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16 FOCUS: EUROPE Alexander Mohr, secretary general of Apeal, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, discusses the impact of the Circular Economy Package (CEP) being shelved on the steel for packaging sector

21 CONFERENCE REVIEW Euro CanTech 2015 took place at the Hotel Arts in Barcelona, Spain, on 23-25 March. Richard Piper presents some of the highlights for those that were unable to attend

24 SLIM CANS Slim cans are gaining ground in the beverage can market. The Ball Corporation tells us more about this important size variation

30 INKS & COATNGS Jack Knight of INX updates on the latest in the metal decorating sector

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34 SOUTH KOREA Consumption of drinks in aluminium cans continues to grow in South Korea as lifestyle trends influence consumers’ choice of packaging for popular beverages

39 LASER TECHNOLOGY CanTech talks to Sascha Benke, business unit manager for Laser at Videojet Technologies, about the growing need for laser solutions in the beverage can market

42 INSPECTION & SENSING Mark Mohn, sales manager at Prime Controls, reports on the value of inspection and sensing systems for leak testing

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46 Filling Focus Russ Phillips, founder of CraftCans.com, leads us into an exciting season for craft beers

48 Buyers Guide

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66 Candid Richard Piper speaks to Graham Price, of GP Engineering Services, about his involvement with can making machinery supplier Suzhou Slac Precision Equipment in China

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12 FILLING Evert van de Weg talks to DIS, a major contract filler in the Netherlands

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Elsewhere, and aside from the obvious topic of the potential takeover of Rexam, Ball Corporation discusses the importance of the slim can format. This packaging option has increased in popularity in recent years and has far exceeded expectations in terms of opening the door for the can in markets other than energy drinks. We are now seeing slim cans used widely in the ready-to drink sector, not to mention wines of all descriptions and soft drinks as well. Turn to page 24 to read more.

Finally, a mention of the 100th anniversary of the Coca-Cola contour bottle, which, after all this time and having been originally made in glass, is being celebrated in Europe and Asia with a limited edition aluminium bottle can. Congratulations to Ardagh on having been selected to produce this commemorative can – we hope that one day all Coca-Cola bottles will be made from aluminium.

Enjoy this issue.

Welcome to the April issue of CanTech International. We are back from Euro CanTech 2015 in Barcelona and I have

to say it was a very enjoyable event, both to organise and to attend. The team here are pleased with the outcome and the feedback we have received has been very positive. Thank you to all who attend-ed, presented and exhibited at the beautiful Hotel Arts. Your participation and enthusiasm, as always, is what makes these gatherings worthwhile. The full review begins on page 21 if you were unable to attend last month and some of the presenta-tions are available to download on the website: www.euro-cantech.com.

There were certain themes that became clear throughout the conference, one of which was the topic of recycling. Obviously metal’s 100 per cent recyclability is a pretty claim, but what we really need to focus on are the recycling rates themselves, both in aluminium and steel. The latter is a point of interest this issue, as Alexander Mohr, secre-tary general of Apeal, discusses the impact of the Circular Economy Package (CEP) being shelved on the steel for packaging sector. The full article can be found from page 16.

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sustainable and the world’s most recyclable drinks pack as it’s made from permanent-ly available material which is 100% and infinitely recycla-ble. Add eye-catching design, a wide variety of shapes and sizes, and the fact that cans maintain the integrity of drinks among the many benefits and it’s easy to see why the can is a drink pack of choice for consumers and brands alike.”

Martin’s career in the can making industry started when he joined Crown Packaging in 2004, going in as a UK key account manager following 15 years at General Electric. He is now based at Crown Bevcan’s offices in Carlisle, where he is responsible for UK and Ireland as the sales director.

HJ Heinz Company and the Kraft Foods Group have announced a definitive merger agree-ment to create The Kraft Heinz Company, forming the fifth largest food and beverage company in the world.

Under the terms of the agreement, which has been unanimously approved by both Heinz and Kraft’s boards of directors, Kraft shareholders will own a 49% stake in the combined company, and current Heinz share-holders will own 51% on a fully diluted basis.

Kraft shareholders will receive stock in the combined company and a special cash dividend of $16.50 per share. The aggregate special dividend payment of approximately $10 billion is being fully funded by an equity contribution by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital.

Alex Behring, chairman of Heinz and the managing partner at 3G Capital, said: “By bringing together these two iconic companies through this transaction, we are creating a strong platform for both US and international growth. Our combined brands and business-es mean increased scale and relevance both in the US and internationally. We have the utmost respect for the Kraft business and its employees and greatly look forward to working together as we integrate the two companies.”

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, said: “I am delighted to play a part in bringing these two winning companies and their iconic brands together. This is my kind of transaction, uniting two world-class organisations and deliver-ing shareholder value. I’m excited by the opportunities for what this new combined organisation will achieve.” Bernardo Hees, current Heinz CEO, will retain his position at the top of the combined company, headquar-tered in both Pittsburgh and Chicago.

Silgan announces results oftender offerSilgan Holdings, a supplier of rigid packag-ing for shelf-stable food and other consum-er goods products, has announced the final results of its ‘modified Dutch auction’ tender offer. Silgan has accepted for pur-chase 2,766,354 shares of its common stock at a price of $58.50 per share, for a total purchase price of approximately $161.8 million. Payment for the shares accepted for purchase, and return of all other shares tendered and not accept-ed for purchase, will be made promptly by Computershare Trust Company, the depositary for the tender offer.

Valspar chameleon in charitycan artworkValspar, a global supplier of coatings for light metal packaging, unveiled 6,600 cans of tuna that became the building blocks for a mammoth sculpture depicting Val, Valspar’s chameleon mascot onsite at the Valspar Championship on 12 March this year. Four members of Canstruction, a global charity whose mission is to feed and inspire the world one can at a time as it mounts some extremely novel artworks, undertook this construction. When the tournament was over, Valspar donated the cans of tuna to Feeding America Tampa Bay.

Ardagh reopens production facilityIn March, Ardagh reopened its production facility in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, which has been upgraded for the nutri-tion industry. The new plant was offi-cially opened in a special ceremony in the presence of Henk Deinum, Alderman for Economic and Regional Development Leeuwarden and the town’s Deputy Mayor.Ewoud Vriens, commercial director of Ardagh’s Nutrition sector, said: “The upgrade of our Leeuwarden facility means that we now have added capacity to supply quality metal packaging to our nutrition customers from several European manufacturing sites. Leeuwarden also pro-duces the packaging of Nestlé’s innovative ‘Scoop Out’.” Henk Deinum added: “As Alderman for Economic Development, I am extremely proud of Ardagh Leeuwarden.”

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The Can Makers, the industry trade body representing the UK manufacturers of drinks cans, has appointed Martin Constable as the new chairman. Martin takes over from Graham Fenton.

Martin Constable commented: “It is certainly an exciting time to be chairman of the Can Makers. We’ve seen strong market per-formance for drinks cans across the board, further recognition of the can’s unique sustainability credentials and independently brewed beer gain momentum with the Indie Beer Can Festival. I would like to thank Graham Fenton for his hard work and dedica-tion as chairman. I hope to continue the great work he’s done to raise the profile of the drinks can as we enter the beer can’s 80th year. The can has a lot to offer. It’s uniquely

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New record recycling rate for cans The overall recycling rate for aluminium bev-erage cans in the EU 27 + EFTA countries increased by 1.5% to a new record level of 69.5% (70%) in 2012, according to an EAA Environmental Report.

When considering the collection of cans in the remaining European countries and Turkey, the result is that the metal of more than 27.5 billion cans remains in the European circular economy and is available again for the pro-duction of new aluminium products.

The collected cans represent a total amount of 390,000 tons of recycled aluminium,

preventing more than 3.12 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.

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The European Aluminium Association (EAA) considers this result an important milestone in its path towards its voluntary recycling targets of 80% by 2020. However, Maarten Labberton, director of the EAA Packaging Group said: “These ambitious targets can only be met if significant improvements are made to the existing metal packaging and can specific collection and sorting schemes. The European regulatory framework should also become more transparent and harmo-nised. Therefore, we urge the EU authorities to present a revised EU Circular Economy Package with ambitious but more realistic and ‘real’ recycling targets.”

EAA recommends that extra investments should be made in the recycling infrastruc-tures of the EU Member States. Labberton continued: “These funds should be used in a more ‘intelligent’ way and respect the

waste management hierarchy, with a strong focus on innovative collection

and sorting solutions for recycling. Landfilling of recyclable packaging waste should be phased out incin-eration with energy recovery should

be kept as a ‘second best’ solution.”

This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the iconic Coca-Cola contour bottle. To cele-brate this milestone the company has turned to Ardagh Group to manufacture a limited edition 25cl aluminium bottle.

The original contour shape, designed by the Root Glass Company of Terre Haute, Indiana, won approval from Coca Cola in 1915. Since the first aluminium contour bottle – called the M5 (Magnificent 5) – was introduced in 2006, Ardagh has continued this tradition with a succession of limited edition bottles, celebrating famous sporting

occasions as well as another anniversary bot-tle to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Coca-Cola Company.

“We have been associated with some memorable limited edition Coca-Cola bottles over the past few years, and in wishing Coca Cola our very best wishes for this remarkable anniversary we are very pleased that we were able to join forces in manufacturing this very special edition aluminium bottle for the European and Asian markets,” said Woep Möller, chief commercial officer at Ardagh Group’s metal division.

Ball has announced that it has received a Request for Additional Information, or “sec-ond request,” from the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.

The request is in connection with the FTC’s review of Ball’s recommended offer to acquire Rexam PLC and is a standard part of the United States’ regulatory process.

Ball expects that the necessary regulatory clearances will be obtained in the first half of 2016 but there is still some speculation amongst industry professionals as to whether it will be a straightforward process when it comes to competition concerns.

The merger could potentially be cause for concern for several players in the can making industry should it be given the green light, and the deal will be heavily scrutinised by the regulatory bodies involved.

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Alcoa has announced that it will curtail the remaining 74,000 metric tons of smelting capacity at its São Luís (Alumar) facility in Brazil. The decision is aligned with the Company’s recent announcement to evaluate upstream capacity for possible curtailment, closure or sale as Alcoa further optimises its commodity portfolio.

“We continue to take decisive steps to create a globally competitive commodity busi-ness and are executing against our upstream capacity review,” said Bob Wilt, president of Alcoa’s Global Primary Products. “These are difficult but necessary actions in support of Alcoa’s strategy to lower the cost base of our upstream businesses.” This curtailment adds to the 85,000 metric tons of capacity idled at São Luís in May 2014 and the 12,000 metric tons curtailed in October 2014.

“We understand how deeply this decision affects our employees, our contractors and our communities,” said José A. Drummond, president of Alcoa Latin America. “Our teams have worked extremely hard to make the plant competitive, and we will actively consult with our employees, unions and community stakeholders to minimise the impact of this action. We will continue working to achieve the competitive conditions necessary for aluminium production in the region.”

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The second Euro CanTech Event was held in Barcelona, Spain, from 23-25 March. Suppliers and can makers alike converged at the beautiful Hotel Arts, on Barcelona’s sandy sea front, to discuss the industry in Europe and the direction in which it is headed.

One of the themes to emerge from the event was that of the need to differentiate between recyclability and recy-cling rates – the latter being of more importance to what is actually being achieved.

Metal remains one of the most recycled materials in the world, and it was good to see that as an industry this is an area that is taken very serious-ly indeed.

Our thanks go to everyone who attended, and in particular to those that gave a pres-entation at the conference, including our distinguished keynote speakers.

A full review can be seen from page 21.

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In preparation for Canned Food Week 2015, which was held held 30 March – 5 April, Canned Food UK teamed up with celeb-rity nutritionist Amanda Hamilton to raise awareness of canned food and its nutritional benefits.

Canned Food UK and Hamilton have pro-duced a set of seven healthy eating plans for a number of different audiences. Each plan featured a brand new recipe from Canned Food UK, two of which were designed by Canned Food UK ambassador and celebrity chef James Martin. Consumers can download the healthy meal plans from www.canned-food.co.uk.

Hamilton said: “These plans have been cre-ated to help show people that eating healthily isn’t as hard or expensive as you think – it’s all about planning ahead. Good nutrition can seem overly complex at times so I’m happy to get behind a campaign that makes sim-ple recipes suggestions that are genuinely accessible to the vast majority – they taste great too!”

Jason Hegarty, chairman for Canned Food UK, said: “We know that canned food plays an important role in cooking in the majority of UK households, and that is why Canned Food Week is so important to us. During the canning process, nutrients are locked in, so canned food really does present a healthy option. By producing these plans with Amanda Hamilton we hope to show that using canned food is a convenient and affordable way to eat healthily.”

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in the borough and is a MetalMatters funding partner through its membership of Beverage Can Makers Europe (BCME). The plant this week hosted a tour for Councillors and rep-resentatives from Wrexham County Borough Council and members of Brynteg County Primary School, which was recently awarded the Platinum Eco Schools Wales award.

Rick Hindley, executive director of project managers at Alupro, said: “The Wrexham campaign marks a significant milestone for MetalMatters: Three million households have now been directly targeted by our commu-nications campaign, each one delivered for around 30 pence per household and deliver-ing return on investment far beyond the initial financial outlay.

“MetalMatters offers a cost-effective solu-tion to local authorities who are faced with flatlining recycling rates and challenges including budget cuts and increasing landfill costs.”

On behalf of Waste Awareness Wales, campaigns and recycling officer Andrew Osborne said: “It’s vital that we keep encour-aging householders in Wales to recycle and MetalMatters is proving a very useful cam-paign to help us. It’s a tried and tested campaign with an extensive range of commu-nications materials, making it very straightfor-ward to set up and manage.”

MetalMatters campaign in Wrexham Wrexham Council has become the 50th local authority to benefit from MetalMatters, the industry-funded communications campaign to increase household recycling of metal packaging.

It is the fourth campaign the programme has run in partnership with Waste Awareness Wales. Previous campaigns include Newport, which achieved a 9% increase in metal cap-ture at a cost of £0.31 per household and Rhondda Cynon Taff and Torfaen, which will report results later this year.

The MetalMatters campaign delivers target-ed messaging to residents about the benefits of recycling via two leaflet drops, typically eight weeks apart, which inform and remind householders about what and how to recycle.

The Wrexham campaign is being actively supported by Ball Packaging Europe, which operates a beverage can manufacturing plant

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Novelis has announced the first product in a new portfolio of certified high-recycled content aluminium for speciality applications, called evercycle. This new material will appar-ently enable customers to produce infinitely recyclable products with a lower carbon footprint. The first product in the portfolio is designed for aluminium food containers. Certified by SCS Global Services to contain 100 per cent recycled aluminium, made up of 90% post-consumer content and 10% customer manufacturing scrap, it is the only material of its kind on the market. For now it is available in the US, but demand is expected to increase overseas.

“The launch of evercycle marks an impor-tant next step in our long-term commitment to sustainable aluminium product innovation,” said Phil Martens, Novelis president and chief executive officer. “Our evercycle aluminium appeals to customers who want to demon-strate their dedication to sustainability and attract the growing numbers of environmen-tally conscious consumers.” The new product adds to Novelis’ portfolio of high-recycled content aluminium sheet products and is part of the company’s plan to increase the recy-cled content of its products to 80% by 2020.

According to a report by the drinks can recycling programme Every Can Counts, more than half of UK consumers have never used their local shopping centre’s recycling facilities.

These results were taken from a survey of customers at two shopping centres with a combined footfall of 38 million. The report also claims that over 90% of consumers recycle regularly at home, and 72% claim to frequently recycle outside of the home.

Asked how facilities could be improved at shopping centres to encourage recycling, 57% said that they wanted “more recycling bins, in convenient locations.” Other sugges-tions included better promotion of facilities and more information about the benefits of recycling.

The findings form part of a two-phased research report into the recycling attitudes and practices at shopping centres and the efforts being made to cut waste. The bever-age can industry’s recycling initiative imple-mented ‘phase one’ in 2014 to learn more about recycling attitudes and practices at shopping centres, which showed that there

have been significant improvements in facili-ties and employee efforts to recycle in recent years, especially for retail tenants recycling business waste.

Rick Hindley, executive director of Every Can Counts, said: “These figures show that there is a lot more to be done to communi-cate the importance of recycling when con-sumers are out shopping, and to make it as easy as possible for consumers to recycle. This is especially important when you consid-er that one in every three drinks cans sold in the UK is drunk outside the home.”

He continued: “In ‘phase one’ of our research we gained insight from environmen-tal and waste management professionals operating in shopping centres across the country. Now that ‘phase two’ of the research is complete, we have a 360˚ view of how recycling programmes are delivered and received. These findings confirm to us the importance of taking a ‘joined up’ approach to away from home recycling: it’s not enough to create recycling points, they need to be actively promoted to help develop a recycling ‘habit’ among people who are on the go.”

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SanTan Brewing Company’s Mr Pineapple Wheat Ale is back and available now in redesigned Rexam 12oz cans. This year, the brewery has teamed up with Chiquita to use Rainforest Alliance Certified pineapple juice for a more sustainable, socially conscious and tasty beer.

“Mr Pineapple knows how to get the party started,” said Anthony Canecchia, founder and brewmaster at SanTan Brewing Company. “Working with Rexam, we created a new look for its can, some-thing exciting that’s going to make you smile from the first sip to the last drop. We’re also very pleased to be partnering with Chiquita to improve the quality of our beer by using a premium juice that allows us to support sustainable agricul-ture and to be more socially responsi-ble.” Claude Marbach, president, Rexam BCNA, said: “We are pleased to strength-en our relationship with SanTan, pro-viding them with the perfect packaging

solution for their craft beer. Our cans help attract attention on store shelves, maintain beverage integrity and deliver superior recycling, filling, distribution and retail display economics that will help the brewery continue to build its brand and business.”

Mr Pineapple in cans is currently available at select retailers throughout Arizona, Southern California and Texas.

