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INX can design contest kicks off fifth season
Entries for this year’s Colored by INX Can Design Contest are now being accepted, kicking off another great season of competition between brand owners, design agencies, marketers, and metal decorators. Eligibility requires entrants to have used at least one colour from the INX Color Catalog to produce a commercial can design before January 1, 2024.…
Every Can Counts launches recycling initiative at Mardi Gras
The City of New Orleans is partnering with New Orleans & Company, Grounds Krewe and Every Can Counts U.S. to promote the Mardi Gras Carnival recycling efforts. In a statement, the city said it recycled 1,475 pounds of aluminium, 1,500 pounds of glass and 11,535 pounds of Mardi Gras beads and throws with the help…
Hydro invests EUR 180 million in new Spanish aluminium recycler
Hydro is strengthening its position in decarbonising industries by offering more low-carbon aluminium for the European green transition through the EUR 180 million investment in constructing a new state-of-the-art aluminium recycling plant in Torija, Spain. The new recycling plant will produce 120,000 metric tonnes of low-carbon recycled aluminium per year and create approximately 70 new jobs in…
Ball beats profit estimates in Q4
Ball Corp has missed fourth-quarter revenue estimates, hit by a drop in demand for its beverage cans as customers tightened their purse strings. The beer can maker saw weaker volumes in North America, especially in the mass beer segment, facing challenges beyond the impact of the Anheuser-Busch ad boycott issue. Ball benefited from the cost-reduction…
Malaysian Coffee moves into the FMCG space with launch of canned fizzy coffee
Malaysian coffee chain ZUS Coffee is eyeing the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and lifestyle products market with the launch of new vertical and canned fizzy coffee. The new vertical, ZUS Everywhere, has a landing page separate from its main ZUS Coffee website with lifestyle products and coffee at the forefront. Serving as an eCommerce platform,…
Wild Goose Filling releases new line of canning machines
Wild Goose Filling has released their Spirit line of canning machines. Spirit canning systems allow distilleries to package carbonated cocktails, still liquor and other high-proof and ready-to-drink beverages. The line of distillery-focused equipment includes two new fully automated Wild Goose canning systems: the Gosling Spirit TM and the Evolution Series Spirit TM. With growing supply…
Molson Coors brings U.K. favourite Madrí Excepcional to Canada
Molson Coors Beverage Company is set to launch Madrí Excepcional in Canada, bringing the U.K.’s fastest-growing beer brand – and Molson Coors’ most successful European innovation to date – to North America. The Spanish-style lager, developed in concert with Spanish brewery Cerveza La Sagra, beefs up Molson Coors’ above premium portfolio in Canada and is aimed at…
Sustainable canned wine brand Zeena launches on Air Europa
Spanish canned wine brand Zeena is now available from Air Europa‘s in-flight menu, designed by airline retailer Gateretail. Zeena produces natural and sustainable canned wine. Prioritising the quality of its raw materials and its strong environmental commitment, it produces young organically grown wines, free of additives and added sugars, with vegan certification. In addition, they are packaged in recycled and…
Support for return deposit scheme high in Ireland ahead of implementation
Recent Amárach research has revealed that 82% of consumers support the introduction of the deposit return scheme, due to go live on 1st February 2024 and 95% of consumers plan to engage with the circular economy initiative. From this date onwards, when consumers purchase a drink in a plastic bottle or aluminium can that features…
Welcome to February!
As 2024 kicks off with a flurry of activity, Canmaking News looked ahead and invited industry experts to provide their thoughts on the trends they think the industry will see in the coming months. Consumers are undoubtedly changing their spending habits. High inflation and economic uncertainty has created a feeling of uncertainty throughout the world…