CANTECH INTERNATIONAL MARCH 2014 www.cantechonline.comTech Can INTERNATIONAL MARCH 2014 Soft drinks: has the bubble Inside: burst? Redesigning rams Keeping seams seamless Inspection and testing systems March 2014 Contents March 2014 Volume 21, Number 6 Contents 22 CANTECH INTERNATIONAL MARCH 2014 www.cantechonline.comTech Can INTERNATIONAL MARCH 2014 Soft drinks: has the bubble Inside: burst? Redesigning rams Keeping seams seamless Inspection and testing systems 33 REGULARS Subscription Information 5 Comment DON’T MISS IT! An annual subscription to CanTech International includes 7 World News direct personal delivery of 10 issues per year, weekly email 38 Equipment News 12 newsletter and online access to back issues. The latest machinery and equipment for the can line16 Postal & Digital Issue One Year: 43 £168 UK; £178 Europe; 39 New Products £199 Rest of World Postal & Digital Issue Two Years: New cans and ends in the £292 UK; £315 Europe; market place £352 Rest of World 40 Digital Issue Only (1 year): 40 Filling Focus £160 To subscribe please email Russ Phillips updates readers [email protected] or on the canned craft beer go to www.cantechonline.com and market in the US and reviews click Subscribe. the best cans and beers 38 58 Candid Graham Fenton, chairman 18 Used & refurbished of The Can Makers, talks equipment 30 Inspection & testing to Candid following his Richard Piper takes a closer systems re-election look at the pros and cons Richard Piper talks to the Send address changes to: of new versus used or experts in the field of CanTech International, refurbished equipment inspection and testing, an The Maltings, 57 Bath Street, FEATURES area of vital importance to Gravesend, Kent DA11 0DF, UK. 12 Soft Drinks 20 Metal decoration the industry ©Bell Publishing Ltd. No part of this The soft drinks market is Carmon Madison, offset and publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or evolving in response to metal decorating specialist 33 Ram technology transmitted in any form or by any consumer demands for at Pacesetter USA, looks at Solving a costly lubrication means without the prior written innovation, growing interest roller technology problem has triggered permission of Bell in health and sustainability unexpected productivity Publishing Ltd. concerns. Industry expert 22 Seaming improvements, says Georg Helen Lewis reports Seaming can be a complex Bartosh, president of Intech Printed in the UK by Buxton Press process, so how do you Corporation ISSN: 1466-7851 16 Beverage Cans: ensure that things continue Taiwan and China to run as efficiently as 37 Handling & conveying Consumption of canned possible? Evert van de Weg Richard Piper speaks with beverages in China has investigates Tom Spangenberg, business grown each year for more unit director of Fleetwood than a decade, as rising 24 Seaming GoldcoWyard (FGWA), incomes and the growing James Wilkinson, seaming about developments in the market for beer and business manager at CMB field of handling and BELL carbonated drinks has lifted Engineering, gives us his top conveying PUBLISHING LTD demand for two-piece drinks tips when it comes to the packaging double seaming process 41 Buyers Guide CanTech International March 2014 3 Bloomingdale, IL Learn About the Latest Trends, Equipment & Technology DEC TAL ORA E TO M R L S A N A O S I S T O A C N I A R T E I T O N N I he Best Better ng t ki Ma g: FERENCE n N PROGRAM FORMAT Meta Packagi UAL CO l ANN 2014 Tuesday, May 20: IMDA Memorial Scholarship Golf Outing Wednesday, May 21: 80th Year Member Breakfast, General & Technical Sessions and Awards Luncheon Thursday, May 22: General Session, Round Table & Tutorial Talks ALSO FEATURING: 80th Year Member Breakfast Awards Ceremony Lunch Event Annual Quality Awards Decorators of the Year Awards Tutorial Talk Thursday May 20, 2014 Expecting over 60 tabletop exhibits! Contact Mike Masenior at 410.252.5205 Follow us on www.facebook.com/metaldecorators or email [email protected] Editorial Comment Editorial Exciting Advisory Board things to Gordon Shade Chief Executive Officer of the European Metal come… Packaging Association (Empac) elcome to the March edition of CanTech On the technical side of things, we also have features international magazine. With Metpack and on inspection and testing and used and refurbished equip- W Interpack coming up fast, preparations are ment – the latter of which takes a look at the importance underway here to ensure the CanTech stand is bigger and of making the right decision when it comes to choosing better than ever before! between new or used machinery. We have some exciting plans this year, so look out for There is a lot to consider before making a purchasing Simon Jennings Owner and advisor of Nomis Consultancy something a little different. decision and the experts in this field aim to bring you some We are