SanTan Brewing Companyselects Rexam cans The Ball Foundation, Ball Corporation and its employ-

ees donated in excess of $4 million to charitable organisations in the communities where Ball operates in 2014.

The company’s employee matching gifts and dollars for doers programme grew in 2014 to $2.1 million (up from $1.4 million in 2013). Employees also logged nearly 18,000 hours of volunteer service. This employ-ee-focused programme, called the Ball Community Ambassadors, supports and encourages employees to donate to and volunteer for the causes that matter to them.

Also in the US, The Ball Foundation invested $1.5 million into community programmes that create a pos-itive, measurable impact in education, recycling, food security and disaster relief. Ball’s plants around the world also donated $467,000 to causes in their local communities and organised community events such as recycling, coat and food drives. “Ball’s commitment to the communities where we operate spans the globe,” said Kathleen Pitre, director of corporate relations and executive director of The Ball Foundation. “Ball and its employees have a genuine passion for making a positive impact in communities.”

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A view toa ‘fill’EVERT VAN DE WEG TALKS TO DIS,

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Glass bottles were the main packaging format for beer and other drinks for centuries. For a long time, the bottles were closed with a variety of, sometimes

weird, closures and it was a great step forward when Crown Cork & Seal introduced the crown cork in 1892. In the 1930s and 1940s there were a number of careful launches of metal ‘bottles’, almost literally imitating glass bottles, including the crown cork clo-sures, to pack beer and soft drinks in the USA and Europe. After the second World War, beer and soft drinks brands, both in the USA and Europe, wanted to start using cans as an alternative packaging for-mat, even if the cans used were still rather primitive by today’s standards.

The cans were still three-piece soldered cans, which could only be opened with the help of a so-called Churchkey can opener. The introduction of the DWI process in the 1960s, to make thin-walled two-piece cans, and some years later the easy opening end, quickly gave an enormous boost to the use of cans for beverages as consumers soon appreciated the additional convenience that cans were able to provide, particularly in out-of-home situations.

In particular in the USA, the use of beverage cans grew exponentially over a number of years, whereas the growth path for beverage cans in Europe was different depending on the country. Beverage cans were quickly adopted in the UK, but on the continent this took somewhat longer. Personally, I remember that the main beer and soft drink brands in the Netherlands and Belgium had their reservations towards the new packaging type. They did extensive technical trials and consumer tests, but a large part of the production capacity for two-piece cans we had built up in the company where I worked (Thomassen & Drijver-Verblifa) was standing idle. An additional complication was that glass bottles were returnable packages and breaking into that system was another hurdle for one-way cans. We started launching heavy promotional cam-paigns, with the help of the raw material suppliers, telling consumers on posters and in promotion spots on radio and television to be “Happy with Cans”. When supermarkets started to dominate the retail chain more and more they rejected returnable pack-ages because of the high handling costs, and when consumers turned out to be very happy with cans as a packaging format, because of their convenience, beer and soft drinks in cans very quickly became a booming business.

Who on earth could have imagined in the 1970s at the very start of two-piece beverage cans in Europe that nowadays, in Europe alone, more than 60 billion of these cans are filled around the conti-nent and that the total number of filled beverage cans in the world exceeds the unimaginable number of 300 billion cans?

DIS, AN EARLY ADOPTER OF CANSIn 1964, the company DIS was founded in Sittard, a medium-sized city in the south of the Netherlands. The company started bottling all kinds of lemonade varieties in glass bottles and developed rapidly, in particular after a big Dutch brewery took a majority share. Marketing manager Ronald Geurten said: “Already, as early as 1980, not long after the intro-duction of two-piece cans on the European conti-nent, we installed our first can filling line, mainly operating as a contract filler for major retailers. Global A-brands became more and more our core business and we invested heavily in state-of-the-art filling lines to do this job in the best possible way.

“The management team arranged a management buy-out in 2006, when the major shareholder want-ed to step out. In 2008 we decided to focus fully on filling in cans only and we skipped our filling facili-ties for other packaging types completely. We made sure to be able to fill all can sizes that are available on the market, from 15 to 55cl and not only in the standard configuration, but also in the sleek and slimline versions. Moreover we are fully equipped to

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fill aluminium bottles. As a contract filler, we feel we have to be fully flexible and able to respond to new trends in the market. We therefore equipped ourselves to handle special types of easy opening ends like the resealable end, but we are also able to fill such special products like foaming coffee and wine. However, the major share of our activities consists of filling beer and soft drinks.”

CONTINUOUS EXPANSION AND COMPLETION OF THE MACHINE PARKThe great flexibility DIS wants to offer in beverages and can types to its customers means that its machine park has to be able to cope with all these demands. Ronald Geurten: “To start with, it is of course essential that our state-of-the-art fully automatic syrup room is able to prepare virtually all the recipes you want. Our four filling lines are tailored for the various can sizes and the filling speed varies from 48,000 cans up to 90,000 cans per hour for our newest filling line number seven. We can pasteurise and if necessary even retort some beverages if required.”

In the last few years, DIS has made some big steps in terms of capacity expansion and effi-ciency improvement. Marco Vossen, technical manager, said: “The venue of our new Krones filling line, our current line number seven, boosted our filling capacity. The installation as such went very smoothly, also because our main contractor, Krones, contracted it as a turnkey project. If you think you are better off by using your own cheaper engineers, you got it completely wrong. Krones as the main contractor was fully responsible for

the construction of all parts of the line, including those parts supplied by sub-contractors. This has to result in a fixed delivery date for the whole line and a defined efficiency level and we are very satisfied about their work and the high efficiency of the line. Sustainability through the whole chain is important today and in particular in the whole set-up of the new line we were able to engineer that in, so to say.

The use of energy is minimised, the loss of val-uable product is minimal and the whole line has to be able to cope with downgauged cans, which are becoming thinner and thinner all the time. I call line seven our Formula 1 line, with its capacity of 90,000 cans per hour. Recently the mayor of our city and some other authorities paid a visit to our company and they were flabbergasted when they saw the line running.”

THE LATEST DIS ACQUISITION: THE KRONES CLEAR PASTEURISATION SYSTEMIn April the new pasteurisation system will be in operation, again supplied by Krones. The new system is rather revolutionary. Krones itself says about it: “The system enables a fully automated CIP (cleaning in place) process to be performed while the pasteuriser is actually running. This interior cleaning function has been integrated into the machine’s operational mode, and removes dirt, filters the water, kills off any germs present and the surfaces inside the machine are simultaneously cleaned. Special cleaning shifts need not be inter-polated, while the quality of the pasteurisation process nonetheless remains continuously assured.

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It is environmentally friendly, and at the same time economical with both resources and energy.”DIS is happy to have the new unit in place. Ronald Geurten: “The reason why we did not install the system at the same time as line number seven is that at the start of line seven we thought we could fill more products without pasteurisation. But the market asked for more pasteurisation capac-ity because of the growing market for innovative energy drinks with juice and the growing market for beer in cans in Germany.”

It is clear DIS continues to innovate, and also when it comes to the use of new can types. DIS feels somewhat handicapped by the current lack of sufficient aluminium bottles, as this limits market penetration with new products. Ronald Geurten: “We see attractive possibilities for con-siderable growth with this luxurious packaging, which offers convenient reclosability and a cool look. Hopefully things will get better when addi-tional capacity for aluminium bottles is created. For the rest, the current price difference compared to an ordinary can is still a serious handicap for large market penetration, but bigger volumes may decrease the prices in future, I hope. You see, there are new challenges all the time in our exciting beverage can filling business.” CT

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Discussions on the circular economy and the package to be developed by the new EU Commission are very high on our agenda at the moment. The

decision to scrap the previous package earlier this year was met with mixed emotions. It was a major disappointment for the steel industry as we have always advocated the package and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) contained within. The recycling targets set by the PPWD have encouraged recycling rates to improve over a 20 year period and at Apeal we have long shared the opinion that increased efforts must be made

to reach higher recycling targets for all packaging materials.

Steel packaging is the perfect example for a circular economy. Our industry has declared an objective to reach 80 per cent steel recycling by 2020 and zero steel packaging to landfill. Due to its material properties steel can be recycled over and over again without loss of quality. If Europe is to be more resource efficient, legislation will be cru-cial in pushing all industries representing different materials across all EU member states to make sim-ilar commitments and improve their sustainability performance.

Alexander Mohr, secretary general of Apeal, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, discusses the impact of the Circular

Economy Package (CEP) being shelved on the steel for packaging sector

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While we are concerned by the decision made last year by the new EU commission to get rid of the package, we are confident that any new policies put in place by the EU can be met positively by the steel packaging sector. Steel will always have a natural advantage over its competitors due to its magnetic properties, which make steel easy and economical to sort and extract from waste streams. Even where effective collection and separation practices fail and steel ends up in residual waste, steel that has then been incinerated can still be recovered from bottom ash and brought back into the open product and closed material recycling loop.

Whatever the steps taken by the EU Commission, it must ensure that long-term sustainability policies that benefit and drive improvements for all pack-aging materials are at the heart of their decisions.

FOOD WASTE AND SECURITYFood waste continues to sit very highly on the agenda for everyone involved in food and beverage supply chains, from legislators to brand owners, manufacturers and consumers. It is widely acknowl-edged that the packaging of products will play a major role in lowering the volume of food waste both through the supply chain and in the home.

Most of Europe’s political bodies are already seeking to reduce food waste through a variety of measures involving retailers and food and bever-age manufacturers. The European Commission is currently working with stakeholders, experts and member states to provide an analysis on how to reduce food waste without compromising food safe-ty. The EU aims to halve the volume of edible food waste currently disposed of in the next five years – a reduction of 45 million tonnes.

Hitting this target will be difficult and steel packaging will play a pivotal role as a result of its inherent qualities. Steel offers a unique total bar-rier against light, gas and liquids, with the overall effect of protecting products and prolonging shelf life. Steel packaging is also impact and puncture- resistant in the supply chain and single portion dispensing options are already widely used, meaning that product loss and consumer waste is also reduced.

The reduction in food waste will also play a major part in the global drive towards food security. This was defined in 1996 during the World Food Summit as existing “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life” and is built on three pillars, all of which have to be in place for food security to be achieved. • Food availability: everyone has to have sufficient quantities of food available on a consistent basis• Food access: people have to have sufficient resources to obtain foods that make up a nutritious and healthy diet


• Food use: everyone has to have knowledge of basic nutrition and care as well as adequate water and sanitation and how to use food appropriately.

At Apeal we believe that steel packaging is a necessary component of the push for food security. The ability for consumers to purchase portion sizes appropriate to their needs makes food more affordable in some instances. In addi-tion, the vitamin content of canned food is proven equal to or better than its fresh equivalent and can ensure long-term access to healthy foods at ambient storage conditions.

SUSTAINABILITY Brands are increasingly focused on promoting their sustainability and our industry is working to support them wherever necessary with available industry data.

Apeal has made its Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) dataset for tinplate available from the European Commission’s European Reference Life Cycle data-base, allowing all types of business and brands to effectively assess the environmental credentials of steel for packaging and make informed purchasing decisions.

The creation of the “Recycles Forever” identi-fier by Metal Packaging Europe, of which Apeal is an active member, is a great example of a consumer-facing focus on sustainability being met by the collective metal packaging industry.

The work of the steel packaging sector to engage with the food and beverage industry and advocate the material’s sustainability performance will be key to the industry’s on going success and growth. With 74 per cent of steel packaging recycled in 2012, steel is the most recycled packaging material in Europe and we will announce 2013 statistics in the forthcoming weeks.

Again, our industry has a natural advantage when it comes to recycling. Because steel scrap is an inherent part of the production process for new steel, every single steel plant across Europe is also a recycling plant, so no need to invest in specific recycling plants, or transport long distances. And

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the true value of recycled steel is made evident when you consider that every tonne of recycled steel saves one tonne of virgin steel production, which enables enormous savings in energy, water and CO2 emissions.

The key to closing the material loop is all here. Whilst it is important to raise awareness across the board of the benefits of recycling, it is vital that the recycling process is as simple and efficient as possible. Aided by the inherent properties of steel, the steel industry in Europe has the capacity to intercept steel scrap material and recycle it responsibly.

COMMUNICATIONGetting our messages across to the right audience remains one of our industry’s biggest challenges.

Last year, Apeal launched the ‘Take a Fresh Look’ campaign and amongst other things we hosted our own stand at the world’s biggest pack-aging trade event, Interpack, to communicate the sustainable benefits of steel for packaging to a wider stakeholder audience.

Steel has a great story to tell. CO2 emissions from steel production have halved over the last 40 years and energy consumption has been reduced by 45 per cent over the same period. Steel cans are 46 per cent lighter than 30 years ago but deliv-er the same technical performance required from a pack such as the food can. Recycling rates are getting better year on year and steel still leads the way when it comes to packaging materials – 74 per cent in 2012 across the EU. These messages need to be thoroughly communicated throughout the entire food and beverage supply chain, and

we’re constantly exploring new ways of commu-nicating with stakeholders.

Worldsteel, the association which promotes steel and the steel industry on an international level, recently hosted a Twitter debate called #steeltalks, which asked “Why is steel the compet-itive material of choice in a sustainable world?”

With more than 250 participants, the topic made for a superb conversation among indus-try professionals and the innovative nature and adaptability of the industry was evident through-out the debate. The discussion highlighted many of the attributes of steel that make it an excep-tional material – 100 per cent recyclability, high recycling rates and permanent material status. The economic value of steel was also widely dis-cussed. The global steel industry employs more than eight million people worldwide and spends over €10.5 billion a year on improving manufac-turing processes, and developing new products and innovative materials.

But the debate actually says a lot more about the industry. It is evidence of a modern approach to communicate and a transparency that is not always present among other material manufactur-ers. The steel industry is showing that it can adapt and innovate. It is a vibrant sector and custodian of a truly valuable material resource. CT

Aided by the inherent properties of steel, the steel industry in Europe has the capacity to intercept steel scrap material and recycle it responsibly.


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On the afternoon of 23 March, reg-istration opened at the second Euro CanTech conference in Barcelona, Spain. As always with the first day of

our events, there was plenty of time to get settled in for the delegates before the exhibition opened at 14.00.

The great and the good of the can making supply chain were present in the exhibition room and the tabletop stands looked fantastic across the board. It was good to see familiar faces from around the industry, as well as many new ones too and the room filled quickly, creating quite a buzz.

Following on from the first exhibition session, the networking dinner commenced and it was good to see colleagues talking shop over a very nice meal and a couple of glasses of local wine. Our very own Spanish guitarist, who added a very authentic feel to the proceedings, provided entertainment.

DAY TWODay two is also the first day of the conference agen-da for our events and we were proud of our lineup of speakers once more.

We opened with Eduard Tenas, group procure-ment director at Grupo Damm, who gave us a detailed view of what the company does, what they aim to achieve and where they are headed in terms of the future. He remarked that although Spain is very proud of its world-renowned red wines, it is also very passionate about beer, with Damm filling up to 500,000 cans per hour across its seven filling lines.

“We like to be considered as a craft Mediterranean beer,” he commented.

Presentations followed from industry-leading companies such as Applied Vision, Intralox, CMB and Windelev, before the coffee break gave every-one present the opportunity to network and discuss

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the morning’s presentations.Daniel Hilfiker of Pneumofore started

the next session, talking of the importance of seamless operations and how rotary vane technology could help can makers to achieve this. He was followed by Greg Pickert of Pride Engineering and Paul Buckley of Lighthouse Systems before lunch.

The afternoon’s keynote speaker was Dr Ulrich Roeske, president of Apeal, who spoke of the advantages of using steel for packaging. He is passionate about steel and its uses and highlighted five key areas where the metal is superior, in his opinion. One such area is its recyclability, where he pointed out that whilst you can call some-thing 100 per cent recyclable, “the only figure that matters is the actual recycling figure itself ”. This was a message that was repeated again throughout the conference, showing that the issue of recycling rates is high on the agenda.

Vision Experts, KBA MetalPrint, Mall & Herlan and Prime Controls followed Dr Roeske in the afternoon session. It occurred that there were many present with an interest in inspection and testing, which is obviously of great importance to the can makers and their clients. Mark Mohn, of Prime Controls, pointed out that in an ideal world, everything that comes off of the line would be perfect. However, as he rightly said, this is not the case, and the key is to detect those cans that have an issue and to stop them getting into general circulation. As you will have seen, no doubt, a faulty can can sometimes become quite a dangerous object. Mark has kindly contributed a full article on the subject, starting on page 42.

The evening saw the Gala Dinner, a full sit-down three-course meal that featured

some very good food indeed. During the dinner, one of our sponsors, Oscar Lacueva, of Lacueva Can Making Machinery, pre-sented a silver platter to his father Octavio to honour his achievements over the years and his contribution to our industry. It was a proud moment for Octavio that was met by rapturous applause from all present.

We were also treated to a truly first class display of Flamenco dancing, which eventu-ally saw members of the audience, includ-ing our own editorial board member Evert van de Weg, taking the stage to demonstrate their own dance moves.

DAY THREEThe second day of presentations was set in motion by John Revess, director of group sustainability at Rexam. The delegation were no doubt interested to hear if he would discuss the potential takeover by Ball, and whilst this was mentioned briefly in the beginning, the main body of his presenta-tion was devoted to his specialist area of sustainability. It was interesting to see the plans for carbon reduction at this major can manufacturer, and also to learn that today we can produce 50 per cent more cans using 50 per cent less carbon compared to 1980.

The morning session continued with talks from C.I.E on zero liquid discharge and Jakob Purruker of Ibea, who gave a pres-entation on the company’s optical inspec-tion systems and how they can help to improve can line operations. Jed Hardcastle from Dantex continued on the dry off-set printing sector and William Geller of Quality by Vision spoke on quality and process control equipment.

After coffee, Michael Calahan from IPS took the stage, Michael Almagor from

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Advanced Vision Technology outlined the servic-es it can provide and Oscar Lacueva presented a video to the delegation on his company Lacueva Can Making Machinery.

