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KHS Innofill DVD can filling system extensively modernised

The KHS Innofill DVD can filling system, tried and tested worldwide, now offers a variety of innovative advantages. A new generation of the Innofill DVD precisely geared towards today's requirements is now being introduced to the market. Even greater machine availability, optimized sanitizing processes, hygienic design as far as the eye can see, simplified changeover: these are just a few of the numerous benefits offered by the new Innofill DVD concept.

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Bonduelle launches corn and fruit brand in single serve packaging

CROWN Food Europe has teamed up with Bonduelle Group, the European leader of processed vegetables, to launch its new brand Maïs & Fruit in single-serve bowl-shaped cans. For today’s active and health conscious woman, Maïs & Fruit is a small snack made from sweetcorn mixed with either pineapple or a mango and papaya blend.

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Crown to build beverage plant in Slovakia

Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (www.crowncork.com), announces that it will construct a new beverage can plant in Kechnec, in eastern Slovakia.

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Unique can for cider

Rexam has created a unique can for Finnish brewery Olvi using a 360º embossing technique that gives the can and the brand a completely new look and feel and great shelf stand out.

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People still want goods in cans

The Swiss company Ferrum is experiencing growth due to increased demand for cans. Here area sales manager Robert Grillenberger explains why.

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Combi drink can designed

Paulo Muchelas has registered a patent for this combi drink can which can be seen in this film.

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Optima pleased with exhibitions

INDEX in Geneva, the world’s leading nonwovens exhibition, is traditionally the first of two two global-scale trade shows of central importance to Optima.

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A canvas for a bottle of rum

Some say that rum is the distilled flavor of the Caribbean islands. Now, a specialty rigid paperboard can from Sonoco provides the canvas to present the vibrant, premium quality of Doorly's XO Specially Selected Fine Barbados Rum contained in the bottle inside.

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New opening for cans

Alcoa , the company that invented the pull-top aluminum can, announced today that it has worked with Ball Corporation and Coors Brewing Company to introduce the Vented Wide Mouth Can – the industry’s first-ever can with a built-in vent that enables consumers to enjoy a smoother pour.

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Recycling cans : have we met before?

Wonder why that can of Pepsi you're holding feels so familiar? It could be because it's been in your hand before.

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EC closes procedures against German deposit system

The European Commission has closed an infringement procedure against Germany relating to the deposit system for one-way drinks packaging, such as cans and plastic bottles. The Commission considers that the rules applied are now in line with the requirements concerning the free movement of goods and Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste.

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Resealable can comes on the market

After many years of development work, Ball Packaging Europe is launching an innovation on the market which has what it takes to become a real classic: the resealable beverage can.

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Applications to extrusion blow moulding extended

Be it hairspray bottles, paint cans or oil tanks – thanks to BASF’s new Ultraform® E3120 BM, hollow objects with demanding requirements can now be made of polyoxymethylene (POM) by means of extrusion blow molding. In comparison to containers made of polyethylene (PE), they display considerable better barrier properties against gases such as oxygen, hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Ultraform E3120 BM is resistant to many types of media such as alcohol, oil and hydrocarbons, and moreover, it can be sterilized with hot steam. This product is now available in commercial quantities. Easy to process, translucent and chemical-resistant

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Frozen food demand to increase

Demand for frozen food packaging is projected to increase 4.1 percent per year to $6.4 billion in 2011.

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Strong growth for aerosols

AEROBAL members have enjoyed a double-digit growth rate in the first half of 2007, even outstripping last year’s already bullish market for aluminium aerosol containers. The 10 percent growth in the first semester and large incoming orders in the last few months herald another buoyant year for the aluminium aerosol can industry so that producers are confident to achieve a world aluminium aerosol can production of about 5.2 billion in 2007. Striking appeal, new products and better sustainability

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Ball Packaging signs Polish agreement

The US company Ball Packaging Europe, will enter the Euro-Park Special Economic Zone in Mielec. In the first stage of its development the firm is to invest 200 million EUR and employ app. 100 workers.

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Rexam completes Russian purchase

Rexam, the global consumer packaging group and the world's leading beverage can maker, has completed the acquisition of Rostar, the Russian beverage can maker. The transaction, which was announced in July 2007, was conditional on regulatory approval from the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS).

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Rexam receives permission for Russian acquisition

Rexam has finally got the go-ahead from Russian competition authorities for its acquisition of can maker Rostar, paving the way for expansion into one of the largest growth markets.

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New technology for printing on cans

Crown Holdings has announced the development of a new print technology, which significantly enhances the quality of images that can be reproduced on beverage cans.

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Alcoa seeks to increase recycling rate

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it has established a goal to raise the industry’s used beverage can (UBC) recycling rate in North America from its current 52% rate to 75% by 2015.