aware that a lot of you will be present at the practical advice to help you spend your budgets wisely. events, so please do send us your news and press releases Can you afford to cut back on the very equipment that ahead of time for inclusion within our upcoming preview. enables you to make money? And is it the right thing to do As always, we are very interested to hear your latest so? In an economic climate such as this, companies the updates and developments. world over who are looking to replace machinery have a On to this issue, and we have an impressive line up for tough decision to make – do they bite the bullet and buy Atit Bhatia Senior Vice President you as always. Our cover story this time takes a look at brand new, or do they look to the used and refurbished at Hindustan Tin Works the canned drinks marketplace. Industry specialist Helen market? Lewis looks at how the canned drinks market is evolving in Take a look at the full article from page 32 to find out response to consumer demands for innovation, growing more. We also have a section looking at developments in interest in health and sustainability concerns. can seaming, starting on page 22, and regular columnist She says: “Carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) in the US Davis Hayes travels to Taiwan to speak to Chiang Ching- have gone to pot and there are predictions that vol- Yee, chairman of Great China Metal Industry Co Ltd. ume sales will fall by one per cent between 2013 and Richard Piper, Editor, Adrian Long Global Account Manager, CMB Engineering (retired) 2017. Beverage can producers such as Crown, however, CanTech International believe they have the innovative spark to bring life back to the soft drinks market. Brands are crying out for support to make their soft drinks stand out in a crowded market- place, and packaging suppliers and designers are in a prime position to meet this demand.” Turn to page 12 for Search for CanTech the full story. @CanTechIntl International magazine Robert Gary Executive Vice President Global Solutions for Stolle Machinery Company Follow @Bell_Publishing on Twitter or LinkedIn Tech for regular snapshots from all of our magazines. Can INTERnationaL Editorial Director Classified Sales & Events Executive Taiwan Sales Agent: Sarah McRitchie Megan Freeman Worldwide Services Co Ltd [email protected] [email protected] 11F-B, No. 540, Wen Hsin Road, Section 1, Taichung, 40848, Taiwan. Editor Accounts Graham Fenton Chairman of Richard Piper Yee Yau Tel: +886-4-2325-1784 the Can Makers [email protected] [email protected] Fax: +886-4-2325-2967 Email: [email protected] Web Editor Publisher Letitia Booty Neil McRitchie Website: www.acw.com.tw [email protected] [email protected] Japan Sales Agent Art Editor Editorial & Sales Office Yukari Media Incorporated. Sue Burke The Maltings, YMI bldg. 3-3-4, [email protected] 57 Bath Street, Gravesend Uchihirano-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka Kent DA11 0DF, UK James Peterson Vice President of Advertisement Manager 540-0037 Japan Victoria Brockwell Tel: +44 1474 532 202 Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Tel: +81-6-4790-2222 Ball Corporation [email protected] Fax: +44 1474 532 203 CanTech International March 2014 5 THE ENTIRE WORLD OF METAL PACKAGING 6 – 10 MAY 2014 ESSEN GERMANY Meet experts from all over the world. Discover innovative solutions in metal packaging. Take advantage of the opportunities at the industry’s hot spot. Join us! MESSE ESSEN GmbH · Tel. +49(0)201-72 44-800 · [email protected] · www.metpack.de AZ_CanTech_300x225_Besucher_eng.indd 1 13.12.13 14:36 World News News and views from the metal packaging industry IMDA and CraftCans. FDA research may support BPA safety Com announce Craft Can design contest The North American Metal conducted by regulatory scien- FDA officials, speaking to The International Metal Decorators Packaging Alliance (NAMPA) has tists at the US Food and Drug Environmental Health News, Association (IMDA) has announced reported that there is significant Administration (FDA), was accept- stated: “The study reported that this year – for the first time new evidence to support the ed for March publication in the no effects of BPA at any dose, – there will be a ‘Craft Cans’ safety of the chemical bisphenol journal Toxicological Sciences. The except at the very highest levels, category in its annual Quality A (BPA). study also helps to debunk the and is consistent with the FDA’s Awards. The new peer reviewed study, urban myth that low doses of BPA current position that BPA is safe at Each year the IMDA conducts a such as those that people might the very low amounts that occur Quality Contest to recognise the be exposed through food pack- in some foods.” skillful achievements of the metal aging can cause a variety Dr John M Rost, NAMPA chair- decorating industry.