Vision systems were prevalent at the event, and the final presentation before our closing keynote was delivered by Emilio Chiesi of Sacmi Imola. The title Deeds not Words showed that this is a company that prefers to act rather than to sit back and simply talk of what can be done.

Our final keynote address was by industry heavyweight Anders Linde, executive director of Metal Packaging Europe. He spoke of a sustain-able future for metal packaging, highlighting the importance of this packaging format in terms of the circular economy.

Lunch was followed by a final exhibition session,throughout which the delegation had a chance to discuss the various technologies and services presented over the last two days in more detail.

THEMESHaving listened to the presentations from start to finish there were some noticeable themes that emerged. As mentioned before, one such theme was that of recycling rates. As I mentioned in a recent blog, if everyone in the world took the time to recycle their metal packaging then it would be a marvellous thing. Recyclability would be a reasonable thing to refer to, as all the metal used in the manufacture of packaging would re-enter the supply chain. But, as it happens, this is not the case and although as an industry we have a fan-tastic record when it comes to recycling, the fact remains that there is still room for improvement. It is the rate itself that is the important figure.

Also evident was the number of presentations and exhibitors present that were dedicated to inspection and testing systems. Quality is of the essence in our industry and the technology is ready and available to ensure that the end prod-ucts being sent to the can fillers are of the very highest standard. It was amazing to see that even

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Anders Linde, secretary general of MPE

infinitesimal defects can be iden-tified, which, if left unchecked, could eventually lead to more serious problems further down the supply chain.

SEE YOU NEXT YEARFrom all of us here at CanTech we would like to thank our speakers for their valuable presentations and also everyone who attended in order to learn more and to share their own experiences with other like minded industry pro-fessionals. It is gatherings such as these that truly bring us together as an industry and we hope that you found it to be as enjoyable to attend as it was to organise. We look forward to seeing you all again next year, and as always we will be asking for your input on location very soon. CT

What delegates said about the show

“ All of the people in your organisation are wonderfulpeople and a joy to work with ”

“Congratulations on organising this event again with a top notch facility and location. You guys always do a great job ”

“ I would also like to take the opportunity to congratulate Euro CanTech on the great development and progress that your fairhas undergone – it was great to see in Barcelona how both in

quality and in quantity – a new level has been reached in 2015 ”“Megan, thanks for a successful show in Barcelona.

The venue (setting) was extremely nice, the organisationprofessional as usual ”

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offers customers’ allows brands new means to address eroding margins at retail.

REACHING NEW TARGET GROUPSA study commissioned by the London Wine Fair (2014) found that Millennials, or the Generation Y sector, “have an overall lack of engagement

with wine” – a clear signal that new solutions are needed in order to target this

important market. Challenging the long-held belief that premium wines can only exist within the confines of a bottle and cork, trailblazing brands are steadily experimenting with cans for their product – specif-ically the slim. In North America, a selection of wineries have real-ised promising success with slim cans as early as 2004, when Niebaum Coppola Winery (owned by director Francis Ford Coppola) introduced the Sofia mini wine in a bold, pink can partnered with a drinks straw attached to its exterior. In 2013, Infinite Monkey Theorem also found favour with the slim can, debuting its signature wine with a black, laser-in-cised end. Flipflop wines also came to the canned market in 2014 with its own signature wine offering.

The European wine sector, in turn, saw some of the first canned wine when Ball introduced its speciality slim can back in March 2012, in partnership with such wine makers as Fabulous Brands (maker of Winestar)

and Peter Mertes KG winery.

With forecasts leading up to 2017 now pre-dicting a growth of up to 15 per cent in the European canned wine category (source Canadean and Euromonitor), Ball has made a steady move to capitalise on this burgeoning market. To ensure customer peace of mind, Ball Europe introduced the “Protected Quality” seal, a specially devel-oped standard for canned wine, which ensures the integrity of the product for up to 12 months. The special inner coating and reinforced metal gauge, coupled with compatibility testing of the product, provides wine the same quality integrity demon-strated by the glass bottle. Quality certifications such as this have been implemented throughout

Slim appears to be “in” – or at least that is what the market indicates, as more brands choose to add this premium pack-aging option to their drinks portfolio.

After emerging several years ago as “the can size of choice” for energy drinks, slim cans are now finding favour with brands looking to tackle new markets, create a meaningful brand differ-entiator and/or expand opportunities for consumers to enjoy their bever-age outside of traditional settings. Whether fine wine, wellness drinks or water, slim cans are becoming an increasingly popular addition to retail shelves across the globe. A big hit with consumers thanks to their shape, reduced weight and overall visual appeal, the market is seeing a niche packaging option expand into territories once thought uncommon for the can.

Slim cans were first introduced in the early 80s and seen as the new, standout beverage solution for ener-gy drinks in the United States, as well as in many regions across Europe. Slim cans closely mirror the height of their standard can cousin, but have a smaller diameter creating a more slender shape. Ball Corporation, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of metal packaging, produces more than 20 different can sizes in North America alone. The company’s slim can lineup includes 6.8, 7.5, 8.4 and 12oz sizes – all part of Ball’s special-ity packaging portfolio, which makes up more than one quarter of its global beverage packaging sales.

As it relates to the overall can market in Europe, slim cans currently account for about 15 per cent of all available can formats. Energy drinks account for the largest share at around 70 per cent, with key markets including, but not limited to, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany. Ball has capitalised on this trend in slim by manufac-turing in 150, 200 and 250ml size formats in Ball plants throughout Europe.

“Although slim cans have been around for several years now, they are still viewed as a fresh and mod-ern alternative to the standard can,” said Thomas Haensch, VP sales, marketing and innovations at Ball Packaging Europe. “While the energy drink sector has “owned” this format from the start, we are seeing more and more that other beverage cate-gories such as tea, beer, wine and coffee are finding favour with the slim can. The allure of capturing new target groups with the trading-up proposition this fashionable alternative to the standard can

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all regions where Ball services wine customers. “Because wine is especially sensitive to contact with oxygen and light, our speciality slim cans are a perfect match for the packaging of pre-mium wines,” said Maril Kamp, specialist new can applications (CTS), Ball Packaging Europe. “Lightproof and airtight, our wine cans take a significant step outside of the traditional bound-aries, ensuring that even sensitive beverages like wine keep their taste and quality.”

The North American beer sector has exper-imented on a smaller scale with the slim can, especially with those beverages of a higher alco-hol level; such is often the case in craft beer. A particular example is 21st Amendment Brewery in San Francisco, which released a barley wine with 11.5 per cent alcohol in an 8.4oz slim can. Heineken US, on the other hand, is seen as a forerunner in the larger beer brand segment, in looking at the slim as a viable mix in their product portfolio. The probability of a deeper dive into slim by the beer sector however is likely to be dependent on the country and the overall drinking culture which exists there. The larger beer drinking countries, such as the UK, Poland, Germany, Spain and Eastern Europe, lean toward the larger 33cl and are also seeing an assortment of 50cl and even 75cl and 100cl in Russia, the latter being aimed primarily at the sharing market.

EASY TO PORTION, NEVER TOO MUCHThe appeal of the slim can has further rocketed due in part to the ongoing emphasis by con-sumers in managing their portion intake. The fact that the slim can offers up a ‘single-serve’ option allows for controlled consumption and a lack of product waste. The tea sector in par-ticular has quickly adopted the slim can, fuelled by a primarily female consumer who expects more from a beverage than just refreshment. Speciality ingredients often found in today’s tea mixes include ingredients whose sensitive nature have found a perfect home in the light-proof, hermetically-sealed can. In addition, the smaller portion offered by way of the slim can makes it the perfect companion for all types of functional drinks.

“Beverage cans are an attractive packaging option and suitable for a host of different occa-sions - including those in which convenience is key,” said Jay Billings, VP innovation, global metal beverage & North American marketing. “The slim can further advances this value prop-osition with its slender shape and lower weight, taking mobility to a new level. Whether hitting the city or hanging out in the park, consumers expect the products they buy to be as mobile as they are. Robust, fast-cooling and easy to take anywhere: cans in general are perfect for a wide variety of occasions.”

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Water is an additional drinks category with much potential in slim. The energy water Hi-Ball Energy, sold since 2014 in an 8.4oz slim can from Ball, is a forerunner in this segment. A sparkling water infused with organic ingredients, the brand opted to move into the slim can format for a lighter weight option, gener-al market demand for on-the-go consumption and more flexibility in the single-serve category. The value-added integration of Ball’s “cold activation” technology fur-ther enhanced the overall con-sumer experience around the can. Such value-added incentives will be further realised on the European front with the launch in 2015 of Magic Straw. This new offering combines the allure of the slim can with smart engi-neering. Featuring a self-activated straw once opened, this fun new gadget provides a ‘surprise element’ designed to further attract that modern new consumer who already gravitates so readily to this can format.

With the slim can gaining more and more ground in the beverage can market, the question arises – “will slim cans continue to be a niche product or will they define a

whole new category of cans?” The odds are still too early to predict, but outcomes like the emergence of the slim can as the pack-aging of choice in the energy drinks sector proves history could repeat itself. The slim

can for now, however, remains a premium packaging option and the smart choice for brands that seek a new consumer experience around their product.

“We expect demand for slim cans to grow in the years to come, and we’re enthusiastic about this development,” continued Billings. “We see the slim can as a format that offers lots of opportunity for brands and believe that as more beverage categories seek out new markets, the slim can can be that go-to differentiator.” CT

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graphics have been pushed to where they have never been in the past with the introduction of digital plates, can shaping and split fountains for graphic effects that are making this container more of a piece of art than just a can containing a product.

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“Digital pre-press has taken the graphics to a new level, printing softer screen edges because the plates can hold a one per cent dot. This has also enabled the monobloc printers

to now introduce a form of four-colour process printing with little to no contamination. Duo tones and tri-tones are more prominent as well. The digital laser engraved

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“We also now have the technology to emboss and de-boss company logos into the containers as well to

give brand recognition. We have been experimenting with tactile inks and over varnish, as well as colour shifting inks.

CCL has also been testing matte and gloss inks to enable it to offer spot varnishing on a monobloc container.

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aging that the seamless aluminium container manufacturers are pro-ducing. It’s not just cans anymore that we manufacture, we now make various containers, pill bottles, mono pacs and caulking cartridges, to go along with the ability to manufacture cans in diameters from 22mm to 76mm.

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to the forefront with competitors that have been around for years.”

The lines that create these cans are works of art, with accumulators and touch screens and miles of continuous pin chains gliding the cans through each step of the process. Below is just the printing and coating section, which only makes up a small part of the overall lines processes. The advantages in dry offset are many when looking into this process. Here are few to consider.• By virtue of a base coating process there are many opportunities to customise• Because all colours transfer to a single print blanket, print to print registration is excellent• Due to the lack of water in the process, colour variation caused by ink/water balance is eliminated• Because of oven drying at three stages of the process the end product is extremely scuff resistant.

Another of the advancements into this container is that the cans be adjusted for shininess of the alu-minium in the etching process. As well as different types of brushing to create substrates never seen before in the aerosol industry, the coatings guys have come up with pearlised, matte and other spe-cialised coatings to help create these works of art. Then when you thought these guys have thought of everything they are now producing shaped cans like we have never seen before. Then to put the cherry on top they have added embossing!

The overall length of these single thoughput monsters are half a football field in length. You put an aluminium slug in one end for impact extrusion and get a finished can ready to be filled at the end. It is a very impressive process that one needs to see in person to truly appreciate the technologies that go into making this can.

From the ink side, with the need for so many different colours and short runs the need for an ink dispenser and sonic mixer has become a new requirement to support the process. Along with a programme for managing these inventories and colour management tools to ensure the correct


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colours are being achieved from the first can to the last. INX offers the MDO (Metal Dry Offset) Vegetable ink series specifically engineered for impact extruded metal, cures at short dwell times with improved flow, transfer and scratch resistance. The greener the better I always say!

Below is a teaser for an upcoming troubleshoot-ing guide we are working on at INX for this process.

The manufacturers of monobloc equipment keep improving their processes, as the cans keep chang-ing shapes and graphics become more demanding of the press operator’s talents. But mostly these lines almost run themselves! The changeover times vary from 30 mins to three hours, depending on the graphics, can size, shaping, process requirements

for coatings and expertise of the operators making these changes.

Ball, CCL, Exal and Montebello are the innova-tors in the Americas for this process, just to name a few. My teachers of this process have been many. In particular I want to give recognition where recogni-tion is due. First off the guru of all things pre-press Jeff Radice, and to my brother Bob Lucich. Bob has forgotten more about the process than most of his peers will ever learn in a lifetime. Both are contributors to this article. Thank you to my IMDA Brothers, and to all who will be at the IMDA event next month. I look forward to seeing you there. CT

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Consumption of drinks in aluminium cans continues to grow in South Korea as lifestyle trends influence consumers’

choice of packaging for popular beverages. David Hayes reports

Sales of carbonated drinks and beer in aluminium cans are driving the over-all growth of the country’s

two-piece can market, as more con-sumers choose canned beverages for their convenience.

According to South Korean can industry figures, the total market for aluminium beverage cans reached 6.3 billion two-piece cans of all sizes in 2014, registering a 10 per cent increase, up from 5.8 billion aluminium cans the previous year.

Growing consumption of drinks in aluminium is part of a long-term trend over the past decade which has seen the number of aluminium cans supplied to beverage fillers increase six fold since 2004 while the volume of steel two-piece and

three-piece beverage cans supplied to drinks companies has fallen by 85 per

cent over the same period.“Canned beer consumption is growing in South

Korea. Beer sold in PET bottles and in glass bottles is decreasing,” commented Kim Jin Sang, chief sales manager at Samkwang Glass Co Ltd’s pack-aging business division sales team 2.

“Canned beer is more popular now as South Korean people like camping, and camping is more popular now. People like to take canned beer with them as the cans are easier to carry when you are hiking or camping than carrying PET or glass bottled beer.”

AN INDUSTRY VETERANEstablished in 1967 and listed on the Seoul Stock Exchange, Samkwang Glass Co Ltd is one of South Korea’s longest established manufacturers of alu-

minium and steel beverage cans, and beverage can EOE ends.

In addition to two- and three-piece cans, Samkwang’s other main products are glassware, including beer bottles and soft drinks bottles, and a wide range of tableware and kitchenware items.

Samkwang started producing aluminium beer cans in 1993 when its major glass beer bottle cus-tomer, Hite Brewery, which is part of the Hite Jinro alcoholic beverages group, launched canned beer sales. Samkwang remains Hite’s sole supplier of beer cans today while also supplying beverage cans to a number of other drinks filling companies.

“The aluminium can business isn’t bad but recently there has been a lot of competition, espe-cially from imported canned beer from Japan, Germany and China, so domestic beer companies are suffering from competition,” Kim said.

“We help our customers by providing a fast service, just-in-time deliveries and by ensuring strict quality control. In-time delivery means if the client needs our cans we fully operate machin-ery in our factory and meet their due date.”

DUAL OPERATIONSamkwang operates two can making plants. Aluminium cans are produced at the company’s Cheonan can plant, which is located one hour’s drive south of the capital, Seoul, and has a pro-duction capacity of 780 million two-piece cans a year. Two two-piece can lines are installed at the Cheonan plant along with a 206 EOE machine.

Supplied by Stolle and Belvac, the plant’s No 1 line runs at an average speed of 1,000 cpm and produces 500ml beer cans along with 180ml and 210ml slim line cans.

Can body printing facilities at the plant consist of three printers – two of which were purchased from Stolle, the other from Unimaq. “Our No 1 aluminium can line’s 500ml cans are

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for beer and other beverages. We export some empty cans to Thailand to fill with mango and guava juice, but mainly coconut juice,” Kim said.

“Our No 1 aluminium can line makes 50 per cent 500ml cans and 50 per cent slim line cans. The 180ml is the most popular slim line can size.

“The 180ml cans are for coffee and carbonated drinks, usually for the domestic mar-ket. The 210ml slim can is also used for coffee drinks. Most of our slim line can drinks are supplied to the South Korean market.”

A BOOM IN TRENDSSouth Korea has experienced a coffee drinking boom in recent years which started off with coffee drinks in cans following the trend in Japan and elsewhere in Asia. Over the past two years, how-ever, South Korea has seen a rapid increase in the number of coffee shops countrywide, with inter-national chains and new domestic coffee house chains opening large numbers of coffee shops in Seoul and other cities in Korea.

This, along with competition from dairy com-panies and other packaged drinks producers supplying chilled coffee drinks to convenience stores, has created strong competition for canned coffee drinks, resulting in a more than 10 per cent decrease in the number of coffee drinks sold in aluminium cans last year after peaking at 870 million cans in 2012.

“Koreans are now concerned with their health, so coffee drinks companies are not coming up with any new canned coffee drinks ideas,” Kim said. “The new trend here is for carbonated water in 355ml cans. Trevi is one new carbonated mineral water brand that has started. This is a completely new trend.

“Currently, about 90 per cent of carbonated water consumed here is filled in PET bottles. Just 10 per cent of carbonated water is sold in cans. These can designs are simple, just one or two- colour printing is used.”

ALL SHAPES AND SIZESSamkwang’s No 2 aluminium can making line was also supplied by Stolle and Belvac. Running at an average of 1,400 cpm, the line produces 250ml stubby, 330ml and 355ml beverage cans.

According to Kim, around 80 per cent of cans produced on the No 2 line are 355ml cans, main-ly beer, while the rest are supplied to producers of South Korea’s traditional rice wine, known as makkoli.

The 250ml stubby can size also is used for beer and rice wine, while the 330ml size is used for beer. “Our customers want us to supply two-piece cans in six to eight colours; beer cans are usually printed with six colours,” Kim said.

Samkwang produced 700 million aluminium beverage cans in 2014, the same number of cans as the previous year. “Filling companies’ power is big in South Korea. They do not want any new can shapes or designs, so we have no need to invest in new machinery unless they ask us,” Kim said.