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Can plant planned for Rostov

Ball Corp , which makes plastic and metal packaging products, plans to build a $120 million beverage can plant in southern Russia.

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Fluted can for premium soup

The German soup manufacturer Stockmeyer (heristo AG) has introduced a new range of premium soups for the U.K. market in fluted cans manufactured by CROWN Food Europe, a business unit of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) ( www.crowncork.com). This new 400g decorated can size creates an original "retro" look, providing an alternative to the typical metal soup containers found on retail shelves today.

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Rexam expanding can capacity

Rexam expanding European beverage can capacity to meet growing market demand

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Rexam continues to innovate

Rexam’s commitment to innovation has been demonstrated again in 2007 with an explosion of exciting industry firsts including the 1 litre can, newly developed 360o embossing techniques, and sparkle varnish.

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Omniview for creating cylindrical surfaces

Imagine how useful it would be to inspect the entire cylindrical surface of bottles, cans, vials, or cosmetic containers without the need for orientation or accurate positioning. This seemingly impossible capability is what OmniViewTM technology from Cognex provides. OmniView uses 4 cameras to obtain a 360-degree view of all features on the entire surface. It can read barcodes, verify text, inspect graphics and measure features at production line speeds of up to 1,200 parts per minute.

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Sidel delivers line for brewery

Sidel and Spanish brewer Damm have teamed up on a cutting edge packaging line and complex project of integrated logistics.

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Message in a bottle

What makes one brand of vodka ordinary and another iconic? It's all down to packaging, Rexam's chief executive Lars Emilson tells Andrew Cave.

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Easy open easier

Crown Holdings, announces the launch of its patented Easylift™ easy-open ends, a revolutionary new standard in convenience packaging. Crown is currently working with Nestlé Purina Petcare Europe to trial the new ends on its 400g packages of cat and dog food in The Netherlands. Once tests are completed, Nestlé Purina intends to introduce this new standard across all of its major European brands.

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Orwak presenting in Poznań

Summer season has almost passed, autumn is approaching at great pace. This year’s autumn exhibition season will be inaugurated by ORWAK during Fair of Food Packaging PAKFOOD in Poznan.

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Heinz relaunch fruit cans

Heinz have relaunched fruit syrup products offered under their brand ‘Karvan Cévitam’ using a shaped can to replace the original straight walled cans. The attractive distortion printed three piece can is the result of a demanding development collaboration between Impress Research Centre in Crosmières, France, the Impress factory in Deventer, the Netherlands and the Heinz team.

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The ultimate nut

The Squirrel Brand Company bills each of its products as "The Ultimate Nut," and with flavors like Italian Black Truffle Almonds(TM) and Creme Brulee Almonds(TM), it's hard to disagree. Each of its eight kettle-roasted, artisan nut products is as decadent as the next. So when Squirrel Brand made the decision to market its products to upscale hotels, country clubs and businesses, it needed a package to reflect the sophisticated nature of the brand and to protect the nuts' subtle flavors.

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Aral can highlights Kutenholz can do

RPC Verpackungen Kutenholz has developed a new 4 litre can for ARAL, part of the BP Group.

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Crown launches bowl shaped can

CROWN Food Europe, a subsidiary of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (www.crowncork.com), has launched a new 65mm diameter bowl-shaped can with easy-open PeelSeam™ peelable lid for the European single-serve food market. Developed in cooperation with Calvo Group, a leading producer of canned fish in Spain, the 85g bowl is being used to launch the company’s unique Paté line. The application represents the first major launch of a Paté in a metal package in this market.

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Rexam to sell glass business

Ardagh Glass has announced an agreement to buy Rexam's glass container business for €660m.

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Aluminium recylcing increases

Al Invest joins support to the beverage can recycling project, which was established by the European Aluminium Association. Beverage cans are manufactured out of aluminium or steel. Both materials can be easily and repeatedly 100% recycled, therefore cans are the most recycled beverage packaging in the world. In the last 25 years the average mass of beverage cans with a volume of 0.33 litre has been reduced by around 30%. As a result, a 0.33 litre can weighs now just 13.8 grams including the ring-pull end.

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Nutrition in recyclable can

New Sun Nutrition, a developer and distributor of nutritional supplements, healthy snacks and beverages, today announced that FRS®, the company's patented Free Radical Scavenging (FRS) antioxidant health beverage, has been reformulated and repackaged in a new, eye-catching recyclable can. The breakthrough health drink flavors have been fine-tuned for a delicious, refreshing taste and packaged in a can for enhanced shelf life and flavor protection.

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Can plant for Chelyabinsk

Rexam Beverages Can Naro- Fominsk, a subsidiary of Britain's Rexam Plc in Moscow region, is planning to start construction on a plant to produce aluminum cans in the Argayash district of Chelyabinsk region in 2006, the regional Economic Development and Trade Ministry said in a press release.

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