Welcome to November!

Well, what a month it’s been! Whilst sadly, we were unable to attend Latamcan or the IMDPA this year, we were fortunate enough to attend the BAMA awards in Chester in October. Kindly invited by Ball, it was fantastic to catch up with our new and old friends in the industry. The Aerosol Packaging award went to Ball’s Dove Men+Care Lions, a huge congratulations to all involved.

Elsewhere, One of New Zealand’s largest exporters of canned wine has launched a multimillion-dollar expansion into North America, as its share of the global small format wine market grows. Joiy Wines, the first local winemaker to export canned wine, now produces over 700,000 cans for five markets around the world each year. Read more here.

Farrow & Ball, the paint specialists, has released a range of limited-edition tin designs to celebrate its partnership with Liberty. Each sample pot, which will be available from farrow-ball.com, Farrow & Ball showrooms, selected stockists, and Liberty, features one of Liberty’s iconic heritage interior prints. Check out the beautiful designs here.

Our special features writer, Karen McKenzie, has been investigating why so many breweries have chosen to base themselves in Cornwall (the south-west of England). Cornish beer has long been popular throughout the southwest of England, but its popularity has spread across the country in recent years.  This is no surprise; competition amongst Cornish breweries is high, with the country’s greatest number of brewers per capita.  According to beertoday.co.uk, there are 35 brewers in Cornwall; that’s eight brewers for every 100,000 residents. Have a read of our new feature here.

In the meantime, our latest podcast with Rául Martinez, Director of Latamcan is now available. We chat to Rául about this years conference that took place in Mexico City. Rául discusses the highlights and how he and his team overcame the various challenges caused by the pandemic. Click here to check it out and let us know what you think.

Janis Osborn

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