Around 70 per cent of 355ml beer cans filled in South Korea are supplied to the domestic market, while the remaining 30 per cent are exported, mostly to Japan.

According to South Korean can industry fig-ures, some 1.6 billion aluminium beer cans were produced in South Korea in 2014, accounting for about one quarter of the total 6.3 billion aluminium cans produced in the country last year. Of the other 4.6 billion beverage cans, carbonated drinks cans accounted for about 50 per cent of the cans and coffee drinks a further 25 per cent, while the rest were used to fill with fruit juice and traditional Korean drinks.


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THREE-PIECE CANSMeanwhile, Samkwang’s steel beverage can plant is located in Daegu, near Busan, in the southeast corner of the Korean peninsula. Equipment installed includes four Soudronic can body mak-ers, a Pascal can maker, two 200/206 EOE end lines and four 200/209 tin end lines.

Other production machinery includes two Crabtree/Fuji sheet coating lines, two Crabtree/Fuji sheet printing lines and two Stolle end con-version presses.

Equipped to manufacture 530 million three-piece beverage cans a year, the Daegu plant pro-duces 120ml, 150ml, 180ml and 240ml slim line cans along with 240ml and 355ml stubby cans, and 200 EOE ends.

Tinplate coils to make the three-piece cans are bought from Dongbu Steel Corporation.

Samkwang’s three-piece cans are used to fill with coffee drinks, fruit juice, traditional Korean drinks and other beverages. However, due to the lower cost of aluminium cans, the company no longer supplies steel beverage cans to South Korea’s domestic market.

All three-piece cans are supplied for filling with drinks for export or are exported empty for filling overseas.

“There is no demand for three-piece beverage cans in South Korea as two-piece aluminium cans are cheaper. We stopped supplying tinplate bev-erage cans for the domestic market about seven years ago as the tinplate beverage can market moved to aluminium cans,” Kim said.

“We export some steel cans to the Philippines for filling with fruit juices – guava, pineapple, guayabano and lychee. We want to export fruit juice cans to Japan but the quality standard is very high there.

“We make mostly steel 240ml and 150ml slim line three-piece cans and 240ml stubby cans.”

Three of the Daegu plant’s three-piece lines are used to make slim line cans while other is used for stubby cans. The plant is equipped with a Japanese two-colour printer, Kim noted.

EASY-OPEN ENDSMeanwhile, Samkwang is looking for new oppor-tunities to supply 200 EOE ends from its Daegu plant. The factory’s 200 EOE machine is a sheet-feeding type while other South Korean EOE end makers operate 200 coated coil-type machines.

“Although making sheet-type EOE ends is con-sidered an old-type technology, it doesn’t mean that sheet-type ends are not needed. We believe sheet-type isn’t finished because it can be used for customised EOE end paint colours to the buyer’s preference,” Kim explained.

“Recently we supplied 200 diameter EOE ends for three-piece cans to Dole in the Philippines using non-BPA paint. Our business deal with Dole was successful because we accepted using non-BPA paint, which was strongly requested by Dole Philippines.

“Our advantage is that we can customise the EOE ends colour while other EOE end makers here cannot. Most suppliers are using coated coil-type to increase productivity and at the same time lower production costs.”

Currently Samkwang operates two EOE end machines to make 206 EOE ends, one EOE machine being installed at each plant.

“Recently, buyers are concerned about health and environmental issues and are interested in the old version production type that we do here in our factory,” Kim said.

“We think that EOE ends could be a good busi-ness as no one else here makes 206 size ends or the 200 sheet-feed type.

The company exports its EOE ends to the Philippines now and is always looking for other opportunities when it comes to EOE customers, especially in Asia. CT

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The global beverage packaging market is expected to grow from an estimat-ed $97.2bn in 2012 to $125.7bn by 2018, as a direct result of increasing

consumer demand for Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), such as beverages. This means that manufacturers are under increased pres-sure to improve their production line speeds and labelling systems capabilities. With several coding and marking systems available in the manufacturing industry, knowing which one will

best address production requirements is essential. Amongst all the options available, laser systems are well known and trusted by beverage and canning manufacturers to increase production output and uptime, meeting growing consumer demands. To gain a better understanding of how laser solutions can support it, Sascha Benke, business unit manager for Laser at Videojet Technologies, shared his knowledge on the challenges, advances and requirements of the beverage packaging industry.

CanTech talks to Sascha Benke, business unit manager forLaser at Videojet Technologies, about the growing need for laser

solutions in the beverage can market

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method are either large or mid-size and serve multiple markets. For example, if a food manu-facturer based in the US wanted to export their products to the EU, the information on the pack-aging would have to appear in multiple languages for each of the different markets. In addition, regulatory guidelines and requirements vary from market to market. For example, the list of ingre-dients may have to be disclosed in some markets but not in others. Manufacturers may also need to add specific data such as duty information or insert a geographical tracking code for product traceability. The ability to include data at the last minute therefore helps manufacturers be more flexible in their production. The added advantage of late stage customisation is that it requires less packaging changeover time and less packaging material to use.

HOW HAS THE INDUSTRY CHANGED OVER THE PAST THREE TO FIVE YEARS?In order to grow market share, retain and gain new customers, companies need to satisfy cus-tomer demands for diversity. Therefore, there is increased pressure on the industry to offer new variants. In the past, the same type of product would be produced 24/7, but because of the diversification of the product range this has changed into the need for efficient and more speedy product changeovers. The production of one type of product may take place in a morning slot, with a different product – which may also differ in size – entering the production line later in the day. Demands for more rapid changeovers will continue to increase parallel to the need for labelling and coding systems to meet time

requirements. More and more, coding is being used by manufacturers and

WHAT ARE THE MAIN TRENDS IN CODING AND MARKING IN THE BEVERAGE AND CANNING INDUSTRY?Looking at the long term, I can see a couple of trends. The first one is product proliferation. Large and small companies alike are starting to expand their portfolio to incorporate additional brands and creating diversity in their product offerings to target new consumers in their market of choice. Coca-Cola is a typical example of one of the many companies growing their portfolio with brand variants such as Cherry Coke or Vanilla Coke, designed to adapt to the changing consumer demands for additional flavours and composition. We also see a growing number of larger companies acquiring smaller brands to add to their portfolios. Product proliferation thus leads to production line speed increases to cope with the added demand, and a greater need for label-ling and coding systems which have the capability of keeping up with faster production lines, but still perform effectively with the best delivery of quality possible.

The second trend is what we refer to in the industry as ‘late stage customisation,’ which is the production and supply of products for multiple markets where the variable information is not printed onto the product or the packaging until the later stage of the production. This enables the goods to be customised for each market and in the quantity required, maximising efficien-cy. Typically, companies using this production



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retailers alike for marketing and brand promotions. QR codes, for example, are two-dimensional bar-codes which can be used to record information about a product: consumers scan the code with their smart-phone and get instant access to the relevant website where they can find out about current or forthcom-ing competitions, brand events and special offers. This is a great method for brand owners to capture information about the consumer and their preferential buying habits.

As code content increases, it is essential to opti-mise time and this adds pressure to daily operations. Manufacturing facilities now have to take into account the ability for coders to adapt to product changes, which include the selection of different codes and different code positioning on the product and processing line. Although this is an existing need, it is a challenge that was not there in the past. Thankfully, new technology such as coding hard-ware and software set-up tools that make change-overs simpler are now available.

HOW ARE INDUSTRY DEMANDS INFLUENCING MANUFACTURERS’ BUYING TRENDS?Manufacturers need to increase lines speeds (or even add more lines) to meet the growing production demand for FMCG products and maximise their outputs. High-end manufacturers do not increase the capacity of their lines significantly as too many things can go wrong with the numerous changes that may be required. Therefore, they increase line speed and may add a second line if necessary. Cost, as always, is a big factor and it is important to con-sider what type of coding technology is being used. Inkjet printers and Thermal Transfer Overprinters (TTO), for example, require consumables such as fluids and ribbons. Laser is the only coding tech-nology that doesn’t consume anything – apart from power of course. As more products go through the lines, laser coding is an option that cost conscious manufacturers might consider.

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR CODING AND MARKING CONCERNS AT THE MOMENT?Manufacturers are concerned with legal issues around product quality, brand management and other reputational issues that may arise and lead to the recall and destruction of products – a poten-tially costly outcome. From a coding perspective, traceability is crucial and so is having the correct information on the products.

Retailers, however, are more concerned with their logistic chain, wanting it to be as simple as possible with products being fully traceable but still in line with their own stock labelling system. Manufacturers and retailers have their own sys-tems to define what constitutes a variable code. Therefore, it is important for manufacturers of cod-ing and labelling systems to fulfil requirements by

understanding what customers want, whether they need high-quality QR code printers or an efficient system which will facilitate traceability. Consumers are primarily concerned about product quality and integrity, therefore the legibility of information on the product must provide information such as best by or use by date.

An increase in more coding content means that the laser coder has to have enough capacity, in terms of headroom, to cope with the demand. Time optimisation is therefore prioritised over other requirements as more characters have to be marked. Higher throughput and more content are areas of focus that Videojet is currently looking at. We are working on the integration of additional technology, facilitating physical adjustments for changing product diameters, ensuring code quality, as well as reduction in wrong data entries.

WHAT ADVANTAGES DO LASER MARKING SYSTEMS HAVE OVER OTHER MARKING SOLUTIONS?A laser code is always permanent, which is perfect for traceability as well as the prevention of coun-terfeiting. This printing method is a better option for beverage packaging compared to other coding solutions, which may prove less efficient with appli-cations such as stickers that can be easily removed and ink printed labels that get easily smudged and therefore become unreadable.

Laser marking is of the highest quality, for exam-ple, the outcome being a nice solid line. Although the purchase price of laser marking systems is higher than the initial cost of an inkjet system, minimal operating costs lead to a lower total cost of ownership over time, making the initial outlay worthwhile in the longer term. CT

There is increased pressure on the industry to offer new variants. In the past, the same type of product would be produced 24/7, but because of the diversification of the product range this has changed into the need for efficient and more speedy product changeovers

MAIN TYPES OF TESTING: AIR AND LIGHTThere are two typical ways to test containers: using air or light. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, especially for the type of con-tainer being tested.

Air testing is typically the most thorough of detecting leaks across all types of containers. The main reason is that for certain shapes of containers and for the seams of three-piece cans, only air can penetrate, whereas light can’t wrap around seams. However, air testing is not an instantaneous test, and has to be done over time. This makes the pro-cess much slower than using light.

There are three main methods of air testing: Pocket testing, Decay and Vacuum. Pocket testing of containers is done on a rotary machine by sealing a container inside a pocket, creating two separate chambers. The container is pressurised with air. If there is a leak, a small rise above atmospheric pressure can be detected on the outside of the container, but still inside the pocket. This method of testing is typically the most sensi-tive to small leaks due to the fact that very sensitive transducers can be used to detect such a small pressure change. Transducers used in pocket test-ing applications are typically very sensitive to small pressure increases over atmospheric pressure. One disadvantage with this sensitivity is that the trans-ducer can be damaged if exposed to high pressures.

For decay testing, the container is sealed and pressurised with air. The pressure transducer takes a measurement at the maximum pressure, and then again a short time later. If there is a leak, the second pressure measurement will be less than the first. Vacuum testing pulls a vacuum on the container and measures the pressure a second time, much like decay testing. Some very simple vacuum testers

Inspection and sensing systems are vitally important to product quality in manu-facturing environments. The

can industry is not immune to quality problems. Machinery goes out of tolerance, processes aren’t adhered to, humans make mistakes and supplies can be out-of-spec. These are just a few of the caus-es that lead to defects that proactive inspection and sensing systems can help detect before they impact quality. In an ideal world, every can that comes off the line would be perfect. For those that aren’t, there are ways to keep these rejects from getting into the customer’s hands.

Product defects are expensive, especially if they’ve made their way into the customer’s hands. Liability issues can make the situation worse if there is a spoiled food involved. To keep these problems from happening, most companies use inspection and sensing systems as a quality control method before product is shipped.

In today’s world of advanced technology, inspec-tion and sensing system designers and manufactur-ers are going beyond the basic function of detection of a certain defect and are looking for ways to add value to the can makers’ process, to help reduce cost and eliminate waste.

There are many types of inspection systems in the marketplace today that detect problems of all sorts. In addition to double sheet detection, at Prime Controls we have developed inspection and sensing systems for leak testing equipment, mainly outfitting testers, whether light testers or air testers with the latest technology in sensors and controls. Using the latest technology, this allows the operator of the machine to have a wealth of information about the tester literally at their fingertips, along with the ability to predict upcoming maintenance problems and troubleshoot issues with the machine. Using new technology can also lead to less main-tenance issues with machinery, allowing the tester to run for longer periods of time without worrying about changing out parts. This allows the plant maintenance personnel to worry about other issues in the plant and make improvements elsewhere.

A sixth senseMark Mohn, sales manager at Prime Controls, reports onthe value of inspection and sensing systems for leak testing

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use the vacuum to hold the container onto the test wheel. If there is a leak, the container falls off the machine.

Many of the demanding pressure testing machines require smart pressure sensors that are much more than your standard, off-the-shelf transducer. The smart pressure sensors have on-board processors in order to make complex measurements, along with peak pressure calculations or two point measure-ments done internal to the sensor. This keeps the PLC free to do other tasks and requires much less PLC code to implement. Some smart transducers also provide wireless (infrared) reporting of reject measurements for use on rotary machines without having to route the pressure measurements back through a slip-ring.

All of these methods of air testing are depend-ent on multiple factors to detect the smallest leaks. Test time, speed, test pressure, tester maintenance factors and transducer sensitivity all contribute heavily to successfully detecting a leak, Some man-ufacturers, in order to sense the smallest hole in the least amount of time, will install two testers on a single production line so they can run the testers slower, maximising the test time and allowing them to detect the smallest leak possible. It is important to have a good control system gathering all the data from your tester and transducers. A well designed system can provide invaluable troubleshooting assis-tance, along with access to a wealth of data about the operation of the tester to allow for predicting problems before they happen. By predicting when a tester needs maintenance, operators can schedule downtime, eliminating the untimely and expensive unscheduled downtime.

LIGHT TESTING : STROBE AND FIXED LAMPLight testing can be done in two main different ways: Strobe and fixed lamp.STROBE – Strobe systems tend to have higher sensitivity because they are able to put out more light in a shorter amount of time than a fixed bulb system. The strobe allows for a greater amount of instantaneous light to be generated without the damaging effects of heat on the LED or bulb.

A typical strobe light tester is used for check-ing container ends on the output of a press. The ends are positioned on a belt, stopping between the strobe and light detector. The light detector is extremely sensitive to small amounts of light, so it

can pick up small cracks or pinholes in the end. An LED strobe system spreads out the light across the end, allowing for more sensitivity to small defects near the outside edge of the end. Bulb systems tend to focus the light on a small area near the centre of the end. If controlled well a strobe system can react to a missing end, preventing the detector from being temporarily “blinded” by the high intensity strobe.


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FIXED LAMP – Fixed lamp systems typically have the container being tested pass through an arc of light. The detector can either be fixed on the machine or sealed against the container as it is rotating through the machine. Older style fixed lamp systems use either 500W quartz halogen tubes or automobile headlamps for illumination. The bulbs tend to have relatively short lifespans and are not very rugged since they are made of glass. Fixed lamp light testing machines have the ability to test containers upwards of 3,000 containers per minute.

With the advent of LED technology, can manu-facturers have many more options for light testing. Some of the main advantages of LED technology are the component longevity, flexibility of housing styles and power savings. On one light tester, two 500W halogen bulbs can be replaced by six LED light bars. This reduces the power consumption by over five times.

LED light sources are more expensive when only the pur-chase price is considered. The longevity of the LED light is one of the main savings for the plant. The typical halo-gen bulb only lasts 2,000 hours. An LED would typically last 50,000 hours.

The downtime to change a halogen bulb 25 times more than pays for the system. Another consideration is that some governmental agencies offer incentives to switching to LED illumination.

This is only a brief overview of some of the options for leak detection. Some companies have special needs for sensing their containers and want to work with a supplier capable of giving them a custom sensing solution to meet their needs. CT

Example of a light tester for two-piece cans

LED Strobe system for testing ends LED Strobe with Xenon Flash

Smart Pressure Test Module


When Sencon launches the new SI6700 Coatings Gauge in June, this will complete the company’s semi-automatic “Benchmark Series” gauging suite for beverage can test and inspection. This means that all the high performance gauging technologies used in Sencon’s full automatic Master Series suite are also available in compact, standalone units.

Andrew Hinks, Sencon’s group marketing manager, said: “Off-the-shelf, bought-in technol-ogies are rarely suited to meet all the particular challenges of can making processes. This is why Sencon chooses and develops solutions that are tailored for each specific task, drawing on in-house expertise, customer collaboration, and extensive experience gained from main-taining an exclusive focus on metal packaging

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For the second year, Crown will help to make Memorial Day memorable in support of US military armed services, veterans and their families.

The company will be a national sponsor of Hops for Heroes’ 2015 Homefront IPA program and will donate cans, graphics work for can printing, and freight for shipping, so that the 10 participating craft breweries can produce their own unique versions of Homefront IPA for mutual release parties, events and local accounts. All funds raised will be donated to military-focused charitable organisations.

This year’s charity is Soldiers’ Angels, which provides aid and comfort to men and women of the US Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard. In 2014, over $200,000 was raised in the Homefront IPA effort.

To remind customers of the importance of the past, present and future members of the US armed services, Memorial Day (25 May) will be the official release date of Homefront IPA.

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It will also encourage customers to remember the ultimate sacrifice so many have made to preserve freedom. “This is such a great and worthwhile charitable effort,” noted Ron Skotleski, Crown Beverage Packaging’s direc-tor of marketing. “We are proud to participate each year, especially in something we are passionate about — craft beer. We are also extremely proud to have our cans chosen for Homefront IPA in support of our veterans and their families.”


