Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) reports that shipments of its beverage cans in Europe were up in the second quarter, adding further evidence of a recovery in the region’s can market. The Luxembourg-based canmaker said the volume of aluminium cans that came off its 12 production lines in Europe in the three months to the end […] The post European beverage can rebound boosts AMP’s volumes appeared first on The Canmaker ..read more

An ongoing dispute between Russia’s major domestic canmaker, the Arnest Group, and Polish canmaker Canpack has put the sector through turmoil, writes Eugene Gerden.  Canpack had faced legal proceedings, but these were halted on 19 July, as the parties decided to settle their dispute outside court. General director of Canpack Packaging plant Arsen Davidyan, said […] The post Russian can sector continues to face turmoil appeared first on The Canmaker ..read more

Metal packaging printing equipment firm Barberan said it is offering a digital can decorating system that it says is one of the most efficient and flexible on the market. Developed for the company’s primary business of designing and manufacturing machinery for surface finishing, sales manager Xavier Jorge, told The Canmaker the printer has a capacity […] The post Barberan debuts decorator service for cans appeared first on The Canmaker ..read more

Shipments of food and general line cans in the US bucked the recent downward trend by picking up in the second quarter of this year. According to the latest figures from the Can Manufacturers Institute, which represents most of the leading canmakers and customers, 6.51 billion cans were shipped in the three months to the […] The post US food can shipments lift in second quarter appeared first on The Canmaker ..read more

Quality control and colour checking systems for decorators with automatic inkers, with higher resolutions and a smaller footprint are being offered by Applied Vision. The company, part of the Antares Vision Group, said its established DecoMatch system has been upgraded with higher resolution cameras and is easier to use in a tighter space. Albert Santor, […] The post Applied Vision searches for true colours appeared first on The Canmaker ..read more

Leading decorating ink and coatings supplier to the canmaking industry, INX International has its eye on Asia as it looks to become “a truly global company”. Speaking to The Canmaker at Cannex Fillex 2024 in China, Alex Felloso, vice president of R&D Metal Decorating Technology, said the company is seeing “real growth” in the country, […] The post INX International looks to Asia for growth appeared first on The Canmaker ..read more

Toolmaker Amador Varas has identified a gap in the market for sheet feed presses and transfer machines. The Spain-based global company, famous for toolmaking, is diversifying into machine manufacturing and servicing. Technical manager Carlos Tamburrini Varas, told The Canmaker at Cannex Fillex 2024 in Guangzhou, China, that he was confident of a growing market for […] The post Amador Varas diversifies into machine-making and servicing appeared first on The Canmaker ..read more

Germany-based downgauging specialists Alfons Haar has come up with further materials reductions as a feature of its PP cap lines. Regional support engineer Zhen Hui Zhang said material thickness had come down from 0.17 or 0.18mm to 0.14mm. “This is reinforced by ridges. The material is stronger, even with less material, which is very useful […] The post Alfons Haar achieves thinner PP caps appeared first on The Canmaker ..read more

Canpack is supporting the annual BNP Paribas Green Film Festival in Kraków, southern Poland, at which it is encouraging attendees to create a giant art installation from used beverage cans (UBCs). The Poland-based canmaker and global recycling initiative Every Can Counts (ECC) will install a “pixelata” at the site – an art form that seeks […] The post Canpack uses can art to promote recycling at Green Film Festival appeared first on The Canmaker ..read more

Japanese printing machinery specialist Fuji Kikai Kogyo Co has begun producing one of its coating machines in China for the first time. The Primex-FBC453 Coater has always been manufactured in Japan for the international market but Mike Takehiko Iguchi, senior manager for the metal decorating machine division, told The Canmaker that Fuji is trying to […] The post Japan’s Fuji manufactures coating machines in China for first time appeared first on The Canmaker ..read more