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CANTECH INTERNATIONAL SEPTEMBER 2020 CANTECH INTERNATIONAL www.cantechonline.com TechTech Can INTERNATIONAL Can SEPTEMBER2020 Asia CanTech 2020 Coming to a screen near you! A virtual event for can making professionals Launching November 2020 CT-COVER SEP20 V2.indd 1 20/08/2020 15:25 CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2020 September 2020 CONTENTS Volume 28, Number 1 27 CANTECH INTERNATIONAL SEPTEMBER 2020 CANTECH INTERNATIONAL www.cantechonline.com Tech Can INTERNATIONAL Can SEPTEMBER2020 Asia CanTech 2020 Coming to a screen near you! A virtual event for can making professionals Launching November 2020 18 CT-COVER SEP20 V2.indd 1 20/08/2020 15:25 1420 Subscription Information DON’T MISS IT! An annual subscription to CanTech International includes; direct priority mail delivery of 11 REGULARS issues per year, weekly email newsletter and online access to digital back issues. 5 Comment Looking ahead to positive times Print & Digital Issue One Year: £175 UK; £186 Europe; 6 World News $275 Rest of World Including Twitter Trade Talk Print & Digital Issue Two Years: 34 New Products & £302 UK; £320 Europe; New Equipment $473 Rest of World The latest products and Digital Issue Only (One year): equipment available £166/$270 36 Buyer’s Guide To subscribe please email [email protected] 50 The Can Man or go to www.cantechonline.com/ A sideways look at the world subscribe. of can making Send address changes to: CanTech International, 17 20 The Maltings, 57 Bath Street, FEATURES Gravesend, Kent DA11 0DF, UK. 18 RAW MATERIALS 27 CAN MAKER Today’s thyssenkrupp Canpack recently announced 12 NEWS FEATURE Rasselstein GmbH has been construction of a new Perm 50-year anniversary operating at its Andernach beverage can plant in the US. © Bell Publishing Ltd 2020. plant since 1920 and is Evert van de Weg examines No part of this publication may 14 CAN INSPECTION Germany’s only manufacturer the implications for the industry be reproduced, stored in a retrieval Nora LaOr, global product of tinplate. CanTech reports system or transmitted in any form specialist, beverage and 31 SUSTAINABILITY or by any means without the prior canning, industrial physics Ensuring a green future for written permission of 20 LABELLING the can making industry Bell Publishing Ltd. at CMC-Kuhnke, examines Domino Printing Sciences the latest technological (Domino) director of Coding developments in seam Automation, Adem Kulauzovic, 33 CAN PACKAGING Printed in the UK by Buxton Press inspection in the can making explores the use of automated An eco friendly option ISSN: 1466-7851 industry coding and marking solutions to reduce the risk of costly IN NEXT MONTH’S ISSUE: 17 AUTOMATION product recalls Asia CanTech – Specialist content writer Virtual show preview Thomas Bradley examines 24 SUPPLIER FOCUS Raw materials whether Covid-19 will bring Prime Controls’ Eclipse Bottle cans us closer to an automated Technology light-based leak Used & refurbished equipment future detection for can ends SEPTEMBER 2020 cantechonline.com 3 P.03 CONTENTS√.indd 21 15/09/2020 17:11 Roeslein’s global manufacturing capabilities ensure the most efficient execution of their unique unitized, preassembled, and conveyance systems to a worldwide client base. With more than 800,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space spread across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia, Roeslein is able to perform manufacturing in a controlled shop environment with skilled labor to deliver a high-quality end result. Safety is paramount to successful project execution, and Roeslein is well-positioned to provide a safe working environment for their multi-cultural workforce. GLOBAL MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES 800,000+ SQ. FT. OF MANUFACTURING ON LEARN MORE MANUFACTURING SPACE FOUR CONTINENTS ROESLEIN.COM EDITORIAL COMMENT Editorial Advisory Board Going digital Saket Bhatia Senior Vice President, Hindustan Tin Works ell Publishing is delighted to announce the and we are looking forward to offering an excellent launch of Asia CanTech 2020 as a virtual conference and exhibition. show. The last fortnight has seen a refreshing return to BWith the on-going and ever changing travel action, with some significant can making news to hit restrictions, and the overall uncertainty due to the desk of CanTech International. Simon Jennings Owner and Covid-19, we’ve taken the decision to postpone the Most significantly, Canpack will construct a state- Advisor of Nomis Consultancy ‘live’ event until 2021. of-the-art aluminium beverage can body and ends However, due to the advent of modern forms of manufacturing plant, its first in the US, as well as a communication, there is no reason why the event North American Center of Excellence, demonstrat- can’t take place virtually, offering delegates the ing Canpack’s R&D and lithographic capabilities. chance to watch high-quality presentations, and This facility, which is estimated to be built and examine the latest in product innovations in the functional by the fourth quarter