Sencon offers complete benchtop gauging suite

Warsteiner art scoops prizesThe combination of outstanding design and pack-aging proved a winning formula for Ardagh Group and its customer, Warsteiner, in two prestigious international competitions.

The Warsteiner Art Collection, a series of six shaped 330ml aluminium bottles, each one deco-rated with the work of one of seven distinguished artists in HD offset on a metal base, took the winning prize in the ‘can and aluminium bottle’ category of the 2014 World Beverage Awards, and in the packaging category of the 2015 iF Design Awards.

For Warsteiner, one of Germany’s most inter-national privately owned breweries, it represents another example of the brand’s success in using modern culture to attract consumers, and par-ticularly a younger and influential target audience,

throughout the more than 60 countries where the beer is sold.

Ardagh was able to use the enhanced printing techniques at its Beaurepaire facility in France to reproduce the stunning artwork through sharp screens combined with solid covering colours on brushed transparent metal effects and gold tones.

Ulrich Kunert, international marketing manager at Warsteiner commented: “We are delighted that the collaboration with Ardagh to create our own art collection on this very special limited edition bottle has earned such recognition through these important awards.”

For further information, visit:www.ardaghgroup.com

NEW PRODUCTS

INX INTRODUCES TWO NEW SYSTEMS AT EURO CANTECHINX International Ink Co continues to develop unique new products to meet market demands. Two new products were unveiled at the second Euro CanTech Conference, which took place 23-25 March in Barcelona, Spain.

The MDO Base System for Impact Extruded Metal Containers and INXCure® PrintPro pro-cess colours for flat sheet metal decorating, are designed for the monobloc and flat sheet markets.

“Our commitment to metal decorating is sec-ond to none,” remarked Rick Clendenning, pres-ident and CEO of INX International Ink Co. “Our R&D capabilities are outstanding and customers are quick to tell me how our team helps keep them ahead of the competition with products that make a big difference. We opened a new facility a year ago in England devoted to metal decorating production, and the state-of-the-art equipment we installed is playing a major role in our success at exceeding customer expectations.”

MDO Base System thermoset impact extruded

metal decorating inks have many positive attributes, the company says. In addition to curing with short dwell times, customers can expect to experience improved transfer, in flow and scratch resistance. The inks are available in eight base colours, in addition to various secondary and permanent colours.

Intended for use on crowns, screw caps, closures, two-piece DRD cans, welded aero-sols and decorative tin applications, INXCure PrintPro process colours are formulated for outstanding printability with improved misting and fast cure response. These UV curable inks offer excellent fabrication and flexibility and are compatible with a range of exterior coat-ings, including cationic UV chemistries.

They are available in a substantial number of base, secondary and permanent colour options.

For further information, visit:www.inxinternational.com


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Pennsylvania Brewery introduces first widget-less nitro cansNitro beers have been a growing trend in the American craft beer industry for a

few years now. To date, several craft brewers have canned nitro beers using the same widget technol-ogy used by large brewers such as Guinness and Boddingtons. Now, Pennsylvania’s Vault Brewing Company has teamed up with River City Cannery, an Arlington, Virginia-based mobile canning company, for the launch of the nation’s first widget-less nitro cans. Nitro Can Coffee Stout is brewed using locally roasted Guatemalan and Papua New Guinean coffee beans, with nitrogen introduced during the packaging stage. The brew-ery has plans to release more of its beers using the same canning process in the future.

AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival returns for fifth YearArizona’s SanTan Brewing Company will again play host for its annual AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival. The event has grown to be the largest celebration of canned craft beer in the country, with over 250 canned craft beers on display as well as a judging event and award ceremony. This year’s festival will take place on Saturday, 16 May at the Scottsdale Civic Center in Scottsdale, Arizona.

American mobile canners canning more cider and wineLate this past year, Missouri and New Mexico-based Mother Road Mobile Canning invested in a canning line built to accommodate slim cans for the wine industry. Recently it hit the road and helped Idaho’s Split Rail Winery put its La Boheme White Wine in a can. Capitalising on the growing number of small wineries, meaderies and cideries sprouting up around the country, Mother Road is among the many American mobile can-ning outfits adding them to its already busy routes. Cider makers such as Vermont’s Citizen Cider, Michigan’s Meckley’s Cidery, Oregon’s Red Tank Cider, and California’s Boonville Cider House are all utilising mobile canners to put their ciders in cans.

Anchor Brewing’s iconic Liberty Aleheaded to cans – after 40 yearsLast year, San Francisco’s historic Anchor Brewery made a stir when it introduced cans of its California Lager. Since then the brewery has also released Brotherhood Steam in cans, a collab-orative brew done alongside the American blues band, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood. Now the brewery has plans to release cans of Liberty Ale, a hop-forward beer that – as the label states – was first brewed on 18 April 1975. At 40 years young, Liberty Ale can arguably claim to be the first com-mercially brewed American IPA in the country.

American craft beer industry continues to show strong growthThe Brewers Association recently announced 2014 craft brewing growth numbers and it comes as no surprise that the industry is continuing to show strong growth. Last year, American craft brewers produced “22.2 million barrels, and saw an 18 per cent rise in volume and a 22 per cent increase in retail dollar value. Retail dollar value was esti-mated at $19.6 billion representing 19.3 per cent market share”. The overall beer market in the US is up only 0.5 per cent, with American craft beer representing 11 per cent of the market. The indus-try’s goal is to raise that volume share to 20 per cent by the year 2020.

Two Roads introduces Beer Bus Variety packThey say that great beer sells itself, but sometimes great beer needs great packaging to reach its full

Russ Phillips, founder of CraftCans.com, brings us the latest updates from around the US craft beer industry

AROUND THE WORLD OF CRAFT


FILLING FOCUS

CraftCans.Com’s Can of the MonthPOW! Rye in the Kisser | Rye Spring Ale

Southern Prohibition Brewing Company

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Pow! Rye in the Kisser is Southern Prohibition Brewing Company’s spring seasonal release and the newest addition to its “Cicada Series”. It is brewed with Lemondrop hops, a new variety so named because of the sweet lemon and citrus fla-vours it provides, as well as rye, which adds some spiciness that pairs well with the hop profile. At 6.4% it has just enough oomph to get you through the last few cold weeks of spring and just enough hoppiness to have you thinking of warming days ahead. Local artist Blayne Ward did the artwork for the cans.

potential. Connecticut’s Two Roads Brewing got creative with the recent release of its “Beer Bus Variety” pack. The cleverly designed 12-pack holds three cans each of four different brands. Variety packs of craft beer continue to be strong sellers nationwide as more grocery store and phar-macy chains are stocking craft beers.

A beer fit for a burgerCollaborations are big in the craft beer world and in recent years they’ve progressed beyond two brewers getting together to brew a beer togeth-er. Georgia’s Red Hare Brewing Company recently worked with Atlanta’s Holeman & Finch to create a beer that would complement the gastropub’s well-respected H & F Burger – a burg-er that recently made Food & Wine’s list of the best burgers in the country. National Common is the first beer in Red Hare’s “Chef Series”. Red Hare Brewery’s head brewer Bobby Thomas worked with Holeman and Finch’s chef Linton Hopkins to create a beer to pair with the burger that matched its “back to basics” American legacy brand. The beer is a take on “an American turn of the centu-ry style California Common. Like Chef Linton’s Burger, this beer is brewed with basic, quality ingredients, paying homage to a simpler time. Three grains, two hops, one burger”. A launch party is scheduled for 20 May.

Magic Hat to can Dream Machine IPLOne of the nation’s largest craft beer brands is set to launch another beer in cans. Released in bottles and kegs last year, Magic Hat’s Dream Machine IPL (India Pale Lager) is a popular hybrid style combining the hoppiness of an India Pale Ale and a traditional lager. According to the brewer, “with an ABV of 5.7%, Dream Machine combines the fresh, bold and slightly spicy hop flavours of an IPA with the crisp, clean finish of a lager”. Beginning this May, it will be available in cans for a limited time. The cans will be sold in 12-packs at select grocery and convenience stores across the US.

Sixpoint Releases Abigale16 years after it was first brewed by Brooklyn-based Sixpoint Brewery, Abigale is now available in six-packs of the brewery’s signature 12oz Rexam slim cans. According to the brewery, “Abigale lovingly known as “Abbey” at Sixpoint – which is a play on A-BIG-ALE (see what we did there?), is an abbey-style inspiration. Like all Sixpoint beers, it does not intend to recreate a classic style, but instead draw inspiration by soaking in the culture

and experience of these traditions, then riffing out a unique jam. Sixpoint brewer Shaun Carney commented: “I think the way the beer is tasting is not a classic Abbey – which is good, because we don’t want it to be. It celebrates the abbey brewing history but it also celebrates the American brewing industry. The blending of the classic European malts, the Belgian tradition of adding candi sugar, procuring an authentic Abbey yeast, and blending in American hops take this beer into a new direction.”

21st Amendment lands a new beerOn 19 March, San Francisco’s 21st Amendment Brewery added a new beer to its can lineup. Down to Earth is a Session IPA and will replace the brewery’s Bitter American. The design on the Down to Earth can is a continuation of the story of Ham, the space chimp who graced cans of Bitter American. According to the brewery: “Co-founders Nico Freccia and Shaun O’Sullivan decided it was high time to bring Ham home to share a beer with all the hop aroma and flavour of an IPA, and only 4.4% alcohol, with the people of America.”

Smuttynose cans hit shelvesThis year, New Hampshire’s Smuttynose Brewing Company moved into a new home and opened a farmhouse themed restaurant alongside its brewhouse. Another big move for the brewer this year was putting two of its beers into cans for the first time with the aid of the ever-popular mobile canning operation. Among the 10 largest craft brewers in New England, Smuttynose is now canning its Vunderbar Pilsner and its flag-ship Finestkind IPA with the help of Iron Heart Canning – the region’s premier mobile canner. CT

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360º POWDER COATINGFOR MONOBLOC CANS &

FLEXIBLE TUBES

Frei AGHofenstrasse 18CH-9300 Wittenbach, SwitzerlandTel: +41 71 292 3434Fax: +41 71 292 3400E-mail: [email protected]: www.frei-ag.com

AEROSOL MANUFACTURINGEQUIPMENT

Gebrüder Leonhardt GMBH & CO KG Blema KircheisErdmann-Kircheis-Strasse 13-15D-08280 Aue, GermanyTel: +49 3771 278 227Fax: +49 3771 278 241E-mail: [email protected]: www. blema.de

Germann + Frei AGMartinsbruggstrasse 92CH-9016 St. Gallen, SwitzerlandTel: +41 71 282 16 40Fax: +41 71 282 16 50E-mail: [email protected]: www.germannfrei.ch

Lanico Maschinenbau Otto Niemsch GmbHPO Box 3065D-38020 BraunschweigGermanyTel: +49 531 809 060Fax: +49 531 809 0627E-mail: [email protected]: www.lanico.de

Rainer Naroska Engineering GmbHIm Hengstfeld 19 32657 LemgoGermanyTel: +49 5261 6606 0Fax: +49 5261 6606 30E-mail: [email protected]: www.naroska.com

Schuler Pressen GmbH Bahnhofstrasse 4173033 Göppingen, GermanyTel: +49 7161 66 548Fax: +49 7161 66 659E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.schulergroup.comContact: Michael Marschal

Shin-I Machinery Works Co Ltd No 43 Chung Cheng St Chingshui Taichung, Taiwan ROC Tel: +886 4 2623 8181 Fax: +886 4 2623 2129 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.shinican.com

AIR COMPRESSORS

Pneumofore SpAVia N. Bruno 3410098 Rivoli, ItalyTel: +39 011 950 40 30Fax: +39 011 950 40 40E-mail: [email protected]: www.pneumofore.com

BASE REFORMINGMACHINES

Belvac Production Machinery Inc237 Graves Mill Road LynchburgVA 24502-4203, USATel: +1 434 239 0358Fax: +1 434 239 1964E-mail: [email protected]: www.belvac.com

CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfi eld Road, ShipleyWest Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmbecanmaking.com

BEADING UNITS

CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfi eld Road, ShipleyWest Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201Web: www.cmbecanmaking.com

Germann + Frei AGMartinsbruggstrasse 92CH-9016 St. Gallen, SwitzerlandTel: +41 71 282 16 40Fax: +41 71 282 16 50E-mail: [email protected]

BODY MAKERS D+I

CarnaudMetalboxEngineering plcDockfi eld Road, ShipleyW Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmbecanmaking.com

OKL Can Line Inc11235 Sebring DriveCincinnati, OH 45240, USATel: +1 513 825 1655Fax: +1 513 825 1948E-mail: [email protected]: www.oklcan.com

Schuler Pressen GmbH Bahnhofstrasse 4173033 GöppingenGermanyTel: +49 7161 66 548Fax: +49 7161 66 659E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.schulergroup.comContact: Michael Marschall

Stolle Machinery Company, LLC6949 S. Potomac StreetCentennial, CO 80112, USATel: +1 303 708 9044Fax: +1 303 708 9045E-mail: [email protected]: www. stollemachinery.com

BODYMAKER SPARES& REPAIRS


CAN CONVEYORS/CONVEYING

Arrowhead Systems, Inc.Arrowhead/Busse/SJI Corporation124 N Columbus StreetRandolph, WI 53956, USATel: +1 920 326 3131Fax: +1 866 580 3212E-mail: [email protected]: www.arrowheadsystems.com

FleetwoodGoldcoWyard1305 Lakeview DriveRomeoville, IL 60446 , USATel: +1 630 759 6800Fax: +1 630 759 2299E-mail: [email protected]: www.fgwa.com

CAN DECORATINGEQUIPMENT

Intercan Group Ltd38 Burners Lane, Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes , MK11 3HB, UKTel +44 1908 566015Fax +44 1908 560638E-mail: [email protected]: www.intercan.co.uk


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CAN & DOUBLE SEAMTESTING EQUIPMENT

CMC-KUHNKE, Inc1060 Broadway, AlbanyNY 12204, USATel: +1 518 694 3310Fax: +1 518 694 3311E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmc-kuhnke.comCMC-KUHNKE, GmbHColditzstr. 34-36, Bau 18D-12099 Berlin, GermanyTel: +49 30 2300 660Fax: +49 30 2300 6666E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmc-kuhnke.com

CAN END DIES

Apex Tool Works Inc3200 Tollview Drive, Rolling MeadowsIL 60008, USATel: +1 847 394 5810Fax: +1 847 394 2739E-mail: [email protected]: www.apextool.com

Amador Varas SAc/Montalegre 3208915 Badalona, Barcelona, SpainTel: +34 933 952 954Fax: +34 933 954 904E-mail: [email protected]: www.amador-varas.com

CAN LINE CONTROLSYSTEMS

Roeslein & Associates Inc9200 Watson Road, Suite 200St Louis, MO 63126-1528, USATel: +1 314 729 0055Fax: +1 314 729 0070E-mail: [email protected]: www.roeslein.com

CAN MAKING MACHINESAND COMPLETE LINES

Gebrüder Leonhardt GMBH & CO KGBlema KircheisErdmann-Kircheis-Strasse 13-15D-08280 Aue, GermanyTel: +49 3771 278 227Fax: +49 3771 278 241E-mail: [email protected]: www. blema.de

Mall + Herlan GmbHWöschbacher Strasse 33D-76327 Pfi nztal, GermanyTel: +49 721 946 01 0Fax: +49 721 946 0199E-mail: [email protected]: www.mall-herlan.com

Shin-I Machinery Works Co Ltd No 43 Chung Cheng St Chingshui , Taichung, Taiwan ROC Tel: +886 4 2623 8181 Fax: +886 4 2623 2129 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.shinican.com

Shinyi Can-Making Machinery Industry Co LtdNo 4 First Alley, East Side of Jianyang Daping Industrial Zone,Lianxia Town,Chenghai DistrictShantou 515834, ChinaTel: +86 754 85171098Fax: +86 754 85167423Mobile:+86 18823900423E-mail: [email protected]: www.shinyi-can.com

Soudronic AGIndustriestrasse 35CH-8962 BergdietikonSwitzerlandTel: +41 44 743 66 66 Fax: +41 44 743 66 99E-mail: [email protected]: www.soudronic.com

SWISSCAN NetworkMuelisacker 221CH-5705 HallwilSwitzerlandTel: +41 62 777 44 40Fax: +41 62 777 44 41E-mail: [email protected]: www.swisscan.net

CAN TESTING EQUIPMENT

BA.SCO srlVia Borgognone 910090 Trana (Torino), ItalyTel: +39 0119 33620Fax: +39 0119 355 763E-mail: [email protected]: www.basco-testers.com

Bonfi glioli Engineering SrlVia Rondona 3344049 Vigarano PieveFerrara, ItalyTel: +39 0532 715 631Fax: +39 0532 715 625E-mail: info@bonfi glioliengineering.comWeb: www.bonfi glioliengineering.com

CMC-KUHNKE, Inc1060 BroadwayAlbany, NY 12204, USATel: +1 518 694 3310Fax: +1 518 694 3311E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmc-kuhnke.comCMC-KUHNKE, GmbHColditzstr. 34-36, Bau 18D-12099 Berlin, GermanyTel: +49 30 2300 660Fax: +49 30 2300 6666E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmc-kuhnke.com

InnoScan A/SSødalsparken 118220 BrabrandDenmarkTel +45 86 26 5677Fax +45 86 26 5678E-mail: [email protected]: www.innoscan.dk

SenconNorth, Central & South America Sencon Incorporated6385 W 74th StreetBedford Park, IL 60638, USATel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected]


Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa, Australasia Sencon (UK) LtdPointon WayStonebridge Cross Business ParkDroitwich WR9 0LW, UKTel: +44 1905 827800Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected], Hong Kong, South East AsiaSencon (HK) LtdUnit 202, 2/F, Building 12WNo 12 Science Park West AvenuePhase 3 Hong Kong Science ParkPak Shek Kok, NT, Hong KongTel:+852 397 33860Fax:+852 302 06140E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com

