2 emissions.   Tata Steel announced last year it aims to be a carbon neutral steelmaker in Europe by 2050. Capturing CO2 from the company’s steelmaking operations and either……...

Vita Coco after two  successful product launches this year, is launching a new drink  in the UK;  a CBD infused beverage.  The new  canned drinks range also contains the highest amount of CBD extract currently available in the UK soft drinks market. The coconut-water based drink is  infused with  20 mg of CBD  and is……...

Coca-Cola have invested  at its Wakefield, East Kilbride and Sidcup manufacturing facilities,  approximately  £50 million..   £30m is being invested in a new automated warehouse at Wakefield. A further  investment of approximately  £15m will be at Sidcup’s new canning line and will increase the sites capacity to 20 million cases a year. The investment will……...

MBC Aerosols  manufacture the machinery and stations required to assemble and fill the aerosol package. They are now a distributor of DuraCode inkjet printers.   The DuraCode CIJ (Continuous Inkjet) Printer is designed to deliver the best quality code, day in and day out, continuously.  The  feature-packed CIJ printer offers cost savings with a single……...

Roberts Metal Packaging is shortlisted in the ‘Metal Pack of the Year’ category at this year’s UK Packaging Awards for its Natura Bisse Diamond Cocoon Bath and Shower Balm pack. This Barcelona-based  skincare brand looked  for a  pack for its bath and shower balm to compliment  its 2019 Limited Edition ‘Beauty Lovers’ Day gift set A……...

Solucan have announced they are to install the world’s first Tonejet Cyclone direct-to-can digital printing system at the company’s new facility in Quebec, Canada. The system will give Northeast American beverage producers the benefits of a short run digital can decoration without the high cost, waste and recycling problems that can be caused from traditional……...

  Crabtree have announced  they  have launched a new vision system to automate the print fit process and greatly increase accuracy and operational efficiency: The SpeedFit Camera. The SpeedFit  is phase one of a development program. It will  allow operators to achieve greater accuracy during the print fit process than compared to manual methods.  This will……...

Roeslein & Associates celebrate   National ESOP Month as their sixth-year transition comes to a  close.  ESOP Month is an opportunity for ESOP companies across the United States to educate their employee-owners about the benefits of employee-ownership. President and COO, Brian Sneed, stated: “The Employee Stock Ownership Program is a platform for all of us to……...