of 2021, over time Simone Vooijs, Director Technical, virtual exhibitor hall. is anticipated to provide over 400 local jobs. Downstream Operations, Tata Steel Although there is no such substitute for network- The move now signifies the organisation’s first ing face to face, due to the disruption seen globally, entrance into the US market, adding to its portfolio Asia CanTech 2020 as a virtual event is definitely across Europe, South America, India, the Middle the next best thing. With the majority of us well- East and Africa. After a period of relative inactivity versed in using the likes of Zoom to conduct busi- when it comes new plants in the US, it’s positive to ness now, our online event will ensure a smooth and see a new plant to cater for beverage can customers simple process in getting the essential information in the US. Evert van de Weg Independent you need to conduct business in Southeast Asia and Metal Packaging Expert indeed throughout the world. I hope you enjoy the issue. Further details will be announced in due course, so please keep an eye on our usual channels for more information about the event. We have teamed Alex Fordham, up with one of the top ‘virtual events’ companies Editor, CanTech International Robert Gary Chief Commercial Officer, Stolle Machinery Company Follow @Bell_Publishing on Twitter or LinkedIn Tech for regular snapshots from all of our magazines. Can INTERNATIONAL Editorial Director Events Manager Editorial & Sales Office: Sarah McRitchie Megan Freeman 57 Bath Street, Gravesend Kent DA11 0DF, UK [email protected] [email protected] Tel: +44 1474 532 202 Fax: +44 1474 532 203 Andrew Truelove General Editor Assistant Events Manager Taiwan Sales Agent: Manager, CarnaudMetalbox Alex Fordham Kyra O’Sheen Worldwide Services Co Ltd [email protected] [email protected] 11F-B, No. 540, Wen Hsin Road, Section 1, Taichung, 40848, Taiwan. Art Editor Accounts Tel: +886-4-2325-1784 Fax: +886-4-2325-2967 Sue Burke Yee Yau Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.acw.com.tw Group Sales Manager Publisher Japan Sales Agent: Mark Neilson Neil McRitchie Patrick Heskins Chief Executive Yukari Media Incorporated. YMI bldg. 3-3-4, [email protected] [email protected] of the British Aerosol Uchihirano-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0037 Japan Manufacturers’ Association Tel: +81-6-4790-2222 SEPTEMBER 2020 cantechonline.com 5 P.05 COMMENT.indd. √.indd 21 24/08/2020 10:15 Improve Print Follow @CanTechIntl for your daily news updates Quality and Dear All, questions and have discussions privately on a one to one basis. Productivity Asia CanTech – a new virtual event I genuinely believe this will be the best opportunity we can offer you to reach your with After lots of deliberation, discussions with customers this year safely and without the the industry, and looking at the different uncertainty of travel. options available, we have decided to go Please contact Kyra, Mark or myself for EPIC DELTA virtual with Asia CanTech this year. With the more information. way things are in the world at the moment, with social distancing and the possibility Keep safe DAMPENING of countries closing their borders at short notice, there is no way we could guarantee Neil McRitchie The industry standard an event in Vietnam. Conference Director The Covid-19 world has changed dramat- for 40 years ically, and we have decided to move with the times. The virtual event offers you the opportunity to still get out there, without the danger of infection and the difficulties of travel and quarantine. Across many other industries, virtual events are becoming the ‘new normal’, for now at least, and we have decided to offer you the opportunity to do the same. Suppliers: Asia CanTech 2020 will run in a very similar format, with tabletops and presentations running simultaneously. The big difference is that we will be online for one month allowing you to show videos, presentations, promotional material to the Kyra O’Sheen world’s can makers 24/7. There will also [email protected] Denser solids, be sponsorship opportunities. eliminate hickeys Can makers: You will be able to register Mark Neilson for free, and see some of the latest tech- [email protected] Improved ink/ nology to help improve your line efficiency. You will be able to watch presentations Neil McRitchie water balance and videos, download material and ask [email protected] Faster make readies, less waste UK’s Q2 PRN data shows record levels for aluminium packaging recycling According to data released by the UK’s 2020 shows a hugely impressive year-on-year Environment Agency last week (22 July), a increase in the volume of aluminium packag- record 40,653 tonnes of aluminium packag- ing collected for recycling. Alongside great- ing were collected for recycling in Q2 2020. er public awareness about the benefits of This indicates that 76,933 tonnes were col- recycling, figures should be attributed to the lected for recycling in the first half of the year COVID-19 lockdown and the resulting increase – a significant increase of 52% compared to in household recycling volumes.