Sensory AnalyticsThe Sensory Building4413 West Market StreetGreensboro, NC 27407, USATel: +1 336 315 6090Fax: +1 336 315 6030E-mail: [email protected]: www.specmetrix.com

Torus Measurement Systems Limited(The new name for Trac Measurement Systems Ltd)

Trac House, Nedge Hill Science ParkTelford TF3 3AJ, UKTel: +44 1952 210020Fax: +44 1952 299804Email: [email protected]: www.trac-group.com

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Versatile Technology35 Cleeland Road, Oakleigh South, Victoria 3167, AustraliaTel: +61 3 9548 8983Fax: +61 3 9548 8958E-mail: [email protected]: www.versatiletechnology.com.auSales and Customer Support, Europe: Tim BulmanTel: +44 7530 465 680E-mail : [email protected]

Wilco AGRigackerstr 11CH-5610 Wohlen, SwitzerlandTel +41 56 618 4343Fax +41 56 618 4344E-mail: [email protected]: www.wilco.com

CAN TOOLING SERVICES

H&T Tool Design GmbH & Co. KG Am Meilenstein 8 -19 34431 Marsberg, Germany Tel:+49 2991 980 100 Fax:+49 2991 980 5100 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ht-tooldesign.com

International Container Supply Inc.Assembly Plant2850 E River Rd. Dayton, OH 45439 USATel: +1 937 866 4080E-mail: [email protected]: www.icscangroup.comCustomer Service MexicoMexico City, MexicoTel: +52 55 55779087E-mail: [email protected] Service ChinaZhenjiang, Jiangsu, ChinaTel: +86 13 705288211E-mail: [email protected]

Link Tool & Manufacturing39115 Warren Rd,WestlandMI 48185, USATel: +1 734 710 0010Fax: +1 734 710 0016E-mail: [email protected]: www.linktoolmfg.com

CAN TRIMMERS

Belvac Production Machinery Inc237 Graves Mill Road LynchburgVA 24502-4203, USATel: +1 434 239 0358Fax: +1 434 239 1964E-mail: [email protected]: www.belvac.com

CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfield Road, Shipley, West Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmbecanmaking.com

CAN WASHER HOLDOWN MATS & BELTS

Ashworth Bros, Inc 450 Armour DaleWinchester, VA 22601, USA Tel: +1 540 662 3494Fax: +1 540 662 3150E-mail: [email protected]: www.ashworth.com

CAN WASHERS/OVENS

Worldwide Headquarters:International Thermal Systems LLC4697 W Greenfield AvenueMilwaukee, WI 53214, USATel: +1 414 672 7700Fax: +1 414 672 8800E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.itsllcusa.comEuropean Office:

International Thermal Systems Ltd11 Ham Common, RichmondLondon TW10 7JB, UKTel: +44 7900 191 352E-mail: [email protected] Office:ITS Industrial Thermal EquipmentCo LtdTel: +86 21 6774 1033Fax: +86 21 6774 2860E-mail: [email protected]

VMI Holland BVGelriaweg 168161 RK EpeThe NetherlandsTel: +31 578 679 111Fax: +31 578 621 317E-mail: [email protected]: www.vmi-group.com

CAPPING MACHINES

Sommetrade SLParque Tecnologico de Zamudio -Edificio 30148170 Zamudio (Vizcaya), SpainTel: +34 94 431 8611Fax: +34 94 431 8200E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sommetrade.com

CAP MAKING MACHINES

Alfons Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGFangdieckstraße 6722547 Hamburg, GermanyTel: +49 40 833910Fax: +49 40 83391220Web: www.alfons-haar.deE-mail: [email protected] Haar Inc150 Advanced DriveSpringboro, Ohio 45066, USATel: +1 937 560 2031Fax: +1 937 560 2032E-mail: [email protected] Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGSingapore Representative Office (RO)11C Jalan Arif, Singapore Tel: +65 9833 2083Fax: +65 6399 2646E-mail: [email protected]

Apex Tool Works Inc3200 Tollview DriveRolling MeadowsIL 60008, USATel: +1 847 394 5810Fax: +1 847 394 2739E-mail: [email protected]: www.apextool.com

Cantec GmbH & Co KGHelenenstrasse 149D-45143 EssenGermanyTel: +49 201 633 1461Fax: +49 201 633 1239E-mail: [email protected]: www.cantec.com

Gebrüder Leonhardt GMBH& CO KGBlema KircheisErdmann-Kircheis-Strasse 13-15D-08280 AueGermany Tel: +49 3771 278 227Fax: +49 3771 278 241E-mail: [email protected]: www. blema.de

Rainer Naroska Engineering GmbHIm Hengstfeld 19 32657 Lemgo, GermanyTel: +49 5261 6606 0Fax: +49 5261 6606 30E-mail: [email protected]: www.naroska.com

CERAMIC CAN & END TOOLING

LPT – Lieb Precision Tool, Inc1819 South Murray Blvd.Colorado Springs, CO 80916, USATel: +1 719 355 2600Fax: +1 719 596 3019E-mail: [email protected]: www.liebpt.com


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COATING MACHINES

Crabtree of Gateshead LtdKingsway, Team Valley Trading Estate, GatesheadTyne & Wear NE11 0SU, UKTel: +44 191 487 5071Fax: +44 191 487 3997E-mail: [email protected]: www.crabpress.co.uk

Fuji Kikai Kogyo Co Ltd2-7-1 Iida, Hachihonmatsu,Higashihiroshima-shiHiroshima Pref 739-0146 , JapanMetal Decorating Machinery DivMetal Decorating Sales DeptTel: +81 82 428 2455Fax: +81 82 428 8912E-mail: [email protected]: www.fujikikai.co.jp

Hebenstreit Metal Decorating GmbHGottlieb-Daimler-Strasse 15/274385 Pleidelsheim, GermanyTel: +49 7144 88980-0Fax: +49 7144 88980-50E-mail: [email protected]: www.hebenstreit-gmbh.de

InghorC/ San Vincente 8, Planta 948001 Bilbao, SpainTel: +34 944 411 012 / 313Fax: +34 944 411 066E-mail: [email protected]: www.inghor.es

KBA-MetalPrint GmbHWernerstr. 119-129D-70435 Stuttgart, GermanyTel: +49 711 69971-0Fax: +49 711 69971-670E-mail: [email protected]: www.kba-metalprint.de

Miotto Este spaVia Talamoni, 4I-20861 Brugherio (MB), ItalyTel: +39 0392 878 284Fax: +39 0398 84 594E-mail: [email protected]: www.miottoeste.it

TEC TECHNOLOGY GMBH Carl-Benz-Str.474366 Kirchhein/NeckarGermanyTel: +49 7143 961 7280 Fax: +49 7143 961 7281E-mail: [email protected]: www.tec-technology.de

COATING MACHINESBOTTOM RIM

Belvac Production Machinery Inc237 Graves Mill RoadLynchburgVA 24502-4203, USATel: +1 434 239 0358Fax: +1 434 239 1964E-mail: [email protected]: www.belvac.com

COATINGS, LACQUERS, VARNISHES

World HeadquartersW. R. Grace & Co. - Conn7500 Grace DriveColumbia, MD 21044, USATel: +1 410 531 4000Tel: +1 800 638 6014Grace Materials & Packaging Tech-nologies62 Whittemore AveCambridge, MA 02140, USATel: +1 617 498 4987Latin America Grace Brazil LtdaRua Albion, 229-10 Andor CJ101Lapa, Sao PauloAP/Brasil 05077-130Tel: +55 113649 2704

Asia Pacific W.R. Grace (Hong Kong) Ltd1010 Huai Hai ZhongShanghai 200031, ChinaTel: +86 2154678EuropeGrace GmbH & Co. KGIn der Hollerecke 167547 Worms, GermanyTel: +49 6241 403.00www.grace.com

COIL HANDLING SYSTEMS

Hengli CNC Technology Co, Ltd9 Huishan Road, Mogan Mountain Economic Development Zone, Deqing, Zhejiang ProvinceChina 313200Tel: +86 572 8832016+86 572 8832000Fax: +86 572 8832222E-mail: [email protected]: www.zjhlcnc.com

LITTELL, LLC 1211 Tower RoadSchaumburgIL 60173, USATel: +1 630 622 4700Fax: +1 630 622 4747E-mail: [email protected]: www.littell.com

Nidec Minster Corporation240 West Fifth StreetMinster, OH 45865-0120 U.S.A.Tel: +1 419 628 2331Fax: +1 419 628 4224E-mail: [email protected]: www.minster.com

COMPLETE CAN LINES(THREE-PIECE)

Cantec GmbH & Co KGHelenenstrasse 149D-45143 Essen, GermanyTel: +49 201 633 1461Fax: +49 201 633 1239E-mail: [email protected]: www.cantec.com


Lanico Maschinenbau Otto Niemsch GmbHPO Box 3065D-38020 Braunschweig, GermanyTel: +49 531 809 060Fax: +49 531 809 0627E-mail: [email protected]: www.lanico.de

Shin-I Machinery Works Co Ltd No 43 Chung Cheng St Chingshui, Taichung, Taiwan ROC Tel: +886 4 2623 8181 Fax: +886 4 2623 2129 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.shinican.com

COMPLETE CAN LINES(THREE-PIECE)

Soudronic AGIndustriestrasse 35CH-8962 Bergdietikon, SwitzerlandTel: +41 44 743 66 66 Fax: +41 44 743 66 99E-mail: [email protected]: www.soudronic.com

SWISSCAN NetworkMuelisacker 221CH-5705 Hallwil, SwitzerlandTel: +41 62 777 44 40Fax: +41 62 777 44 41E-mail: [email protected]: www.swisscan.net

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COMPLETE CAN MAKINGLINES (THREE-PIECE) – USED

Container Fabrication Machinery2216 E Miner AvenueStockton, CA 95205, USATel: +1 209 469 7384Fax: +1 209 469 4826E-mail: [email protected]: www.canmaking.net

COMPLETE CAN LINES(TWO-PIECE)

Alfons Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGFangdieckstraße 6722547 HamburgGermanyTel: +49 40 833910Fax: +49 40 83391220Web: www.alfons-haar.deE-mail: offi [email protected] Haar Inc150 Advanced DriveSpringboroOhio 45066, USATel: +1 937 560 2031Fax: +1 937 560 2032E-mail: [email protected] Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGSingapore Representative Offi ce (RO)11C Jalan Arif, Singapore Tel: +65 9833 2083Fax: +65 6399 2646E-mail: [email protected]


Rainer Naroska Engineering GmbHIm Hengstfeld 19 32657 LemgoGermanyTel: +49 5261 6606 0Fax: +49 5261 6606 30E-mail: [email protected]: www.naroska.com


COMPLETE CAN MAKINGLINES (TWO-PIECE)-USED

Container Fabrication Machinery2216 E Miner AvenueStocktonCA 95205, USATel: +1 209 469 7384Fax: +1 209 469 4826E-mail: [email protected]: www.canmaking.net

COMPLETE END-MAKING LINES

Alfons Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGFangdieckstraße 67, 22547 HamburgGermanyTel: +49 40 833910Fax: +49 40 83391220Web: www.alfons-haar.deE-mail: offi [email protected] Haar Inc150 Advanced DriveSpringboroOhio 45066, USATel: +1 937 560 2031Fax: +1 937 560 2032E-mail: [email protected] Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGSingapore Representative Offi ce 11C Jalan Arif, Singapore Tel: +65 9833 2083Fax: +65 6399 2646E-mail: [email protected]


Gebrüder Leonhardt GMBH& CO KGBlema KircheisErdmann-Kircheis-Strasse 13-15D-08280 Aue, GermanyTel: +49 3771 278 227Fax: +49 3771 278 241E-mail: [email protected]: www. blema.de


Shin-I Machinery Works Co Ltd No 43 Chung Cheng StChingshui, Taichung, Taiwan ROC Tel: +886 4 2623 8181 Fax: +886 4 2623 2129 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.shinican.com.

COMPLETE END-MAKING LINES – USED


COMONENTS FOR FOOD & PAINT CANS

Hindustan Tin Works Ltd426, DLF Tower AJasola, New Delhi 110025, IndiaTel: +91 11 49998888Fax: +91 11 49998822 E-mail: [email protected]: www.hindustantin.biz

COMPOUND DRIERS

Worldwide Headquarters:International Thermal Systems LLC4697 W Greenfi eld AvenueMilwaukee, WI 53214, USATel: +1 414 672 7700Fax: +1 414 672 8800E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.itsllcusa.comEuropean Offi ce: International Thermal Systems Ltd11 Ham Common, RichmondLondon TW10 7JB, UKTel: +44 7900 191 352E-mail: [email protected] Offi ce: ITS IndustrialThermal Equipment Co LtdTel: +86 21 6774 1033Fax: +86 21 6774 2860E-mail: [email protected]

COMPOUND LININGEQUIPMENT


CONTAINER PRESSES

Nidec Minster Corporation240 West Fifth StreetMinster, OH 45865-0120, USATel: +1 419 628 2331Fax: +1 419 628 4224E-mail: [email protected]: www.minster.com

CONVEYOR COMPONENTS

Rexnord Power Transmission Europe Einsteinstraat 12690 AC ‘s-GravenzandeThe NetherlandsTel: +31 174 445 111Fax: +31 174 445 222E-mail: rexnord.fl [email protected]: www.rexnordfl attop.com


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CONVEYORS: MAGNETIC

Bunting Magnetics Co500 S Spencer AvenuePO Box 468, NewtonKS 67114-0468, USATel: +1 316 284 2020Fax: +1 316 283 4975E-mail: [email protected]: www.buntingmagnetics.com

FleetwoodGoldcoWyard1305 Lakeview DriveRomeoville, IL 60446, USATel: +1 630 759 6800Fax: +1 630 759 2299E-mail: [email protected]: www.fgwa.com

CONVEYORS: PLASTICBELTING & CHAIN


iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co KGAlbert-Rosshaupter-Str 5381369 MünchenGermanyTel: +49 89 76909-1600Fax: -49 89 76909-1198E-mail: [email protected]: www.iwis.com

Rexnord Power Transmission EuropeEinsteinstraat 12690 AC ‘s-GravenzandeThe NetherlandsTel: +31 174 445 111Fax: +31 174 445 222E-mail: rexnord.fl [email protected]: www.rexnordfl attop.com

CUPPING PRESSES

TG Can International Ltd ?36 Burners Lane Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes MK11 3HB, UKTel: +44 1908 561444 Fax: +44 1908 307519E-mail: [email protected] Can Technology (USA) IncSuite 200 470 Olde Worthington Road Westerville, OH 43082, USA Tel: +1 614 410 6672Fax: +1 614 410 6673E-mail: [email protected] & SOUTH EAST ASIA:Hacotec Systems SDN BHDBlock 6-7-8 Queens AvenueJalan Bayam55100 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaTel: +6 039205 6998Fax: +6 039205 6998Cell: +6 012278 8692E-mail: [email protected]: Thomas WongJAPAN: Press Technologies IncUrban SK Bldg 3F6027-2 Okusawa, Setagaya-kuTokyo 158-0083, JapanTel: +81 3 3703 4138E-mail: [email protected]: Yukio Kameishi

CUPPING SYSTEMS

Schuler Pressen GmbH Bahnhofstrasse 4173033 Göppingen, GermanyTel: +49 7161 66 548Fax: +49 7161 66 659E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.schulergroup.comContact: Michael Marschall

Stolle Machinery Company, LLC6949 S. Potomac StreetCentennialCO 80112, USATel: +1 303 708 9044Fax: +1 303 708 9045E-mail: [email protected]: www. stollemachinery.com

TG Can International Ltd ?36 Burners Lane Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes MK11 3HB, UKTel: +44 1908 561444 Fax: +44 1908 307519E-mail: [email protected] Can Technology (USA) IncSuite 200 470 Olde Worthington Road Westerville, OH 43082, USA Tel: +1 614 410 6672Fax: +1 614 410 6673E-mail: [email protected] & SOUTH EAST ASIA:Hacotec Systems SDN BHDBlock 6-7-8 Queens AvenueJalan Bayam55100 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaTel: +6 039205 6998Fax: +6 039205 6998Cell: +6 012278 8692E-mail: [email protected]: Thomas WongJAPAN: Press Technologies IncUrban SK Bldg 3F6027-2 Okusawa, Setagaya-kuTokyo 158-0083, JapanTel: +81 3 3703 4138E-mail: [email protected]: Yukio Kameishi

CURLER TOOLING

Apex Tool Works Inc3200 Tollview DriveRolling MeadowsIL 60008USATel: +1 847 394 5810 Fax: +1 847 394 2739E-mail: [email protected]: www.apextool.com

D&I CAN TOOLING

Wallram GmbHSchuermannstrasse 4045136 Essen, GermanyTel: +49 201 89 63 660Fax: +49 201 89 63 630E-mail: [email protected]: www.wallram.com

Link Tool & Manufacturing39115 Warren Rd,WestlandMI 48185, USATel: +1 734 710 0010Fax: +1 734 710 0016E-mail: [email protected]: www.linktoolmfg.com

D&I CUP TOOLING

H&T Tool Design GmbH & Co. KG Am Meilenstein 8 -19 34431 Marsberg, Germany Tel:+49 2991 980 100 Fax:+49 2991 980 5100 E-mail: [email protected]

Wallram GmbHSchuermannstrasse 4045136 Essen, GermanyTel: +49 201 89 63 660Fax: +49 201 89 63 630E-mail: [email protected]: www.wallram.com

DOMERS/BOTTOM FORMERS

Pride Engineering, LLC9401 73rd Avenue North, Suite 200Minneapolis. MN 55428, USAE-mail: [email protected]: www.pridecan.com

DOMERS & DOME STATIONS

CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfi eld RoadShipley, West Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmbecanmaking.com

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DOUBLE SHEET DETECTION

Prime Controls, Inc.World Headquarters:4528 Gateway CircleDayton, OH 45440-1712, USATel: +1 937 435 8659Fax: +1 937 435 2091E-mail: [email protected]: www.primecontrols.com

