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CONTENTS JULY 2021 July 2021 Volume 28, Number 10 CONTENTS 7 30 Subscription Information DON’T MISS IT! An annual subscription to 24 CanTech International includes; direct priority mail delivery of 11 issues per year, weekly email newsletter and online access to digital back issues. 35 Print & Digital Issue One Year: £175 UK; £186 Europe; $275 Rest of World Print & Digital Issue Two Years: £302 UK; £320 Europe; $473 Rest of World REGULARS Digital Issue Only (One year): 5 Editor’s note £166/$270 Another Grand Tour awaits To subscribe please email [email protected] 7 News or go to www.cantechonline.com/ The latest world news subscribe. 12 Sustainability news Environmentally friendly Send address changes to: ventures in metal packaging CanTech International, The Maltings, 57 Bath Street, 15 Appointments Gravesend, Kent DA11 0DF, UK. New appointments and movers © Bell Publishing Ltd 2021. No part of this publication may 16 Diary FEATURES be reproduced, stored in a retriev- A list of industry events al system or transmitted in any 20 FILLING FOCUS: FOOD form or by any means without the 18 Q&A Returning the craftsmanship prior written permission of to canned food Bell Publishing Ltd. John Booker at Quaker Houghton answers questions 24 TOOLING Printed in the UK by Buxton Press on the lubricants sector ISSN: 1466-7851 DEVELOPMENTS 35 Products Two-piece can tooling update A round-up of product news from Hyperion Materials & Technologies 50 Insight 18 Sustainability: The bigger 30 SHAPING AND picture - from materials EMBOSSING to packaging How the right tooling IN NEXT MONTH’S ISSUE: enables attractive shaping Supplier Profile Issue 36 Buyer’s Guide and embossing for cans JULY 2021 cantechonline.com 3 Roeslein’s Building Design & Construction Group harnesses the company’s 30 years of industry experience to provide its clients with a true turnkey systems integration project solution. With a dedicated staff of seasoned professionals, Roeslein can mobilize the building construction concurrently with process system engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and installation. Clients will beneﬁ t from reduced project schedules, and the ability to work with a single, trusted entity to successfully execute their project. EXPANDING CAPACITY AND CAPABILITIES EXPERIENCED CONSTRUCTION FASTER MOBILIZATION LEARN MORE AT PROFESSIONALS SCHEDULE ROESLEIN.COM CONTACT US TODAY AT [email protected] OR LEARN MORE AT ROESLEIN.COM EDITOR’S NOTE Editorial Another grand Advisory Board tour awaits Saket Bhatia Senior Vice President, Hindustan Tin Works Simon Jennings Owner and Advisor of Nomis Consultancy ello and welcome to the July issue. hard seltzer category, as well as an Insight from I am pleased to tell you that we Dutch company Coroos on how they worked with have announced a date and location machinery suppliers Cama Group and Zacmi to for our CanTech The Grand Tour produce new sustainable packaging. H2022 which will take place in Warsaw, Poland from There’s also a variety of features; journalist 14 - 16 March. We are inviting metal packaging Simone Vooijs, Director Technical, industry professionals to the global technical con- Anne-Marie Hardie delves into the contents of Downstream Operations, Tata Steel ference and exhibition for can makers, fillers and cans in the Filling Focus: Food article, in which she their suppliers, so if you are interested in registering chats with Sprague Foods and Trivium Packaging your attendance, please head to cantechthegrand- among others; Lluís Miñarro, at Hyperion tour.com for further information and updates. Materials & Technologies gives us an update on the I hope you will be able to join us. The event is two-piece can tooling market of the past year, and featured in the Diary listings on pages 16 and 17, Evert van de Weg speaks with Wallram Group for where you will also find details of our Asia Evert van de Weg Independent the latest on the shaping and embossing of cans. Metal Packaging Expert CanTech event this October. This issue also brings you the latest news and I hope you enjoy the read. appointments, a Q&A with lubricants company Quaker Houghton, a new products page including Jill Sayles, Editor some canned beverages in the increasingly popular CanTech International Robert Gary Chief Commercial Follow @Bell_Publishing on Twitter or LinkedIn Officer, Stolle Tech for regular snapshots from all of our magazines. Machinery Company Can INTERNATIONAL Editorial Director Events Manager Editorial & Sales Office: Sarah McRitchie Kyra O’Sheen 57 Bath Street, Gravesend Kent DA11 0DF, UK [email protected] [email protected] Tel: +44 1474 532 202 Fax: +44 1474 532 203 Editor Accounts Taiwan Sales Agent: Andrew Truelove General Jill Sayles Yee Yau Worldwide Services Co Ltd Manager, CarnaudMetalbox [email protected] [email protected] 11F-B, No. 540, Wen Hsin Road, Section 1, Taichung, 40848, Taiwan. Tel: +886-4-2325-1784 Fax: +886-4-2325-2967 Designer Publisher Email: [email protected] Jackie