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Bunting joins the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA)
Bunting, a designer and manufacturer of magnetic separators, detectors, magnets, magnetic assemblies and magnetising equipment, have announced that they have joined the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA). The BMRA is the trade association representing the £7 billion UK metal recycling sector representing over 250 organisations. Members produce environmentally friendly raw materials to metals manufacturers around the world.…
CANPACK deploys its Quadromix Technology
CANPACK has joined up with its Quadromix technology to work with brands across the globe to celebrate their special moments. Recently, the world-famous Bavaria beer partnered with CANPACK to print three limited-edition cans that marked the company’s 300th Anniversary. CANPACK’s Quadromix technology enables brands like Bavaria to print, in one production series, up to four…
Tesco removes 67m pieces of plastic wrapping from multipack tins
UK retailer Tesco have announced that they are to remove canned plastic-wrapped multipacks from supermarket shelves, replacing them with plastic-free multibuys on tinned food. 183,000 tinned multipacks are bought ever day at Tesco and the move will eliminate an estimated 350 tonnes of plastic from the environment. Tesco CEO Dave Lewis said, “we are removing…
Alupro report record recycling figures in 2019
Provisional data published by the Environment Agency (10th January) has indicated that aluminium has exceeded the 2019 packaging recycling target of 112,200 tonnes (61%); the data reports 114,748 tonnes collected for recycling, an impressive 15% increase on 2018 according to an announcement this week from Alupro. The data indicates that Q4 was the strongest quarter…
Tea in a can the nations favourite new tipple?
As the end of dry January nears in sight the sober soldiers amongst us are counting down the days until we can enjoy an ice-cold glass of beer. Luckily, going sober for January doesn’t have to be as painful as it would have been ten years ago. This is due in part, to the staggering…
Australian Brewery stops beer production to provide water relief
Australia based brewery, Cascade, has contributed to the bushfire relief efforts, halting beer production at the Hobart based plant, in order to donate 120,000 cans (or 50,000 litres) of water to communities that have had their drinking supply affected by the bushfires. This is the third time Cascade’s parent company, Carlton & United Breweries, has…
X-rite, Pantone and Sun Chemical release New Metal Deco Libraries for PantoneLIVE at Labelexpo Europe
X-Rite Incorporated, Pantone LLC, and Sun Chemical announce two new Metal Deco dependent colour libraries for PantoneLIVE™ which is a cloud-based digital colour standard ecosystem. This consists of 4,000 new colour options for Metal Deco libraries for opaque and transparent applications. It helps beverage manufacturers and brands to set achievable expectations for producing Pantone colour standards…
Easyfairs acquires majority stake in Milan-based Packaging Première exhibition.
Global exhibition organiser Easyfairs announces today its acquisition of a majority stake in high-end Italian packaging exhibition Packaging Première, which takes place on 26-28 May 2020 in Milan. Packaging Première is a ‘selective’ exhibition dedicated to designers, luxury packaging manufacturers and international brands, held in the heart of Milan, the Italian hub of fashion and design…
Canpack expands in the Czech Republic
Canpack is continuing its global expansion with a new investment in the Czech Republic. Canpack, whose headquarters are in Krakow, Poland, is investing in the town of Stříbřo a new aluminium beverage can plant. The production line will serve Plzensky and Prazdroj who are a well established Czech brewery. This new project will increase Canpack’s…
Marble Brewery of Manchester Cans Two More Beers
Manchester’s Marble Brewery has just released two more beers in cans: Underhook IPA in a 500ml can and Chilli and Lemon Gose in a crushable 330ml can. Now in its 21st year, the past year has seen Marble Brewery push to get more of its classic core beers into cans. This has been ‘primarily because…