Purnell Neil McRitchie Web: www.acw.com.tw [email protected] [email protected] Japan Sales Agent: Group Sales Manager Yukari Media Incorporated. YMI bldg. 3-3-4, Mark Neilson Uchihirano-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0037 Japan Patrick Heskins Chief Executive [email protected] of the British Aerosol Tel: +81-6-4790-2222 Manufacturers’ Association JULY 2021 cantechonline.com 5 6 cantechonline.com JULY 2021 Follow @CanTechIntl for your daily news updates NEWS HIGH SENSITIVITY LOW RUNNING COSTS Ogeu moves to beverage cans MICRO-LEAK DETECTOR across brands • 0.01CC/10 SEC DETECTION French beverage group Ogeu is moving into canned versions of their favourite products. The • VERY LOW FALSE REJECTS growing markets by investing in a new filling new facility will also see Ogeu entering novel line and will see a range of its household brands markets such as hard seltzers, energy drinks and • AUTO ADJUST THRESHOLD packaged in cans for the first time. canned teas. Having chosen Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) Among the first products to come off the new • TOUCH SCREEN INTERFACE as its partner into large-scale can production, the line are two energy drinks, Truc de Fou and Breizh Société des eaux minérales d’Ogeu will be able to Elixir, as well as a pair of canned teas, released fill 15cl slim, 25cl slim, 33cl sleek and standard under the group’s popular water brand Quézac. and 50cl standard cans. The group’s large range Meanwhile, Ogeu has launched Alqua as its first of beverages spans multiple categories including entry into the fast-growing hard seltzer sector. The alcoholic and non-alcoholic, sparkling and still, as new filling line will package all three Alqua flavours well as wine-based drinks. in a sleek 33cl format can with fresh fruit-inspired The company considers its Investment in its colours and a contemporary design. own filling line as representing its commitment Mathieu Lignac, marketing director at Ogeu, to making cans a key packaging option across said: “Cans are modern, convenient and an its brands. It also means the group can reach ecological choice, which is why we see this more consumers who appreciate the option of investment in beverage cans as a huge positive step forward. Considering Ardagh’s experience, they were the natural partner for us as we move into this exciting new market.” Dirk Schwung, sales director at Ardagh Metal Packaging - Europe, said: “We are thrilled to enter this partnership with a renowned group like Ogeu. It’s gratify- MTL 2.0 ing to see this major NEW NEXT GEN player make such a - definitive commitment to SYSTEM Ardagh cans, now and for the future.” UPGRADES AVAILABLE Canpack announces expansion in US FIND OUT MORE ON THIS WEB LINK Canpack has announced that it will build its second US-based, aluminium beverage can body manufacturing plant in Muncie, creating approximately 345 local jobs by 2023. The proposed project, which represents a $380 million investment in Delaware County and the state of Indiana with the potential to expand to 425 jobs and $490 million by 2025, will be located on 139 acres of land on the southwest corner of South Cowan and West Fuson Roads in Monroe Township in Muncie. Construction of the 862,000-square-foot facility is expected to begin in mid-2021. Plant operation is slated to commence in the fourth quarter of 2022. As part of its overall US expansion, Canpack will further increase existing investment by $10 million at its other US-based operation in Olyphant, Pennsylvania, to increase its end-making capacity. Roberto Villaquiran, CEO, Canpack, said: “We are proud to bring to Muncie, Indiana, a state-of-the- art manufacturing facility producing aluminum cans, an infinitely recyclable and sustainable product. www.sencon.com We look forward to becoming an integral part of the Muncie community and contributing to the remark- able business environment that exists in Indiana.” JULY 2021 cantechonline.com 7 NEWS Follow @CanTechIntl for your daily news updates safety and quality programs. Yet, as can trends NDG announces canning line accelerated, we quickly ran out of capacity. This investment will now unlock these services to both existing and new CoPack customers and expansion investment for GMB foster growth in our own branded cans.” Northeast Drinks Group (NDG) has announced 202 LOE ends including 12oz sleek and David Mandler of NDG, said: “We’re thrilled a new canning line investment, increasing 12, 16, and 19.2oz standard bodies. Full- to be making this investment into Green capacity for branded and co-packing volumes wrapped cartons, tray shrink, and variety Mountain Beverage. The new canning line will at Green Mountain Beverage (GMB). pack options will be available. The line has allow us to meet the growing demand for our A division of Vermont Cider Company and a already been ordered with a January 2022 branded volumes while creating additional subsidiary of NDG in the US, Green Mountain installation date.

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