DRD CAN MAKINGEQUIPMENT



Stolle Machinery Company, LLC6949 S. Potomac StreetCentennialCO 80112, USATel: +1 303 708 9044Fax: +1 303 708 9045E-mail: [email protected]: www.stollemachinery.com

DRYING OVENS

Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic, Corp1745 Overland Ave NEWarren, OH 44483, USATel: +1 330 372 8727Fax: +1 330 372 8608E-mail: [email protected]: www.ajaxtocco.com

ARC Pacifi c Ltd1005 Richards RoadSuite P, PO Box 585Hartland, WI 53029, USA Tel: +1 262 751 3073 +66 958 610535Fax: +1 262 367 5091 E-mail: mike.ruddick@arcpacifi csiam.com andy.pott@arcpacifi c.comWeb: www.arcpacifi c.com


Industrias Peñalver SLPol. Industrial El TapiadoC/ Albaricoque s/nMolina de Segura30500 Murcia, SpainTel: + 34 968 38 90 88Fax: + 34 968 38 90 19E-mail: [email protected]: www.penalver.com


KBA-MetalPrint GmbHWernerstr. 119-129D-70435 Stuttgart, GermanyTel: +49 71169971-0Fax: +49 711 69971-670E-mail: [email protected]: www.kba-metalprint.de

Miotto Este spaVia Talamoni, 4I-20861 Brugherio (MB), ItalyTel: +39 0392 878 284Fax: +39 0398 84594E-mail: [email protected]: www.miottoeste.it

sellacan Industrieofen GmbHDaimlerstr 12D-32791 LagrGermanyTel: +49 5232 69900Fax: +49 5232 699028E-mail: [email protected]: www.sellacan.de

EASY OPEN ENDMANUFACTURING

MACHINERY

GM TechnologiesHeadquartersVia Molinelle 113 80045 Pompei (NA), Italy Factory: Zona PIP – via Orto di Cioglia 83045 Calitri (AV), Italy Tel: +39 081 850 34 14 +39 081 388 30 893 Fax: +39 081 365 24 73 E-mail : [email protected] Web: www.gmtechs.it

Alfons Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGFangdieckstraße 67, 22547 HamburgGermanyTel: +49 40 833910Fax: +49 40 83391220Web: www.alfons-haar.deE-mail: offi [email protected] Haar Inc150 Advanced DriveSpringboro, Ohio 45066, USATel: +1 937 560 2031Fax: +1 937 560 2032E-mail: [email protected] Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGSingapore Representative Offi ce 11C Jalan Arif, Singapore Tel: +65 9833 2083Fax: +65 6399 2646E-mail: [email protected]

DRT Mfg. Co.618 Greenmount BlvdDaytonOH 45419, USATel: +1 937 298 7391Fax: +1 937 298 7190E-mail: postoffi [email protected]: www.drtmfgco.com



EASY OPEN ENDS

DivFood – A Division of Nampak Products Ltd25 Richard Carte RoadMobeni, Kwazulu-Natal, South AfricaTel: +27 31 450 5874Fax: +27 31 450 5882E-mail: [email protected]: www.nampak.com

MIVISA Envases SAUPoligono Industrial Los Pinos30565 Las Torres de CotillasMurcia, SpainTel:+34 968 364400Fax: +34 968 364442E-mail: [email protected]: www.mivisa.com


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EASY OPEN END REPAIRCOAT SYSTEM

Industrias Peñalver SLPol. Industrial El TapiadoC/ Albaricoque s/n Molina de Segura, 30500 Murcia, SpainTel: + 34 968 38 90 88Fax: + 34 968 38 90 19E-mail: [email protected]: www.penalver.com

sellacan Industrieofen GmbHDaimlerstr 12D-32791 Lage, GermanyTel: +49 5232 69900Fax: +49 5232 699028E-mail: [email protected]: www.sellacan.de

EASY OPEN END TESTING EQUIPMENT

Bonfiglioli Engineering SrlVia Rondona 3344049 Vigarano Pieve, Ferrara, ItalyTel: +39 0532 715 631Fax: +39 0532 715 625E-mail: [email protected]: www.bonfiglioliengineering.com

InnoScan A/SSødalsparken 118220 Brabrand, DenmarkTel +45 86 26 5677Fax +45 86 26 5678E-mail: [email protected]: www.innoscan.dk

Prime Controls, Inc.World Headquarters:4528 Gateway CircleDaytonOhio 45440-1712, USATel: +1 937 435 8659Fax: +1 937 435 2091E-mail: [email protected]: www.primecontrols.com

SenconNorth, Central & South America Sencon Incorporated6385 W 74th StreetBedford Park, IL 60638, USATel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected], Middle East, Asia, Africa, Australasia Sencon (UK) LtdPointon WayStonebridge Cross Business ParkDroitwich WR9 0LW, UKTel: +44 1905 827800Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected], Hong Kong, South East AsiaSencon (HK) LtdUnit 202, 2/F, Building 12WNo 12 Science Park West AvenuePhase 3 Hong Kong Science ParkPak Shek Kok, NT, Hong KongTel:+852 397 33860Fax:+852 302 06140E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com


EASY OPEN & PEEL-OFFMEMBRANE ENDS

Parliament International LtdCervantes House5-9 Headstone RoadHarrow, Middlesex HA1 1PD, UKTel: +44 20 8861 3505Fax: +44 20 8861 2025E-mail: [email protected]: www.parliament-group.co.uk

END BAGS & KRAFT PAPER

Stonehouse Paper & Bag Mills LtdLower MillsStonehouse, Glos GL10 2BD, UKTel: +44 1453 822173Fax: +44 1453 822174E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.stonehousepaper.co.uk

END COMPOUND LINERS

CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfield Road, ShipleyW Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmbecanmaking.com

Custom Machining Corporation2090 West College AvenueEnglewood, CO 80110, USATel: +1 303 762 0333Fax: +1 303 762 0338E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmc1.net

END CONVERSION SYSTEMS

TG Can International Ltd 36 Burners Lane Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes MK11 3HB, UKTel: +44 1908 561444 Fax: +44 1908 307519E-mail: [email protected] Can Technology (USA) IncSuite 200 470 Olde Worthington Road Westerville, OH 43082, USA Tel: +1 614 410 6672Fax: +1 614 410 6673E-mail: [email protected] & SOUTH EAST ASIA:Hacotec Systems SDN BHDBlock 6-7-8 Queens AvenueJalan Bayam55100 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaTel: +60 39205 6998Fax: +60 39205 6998Cell: +60 12278 8692E-mail: [email protected]: Thomas WongJAPAN: Press Technologies IncUrban SK Bldg 3F6027-2 Okusawa, Setagaya-kuTokyo 158-0083, JapanTel: +81 3 3703 4138E-mail: [email protected]: Yukio Kameishi

END LINE BALANCERS &BALANCE TRAYS


END ROLL PALLETIZERS& DEPALLETIZERS


ENDS – PENNY LEVER/TRF/RING LID TAGGER

ASSEMBLIES


END & TAB CONVERSIONTOOLING

DRT Mfg. Co.618 Greenmount BlvdDayton, OH 45419, USATel: +1 937 298 7391Fax: +1 937 298 7190E-mail: [email protected]: www.drtmfgco.com

DRT GmbH & Co KGHansestrasse 49D-38112 Braunschweig, GermanyTel: +49 531 231 620Fax: +49 531 231 6244E-mail: [email protected]: www.drt-europe.de

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END & TAB CONVERSIONTOOLING


END TESTING EQUIPMENT



Mühlbauer AGJosef-Mühlbauer-Platz 1,93426 Roding, GermanyTel: +49 9461 952 - 0 Fax: +49 9461 952 - 1E-mail:[email protected] Web: www.muehlbauer.de

SenconNorth, Central & South America Sencon Incorporated6385 W 74th StreetBedford Park, IL 60638, USATel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected], Middle East, Asia, Africa, Australasia Sencon (UK) LtdPointon Way, Stonebridge Cross Business ParkDroitwich WR9 0LW, UKTel: +44 1905 827800Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected], Hong Kong, South East AsiaSencon (HK) LtdUnit 202, 2/F, Building 12WNo 12 Science Park West AvenuePhase 3 Hong Kong Science ParkPak Shek Kok, NT, Hong KongTel:+852 397 33860Fax:+852 302 06140E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com



Versatile Technology 35 Cleeland RoadOakleigh South, Victoria 3167, AustraliaTel: +61 3 9548 8983Fax: +61 3 9548 8958E-mail: [email protected]: www.versatiletechnology.com.auSales and Customer Support, Europe :Tim Bulman Tel: +44 7530 465 680E-mail : [email protected]

END WRAPPING/UNWRAPPING


CSW Machinery BVRigastraat 167418 EW DeventerP.O. Box 810, 7400 AV DeventerThe Netherlands Tel: +31 570 678 700Fax: +31 570 633 985E-mail: [email protected]

ENGINEERING & INSTALLATION SERVICES


Stolle Europe33 Peterfi eld RdKingstown Industrial EstateCarlisle, Cumbria CA3 OEY, UKTel: +44 1228 818 125Fax: +44 1228 514 720E-mail: [email protected]: www. stollemachinery.com

FILM WEIGHT CONTROL

SenconNorth, Central & South America Sencon Incorporated6385 W 74th StreetBedford Park, IL 60638, USATel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected]

Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa, Australasia Sencon (UK) LtdPointon WayStonebridge Cross Business ParkDroitwich WR9 0LW, UKTel: +44 1905 827800Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected], Hong Kong, South East AsiaSencon (HK) LtdUnit 202, 2/F, Building 12WNo 12 Science Park West AvenuePhase 3 Hong Kong Science ParkPak Shek Kok, NT, Hong KongTel:+852 397 33860Fax:+852 302 06140E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com


FLANGING MACHINES

Belvac Production Machinery Inc237 Graves Mill RoadLynchburg, VA 24502-4203, USATel: +1 434 239 0358Fax: +1 434 239 1964E-mail: [email protected]: www.belvac.com




APRIL 2015



GAS CURERS FOR THREE-PIECE CAN LINES


GS&T S.r.l.Metal Packaging Machinery By Emilio MussinoVia Grange Palmero, 234 10091 Alpignano (Torino), ItalyTel : +39 011 9665880Fax: +39 011 9665888 E-mail: [email protected]@gstmachinery.itWeb: www.gstmachinery.it

INDUCTION CURING& DRYING SYSTEMS

Australian Induction Heating Co Pty Ltd49 Strzelecki Avenue, Sunshine WestMelbourne, Victoria 3020, AustraliaTel: +61 3 9311 4999Fax: +61 3 9311 8666E-mail: [email protected]: www.inductionheating.com.au

Can Man AktiengesellschaftMülisacker 221CH-5705 Hallwil, SwitzerlandTel: +41 62 777 4440Fax: +41 62 777 4441E-mail: [email protected]: www.canman.chMember of SWISSCAN NetworkWeb: www.swisscan.net

Sprimag Spritzmaschinenbau GmbH& Co. KGHenriettenstraße 9073230 Kirchheim/Teck, GermanyTel: +49 7021 579-0Fax: +49 7021 579 - 48 238E-mail: [email protected]: www.sprimag.de

INSIDE SPRAY CONTROL


Sensory AnalyticsThe Sensory Building4413 West Market StreetGreensboroNC 27407, USATel: +1 336 315 6090Fax: +1 336 315 6030E-mail: [email protected]: www.specmetrix.com

INSIDE SPRAY MACHINES

Stolle Machinery Company, LLC6949 S. Potomac StreetCentennialCO 80112, USATel: +1 303 708 9044Fax: +1 303 708 9045E-mail: [email protected]: www. stollemachinery.com

INSIDE/OUTSIDESPRAY MACHINES

CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfi eld RoadShipley, West Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmbecanmaking.com

Sprimag Spritzmaschinenbau GmbH& Co. KGHenriettenstraße 9073230 Kirchheim/Teck, GermanyTel: +49 7021 579-0Fax: +49 7021 579 - 48 238E-mail: [email protected]: www.sprimag.de

INSPECTION SYSTEMS

ALTEK Company89 Commercial Boulevard PO Box 1128, TorringtonCT 06790 , USATel: +1 860 482 7628Fax: +1 860 496 0255E-mail: [email protected]: www.altekcompany.com

Applied Vision Corporation2020 Vision LaneAkron, OH 44223, USATel: +1 330 926 2222Fax: +1 330 926 2250E-mail: [email protected]: www.appliedvision.com

Belvac Production Machinery Inc237 Graves Mill Road Lynchburg, VA 24502-4203, USATel: +1 434 239 0358Fax: +1 434 239 1964E-mail: [email protected]: www.belvac.com


ibea GmbHKleine Bahnstrasse 8D-22525 HamburgGermanyTel: +49 40 6898 870Fax: +49 40 6898 8729E-mail: [email protected]: www.ibea.de


Mühlbauer AGJosef-Mühlbauer-Platz 193426 Roding, GermanyTel: +49 9461 952 - 0 Fax: +49 9461 952 - 1E-mail:[email protected] Web: www.muehlbauer.de

Pressco Technology Inc29200 Aurora RoadCleveland, OH 44139, USATel: +1 440 498 2600Fax: +1 440 498 2615E-mail: [email protected]: www.pressco.com

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INSPECTION SYSTEMS

QUISS GmbHLilienthalstraße 5D-82178 Puchheim, GermanyTel: +49 89 894 59 - 0Fax: +49 89 894 59 - 111E-mail: [email protected]: www.quiss.com



Versatile Technology35 Cleeland RoadOakleigh South, Victoria 3167, AustraliaTel: +61 3 9548 8983Fax: +61 3 9548 8958E-mail: [email protected]: www.versatiletechnology.com.auSales & Customer Support, Europe: Tim BulmanTel: +44 7530 465 680E-mail : [email protected]

Vision Experts GmbHAm Sandfeld 1576149 Karlsruhe, GermanyTel: +49 721 97839-0Fax: +49 721 97839-29E-mail: [email protected]: www.vision-experts.com

ION EXCHANGE AND RO DEMI PLANTS

CIE Srl Compagnia Italiana EcologiaVia I° Maggio, 20-2220070 San Zenone al Lambro (MI) ItalyTel: +39 02 9810470Fax: +39 02 98175079E-mail: [email protected]: www.cieeng.com

LEAK DETECTION

Bonfi glioli Engineering SrlVia Rondona 3344049 Vigarano Pieve, Ferrara, ItalyTel: +39 0532 715 631Fax: +39 0532 715 625E-mail: info@bonfi glioliengineering.comWeb: www.bonfi glioliengineering.com


Prime Controls, Inc.World Headquarters:4528 Gateway Circle, Dayton,Ohio 45440-1712, USATel: +1 937 435 8659Fax: +1 937 435 2091E-mail: [email protected]: www.primecontrols.com


LEAK TESTERS

ibea GmbHKleine Bahnstrasse 8D-22525 Hamburg, GermanyTel: +49 40 6898 870Fax: +49 40 6898 8729E-mail: [email protected]: www.ibea.de



LIGHT TESTERS

Belvac Production Machinery Inc237 Graves Mill RoadLynchburg, VA 24502-4203, USATel: +1 434 239 0358Fax: +1 434 239 1964E-mail: [email protected]: www.belvac.com





APRIL 2015



LINE INSTALLATION& MAINTENANCE

LITTELL, LLC1211 Tower RoadSchaumburg, IL 60173, USATel: +1 630 622 4700Fax: +1 630 622 4747E-mail: [email protected]: www.littell.com

LINERS FORNON-ROUND ENDS

Industrias Peñalver SLPol. Industrial El TapiadoC/ Albaricoque s/n Molina de Segura, 30500 Murcia, SpainTel: +34 968 38 90 88Fax: +34 968 38 90 19E-mail: [email protected]: www.penalver.com

LUBRICATION TECHNOLOGY

Unist, Inc.4134 36th St SEGrand Rapids, MI 41592, USATel: +1 616 949 0853Fax: +1 616 949 9503E-mail: [email protected]: www.unist.com

LUG CAPMANUFACTURING LINES

Alfons Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGFangdieckstraße 67, 22547 HamburgGermanyTel: +49 40 833910Fax: +49 40 83391220Web: www.alfons-haar.deE-mail: offi [email protected] Haar Inc150 Advanced Drive, SpringboroOhio 45066, USATel: +1 937 560 2031Fax: +1 937 560 2032E-mail: [email protected] Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGSingapore Representative Offi ce 11C Jalan Arif, Singapore Tel: +65 9833 2083Fax: +65 6399 2646E-mail: [email protected]

Apex Tool Works Inc3200 Tollview DriveRolling Meadows, IL 60008, USATel: +1 847 394 5810 Fax: +1 847 394 2739E-mail: [email protected]: www.apextool.com




MAGNETIC DECORATORCYLINDERS

Bunting Magnetics Co500 S. Spencer AvenuePO Box 468, NewtonKS 67114-0468, USATel: +1 316 284 2020Fax: +1 316 283 4975E-mail: [email protected]: www.buntingmagnetics.com

T. D. Wright Inc292 Walnut Street, St PaulMN 55102, USATel: +1 651 227 1302Fax: +1 651 227 4465E-mail: offi [email protected]: www.tdwright.com

METAL DECORATINGACCESSORIES

TEC TECHNOLOGY GMBH Carl-Benz-Str.474366 Kirchhein/Neckar, GermanyTel: +49 (0) 7143 961 7280 Fax: +49 (0) 7143 961 7281E-mail: [email protected]: www.tec-technology.de

METAL DECORATINGBLANKETS

Trelleborg Printing SolutionsStrada Provinciale 14026855 Lodi Vecchio, Lodi, ItalyTel: +39 0371 406321E-mail : [email protected]: trelleborg.com/printingTwitter.com: PrintingInsight

METAL DECORATINGEQUIPMENT

Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic, Corp1745 Overland Ave NEWarren, OH 44483, USATel: +1 330 372 8727Fax: +1 330 372 8608E-mail: [email protected]: www.ajaxtocco.com

CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfi eld Road, ShipleyWest Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmbecanmaking.com

Crabtree of Gateshead LtdKingsway, Team Valley Trading EstateGateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE11 0SU, UKTel: +44 191 487 5071Fax: +44 191 487 3997E-mail: [email protected]: www.crabpress.co.uk

Fuji Kikai Kogyo Co Ltd2-7-1 Iida, Hachihonmatsu,Higashihiroshima-shiHiroshima Pref 739-0146, JapanMetal Decorating Machinery DivMetal Decorating Sales DeptTel: +81 82 428 2455Fax: +81 82 428 8912E-mail: [email protected]: www.fujikikai.co.jp



Miotto Este spaVia Talamoni, 4I-20861 Brugherio (MB), ItalyTel: +39 0392 878 284Fax: +39 0398 84 594E-mail: [email protected]: www.miottoeste.it

METAL DECORATINGEQUIPMENT

(HOE PRINTING PRESS)

Perm Machine & Tool CoPO Box 660, 9660 Industrial DriveSt John, Indiana 46373, USATel: +1 219 365 5000Fax: +1 219 365 4847E-mail: [email protected]: perm_machineWeb: www.permmachine.com

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METAL DECORATINGINKS & COATINGS

INX International Ink Co. 10820 Withers Cove Park DriveCharlotte, NC 28278, USA Tel: +1 704 372 2080Fax: +1 704 372 2087E-mail: [email protected]: www.inxinternational.com

NECKER TOOLING

H&T Tool Design GmbH & Co. KG Am Meilenstein 8 -19 34431 Marsberg, Germany Tel:+49 2991 980 100 Fax:+49 2991 980 5100 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ht-tooldesign.com

LPT – Lieb Precision Tool, Inc1819 South Murray Blvd.Colorado Springs, CO 80916, USATel: +1 719 355 2600Fax: +1 719 596 3019E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.liebpt.com

NECKING MACHINES

Belvac Production Machinery Inc237 Graves Mill RoadLynchburgVA 24502-4203, USATel: +1 434 239 0358Fax: +1 434 239 1964E-mail: [email protected]: www.belvac.com

CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfi eld Road, Shipley, W Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmbecanmaking.com


Lanico Maschinenbau Otto Niemsch GmbHPO Box 3065D-38020 BraunschweigGermanyTel: +49 531 809 060Fax: +49 531 809 0627E-mail: [email protected]: www.lanico.de

Mall + Herlan GmbHWöschbacher Strasse 33D-76327 Pfi nztal, GermanyTel: +49 721 946 01 0Fax: +49 721 946 0199E-mail: [email protected]: www.mall-herlan.com

OVEN & BURNER RELATED PRODUCTS

ARC Pacifi c Ltd1005 Richards RoadSuite P, PO Box 585Hartland, WI 53029, USA Tel: +1 262 751 3073 +66 958 610535Fax: +1 262 367 5091 E-mail: mike.ruddick@arcpacifi csiam.com andy.pott@arcpacifi c.comWeb: www.arcpacifi c.com

Heating & Oven TechnologyCranleigh, SurreyGU6 7JX, UKTel: +44 780 3888331Email: [email protected]: www.heating-and-oven-technology.co.uk

OVEN, GAS & THERMAL PROCESSING ENGINEERS

Heating & Oven TechnologyCranleigh, SurreyGU6 7JX, UKTel: +44 7803 888331Email: [email protected]: www.heating-and-oven-technology.co.uk

OVEN LOGGERS


PALLETIZERS/DEPALLETIZERS

& PALLET CONVEYING

Arrowhead Systems, Inc.Arrowhead/Busse/SJI Corporation124 N Columbus StreetRandolph, WI 53956, USATel: +1 920 326 3131Fax: +1 866 580 3212E-mail: [email protected]: www.arrowheadsystems.com


PARTING MACHINES

Germann + Frei AGMartinsbruggstrasse 92CH-9016 St. GallenSwitzerlandTel: +41 71 282 16 40Fax: +41 71 282 16 50E-mail: [email protected]: www.germannfrei.ch

PEELABLE MEMBRANEENDS MACHINERY

Gebrüder Leonhardt GMBH & CO KGBlema KircheisErdmann-Kircheis-Strasse 13-15D-08280 Aue, GermanyTel: +49 3771 278 227Fax: +49 3771 278 241E-mail: [email protected]: www. blema.de


Soudronic AGIndustriestrasse 35CH-8962 BergdietikonSwitzerlandTel: +41 44 743 66 66 Fax: +41 44 743 66 99E-mail: [email protected]: www.soudronic.com


APRIL 2015


PEEL OFF ALUMINIUMMEMBRANE ENDS

DivFood – A Division of Nampak Products Ltd25 Richard Carte RoadMobeni, Kwazulu-Natal, South AfricaTel: +27 31 450 5874Fax: +27 31 450 5882E-mail: [email protected]: www.nampak.com

PEEL OFF ENDS

MIVISA Envases SAUPoligono Industrial Los Pinos30565 Las Torres de CotillasMurcia, SpainTel:+34 968 364400Fax: +34 968 364442E-mail: [email protected]: www.mivisa.com

POWDER SEAM COATING

SYSTEMS


PRINTED & COATED SHEETS


QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEMS

Lighthouse SystemsUK Office - Buchan HillPease Pottage, CrawleyWest Sussex RH11 9AP, UKTel: +44 1293 605 300E-mail : [email protected]: www.lighthousesystems.com

REFURBISHED EQUIPMENT

World HeadquartersW. R. Grace & Co. - Conn7500 Grace DriveColumbia, MD 21044, USATel: +1 410 531 4000Tel: +1 800 638 6014Grace Materials & Packaging Tech-nologies62 Whittemore AveCambridge, MA 02140, USATel: +1 617 498 4987Latin America Grace Brazil LtdaRua Albion, 229-10 Andor CJ101Lapa, Sao PauloAP/Brasil 05077-130Tel: +55 113649 2704Asia Pacific W.R. Grace (Hong Kong) Ltd1010 Huai Hai ZhongShanghai 200031, ChinaTel: +86 2154678EuropeGrace GmbH & Co. KGIn der Hollerecke 167547 Worms, GermanyTel: +49 6241 403.00www.grace.com


Amador Varas SAc/Montalegre 3208915 Badalona, BarcelonaSpainTel: +34 933 952 954Fax: +34 933 954 904E-mail: [email protected]: www.amador-varas.com

SCROLL DIES

Apex Tool Works Inc3200 Tollview DriveRolling Meadows, IL 60008, USATel: +1 847 394 5810 Fax: +1 847 394 2739E-mail: [email protected]: www.apextool.com

Hengli CNC Technology Co, Ltd9 Huishan Road, Mogan Mountain Economic Development ZoneDeqing, Zhejiang Province, China 313200Tel: +86 572 8832016+86 572 8832000Fax: +86 572 8832222E-mail: [email protected]: www.zjhlcnc.com

SEALING COMPOUNDS

Web:www.actega.com E-mail: [email protected] ArtisticaWorld Headquarters:P. Empresarial A GRANXA, Rua F,36475 Porrino, SpainTel: +34 986 231606Fax: +34 986 210774 North America:1050 Taylors LaneCinnamminsson NJ, USATel: +1 856 829 6300 Ext: 4032Cell: +1 609 351 8156Fax: +1 856 829 6940

World HeadquartersW. R. Grace & Co. - Conn7500 Grace DriveColumbia, MD 21044, USATel: +1 410 531 4000Tel: +1 800 638 6014Grace Materials & Packaging Technologies62 Whittemore AveCambridge, MA 02140, USATel: +1 617 498 4987

Latin America Grace Brazil LtdaRua Albion, 229-10 Andor CJ101Lapa, Sao PauloAP/Brasil 05077-130Tel: +55 113649 2704Asia Pacific W.R. Grace (Hong Kong) Ltd1010 Huai Hai ZhongShanghai 200031, ChinaTel: +86 2154678EuropeGrace GmbH & Co. KGIn der Hollerecke 167547 Worms, GermanyTel: +49 6241 403.00www.grace.com

SEAMING CHUCKS & ROLLS

CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfield RoadShipley, West Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmbecanmaking.com

IMETA srlStrada Burla 279A43122 Parma, ItalyTel: +39 0521 1688811Fax: +39 0521 1688819E-mail: [email protected]: www.imetasrl.com

SEAMING MACHINES


Sommetrade SLParque Tecnologico de Zamudio -Edificio 30148170 Zamudio (Vizcaya), SpainTel: +34 94 431 8611Fax: +34 94 431 8200E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sommetrade.com


BUYERS GUIDE


APRIL 2015

SEAM PROTECTIONSYSTEMS & CURERSFOR WELDED CANS

GS&T S.r.l.Metal Packaging Machinery By Emilio MussinoVia Grange Palmero, 234 10091 Alpignano (Torino), ItalyTel : +39 011 9665880Fax: +39 011 9665888 E-mail: [email protected]@gstmachinery.itWeb: www.gstmachinery.it

SENSOR TECHNOLOGY

Prime Controls, Inc.World Headquarters:4528 Gateway CircleDayton, OH 45440-1712, USATel: +1 937 435 8659Fax: +1 937 435 2091E-mail: [email protected]: www.primecontrols.com



SHAPING

Belvac Production Machinery Inc237 Graves Mill Road Lynchburg, VA 24502-4203, USATel: +1 434 239 0358Fax: +1 434 239 1964E-mail: [email protected]: www.belvac.com

SHEET COATING CONTROL



SHEET FEED PRESSES

Alfons Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGFangdieckstraße 6722547 HamburgGermanyTel: +49 40 833910Fax: +49 40 83391220Web: www.alfons-haar.deE-mail: [email protected] Haar Inc150 Advanced DriveSpringboro, Ohio 45066, USATel: +1 937 560 2031Fax: +1 937 560 2032E-mail: [email protected] Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGSingapore Representative Office 11C Jalan Arif, Singapore Tel: +65 9833 2083Fax: +65 6399 2646E-mail: [email protected]


International Container Supply Inc.Assembly Plant2850 E River Rd. Dayton, OH 45439 USATel: +1 937 866 4080E-mail: [email protected]: www.icscangroup.com Customer Service MexicoMexico City, MexicoTel: +52 55 55779087E-mail: [email protected] Service ChinaZhenjiang, Jiangsu, ChinaTel: +86 13 705288211E-mail: [email protected]


Shin-I Machinery Works Co Ltd No 43 Chung Cheng St Chingshui, TaichungTaiwan ROC Tel: +886 4 2623 8181 Fax: +886 4 2623 2129 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.shinican.com

SHEET HANDLING

TEC TECHNOLOGY GMBH Carl-Benz-Str.474366 Kirchhein/Neckar, GermanyTel: +49 7143 961 7280 Fax: +49 7143 961 7281E-mail: [email protected]: www.tec-technology.de

SHEETING LINES

Hengli CNC Technology Co, Ltd9 Huishan Road, Mogan Mountain Economic Development ZoneDeqing, Zhejiang Province, China 313200Tel: +86 572 8832016Fax: +86 572 8832222E-mail: [email protected]: www.zjhlcnc.com

LITTELL, LLC 1211 Tower RoadSchaumburg, IL 60173, USATel: +1 630 622 4700Fax: +1 630 622 4747E-mail: [email protected]: www.littell.com

SHELL CONVERSION PRESSES

Schuler Pressen GmbH Bahnhofstrasse 4173033 Göppingen, GermanyTel: +49 7161 66 548Fax: +49 7161 66 659E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.schulergroup.comContact: Michael Marschall


APRIL 2015



SHELL SYSTEMS


TG Can International Ltd ?36 Burners Lane Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes MK11 3HB, UKTel: +44 1908 561444 Fax: +44 1908 307519E-mail: [email protected] Can Technology (USA) IncSuite 200 470 Olde Worthington Road Westerville, OH 43082, USA Tel: +1 614 410 6672Fax: +1 614 410 6673E-mail: [email protected] & SOUTH EAST ASIA:Hacotec Systems SDN BHDBlock 6-7-8 Queens AvenueJalan Bayam55100 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaTel: +6 039205 6998Fax: +6 039205 6998Cell: +6 012278 8692E-mail: [email protected]: Thomas WongJAPAN:Press Technologies IncUrban SK Bldg 3F6027-2 Okusawa, Setagaya-kuTokyo 158-0083, JapanTel: +81 3 3703 4138E-mail: [email protected]: Yukio Kameishi

SHELL TOOLING

Apex Tool Works Inc3200 Tollview DriveRolling MeadowsIL 60008, USATel: +1 847 394 5810 Fax: +1 847 394 2739E-mail: [email protected]: www.apextool.com

SLITTER EQUIPMENT


Hengli CNC Technology Co, Ltd9 Huishan Road, Mogan Mountain Economic Development Zone, Deqing, Zhejiang ProvinceChina 313200Tel: +86 572 8832016Fax: +86 572 8832222E-mail: [email protected]: www.zjhlcnc.com

THERMAL DRYING OVENS

TEC TECHNOLOGY GmbH Carl-Benz-Str.474366 Kirchhein/Neckar, GermanyTel: +49 7143 961 7280 Fax: +49 7143 961 7281E-mail: [email protected]: www.tec-technology.de

THERMAL OXIDIZERS



KBA-MetalPrint GmbHWernerstr. 119-129D-70435 StuttgartGermanyTel: +49 71169971-0Fax: +49 711 69971-670E-mail: [email protected]: www.kba-metalprint.de

TURNKEY CAN MAKING LINES




SWISSCAN NetworkMuelisacker 221CH-5705 Hallwil, SwitzerlandTel: +41 62 777 44 40Fax: +41 62 777 44 41E-mail: [email protected]: www.swisscan.net

TWO- AND THREE-PIECEPRINTING BLANKETS

Trelleborg Printing SolutionsStrada Provinciale 14026855 Lodi Vecchio, Lodi, ItalyTel: +39 0371 406321E-mail: [email protected]: trelleborg.com/printingTwitter.com: PrintingInsight

TWIST OFF CAPS

MIVISA Envases SAUPoligono Industrial Los Pinos30565 Las Torres de CotillasMurcia, SpainTel: +34 968 364400Fax: +34 968 364442E-mail: [email protected]: www.mivisa.com

USED/REFURBISHEDEQUIPMENT


Lacueva Can Making Machinery SL.Pol.industrial El RoturoParcela 1, 26511 El Villar De Arnedo La Rioja, SpainTel: +34 941 130918Fax: +34 941 135113E-mail: [email protected]: www.maquinarialacueva.com

USED/REFURBISHED METAL DECORATING EQUIPMENT

Brodie System, Inc 1539 West Elizabeth AveLinden, NJ 07036, USATel: +1 908 862 8620Fax: +1 908 862 8632E-mail: [email protected]: www.brodiesystem.com

BUYERS GUIDE


APRIL 2015

WASTE WATER & ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGE

CIE SrlCompagnia Italiana EcologiaVia I° Maggio, 20-2220070 San Zenone al Lambro (MI) ItalyTel: +39 02 9810470Fax: +39 02 98175079E-mail: [email protected]: www.cieeng.com

WATER TREATMENT

AllWater Technologies LtdPO Box 240, ClevedonNorth Somerset BS21 9AZ, UKTel : +44 1934 751333E-mai: [email protected] Web: www.allwatertreatment.co.uk

WELDING MACHINESFOR DRUMS & PAILS



GS&T S.r.l.Metal Packaging Machinery By Emilio MussinoVia Grange Palmero, 234 10091 Alpignano (Torino), ItalyTel : +39 011 9665880Fax: +39 011 9665888 E-mail: [email protected]: www.gstmachinery.it

USED/REFURBISHED METAL DECORATING EQUIPMENT

Hebenstreit Metal Decorating GmbHGottlieb-Daimler-Strasse 15/274385 PleidelsheimGermanyTel: +49 7144 88980-0Fax: +49 7144 88980-50E-mail: [email protected]: www.hebenstreit-gmbh.de

KBA-MetalPrint GmbHWernerstr. 119-129D-70435 StuttgartGermanyTel: +49 71169971-0Fax: +49 711 69971-670E-mail: [email protected]: www.kba-metalprint.de

Miotto Este spaVia Talamoni 4I-20861 Brugherio (MB), ItalyTel: +39 0392 878 284Fax: +39 0398 84 594E-mail: [email protected]: www.miottoeste.it


UV CURING EQUIPMENT


IST METZ GmbHLauterstrasse 14-18D-72622 Nuertingen, GermanyTel: +49 7022 6002 0Fax: +49 7022 6002 76E-mail: [email protected]: www.ist-uv.com



VACUUM PUMPS &VACUUM SYSTEMS

Pneumofore SpAVia N. Bruno 3410098 Rivoli, ItalyTel: +39 011 950 40 30Fax: +39 011 950 40 40E-mail: [email protected]: www.pneumofore.com

WAGNER COATER PARTS


WASHER MATS & BELTS


WASHERS FOR CANS

Worldwide Headquarters:International Thermal Systems LLC4697 W Greenfi eld AvenueMilwaukee, WI 53214, USATel: +1 414 672 7700Fax: +1 414 672 8800E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.itsllcusa.com

European Offi ce:International Thermal Systems Ltd11 Ham Common, RichmondLondon TW10 7JB, UKTel: +44 7900 191 352E-mail: [email protected] Offi ce: ITS Industrial Thermal Equipment Co LtdTel: +86 21 6774 1033Fax: +86 21 6774 2860E-mail: [email protected]

VMI Holland BVGelriaweg 168161 RK Epe, The NetherlandsTel: +31 578 679 111Fax: +31 578 621 317E-mail: [email protected]: www.vmi-group.com

WASHER OVENS

Ashworth Bros, Inc 450 Armour DaleWinchesterVA 22601, USA Tel: +1 540 662 3494Fax: +1 540 662 3150E-mail: [email protected]: www.ashworth.com


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WICKET & CHAINS FORSHEET FED OVENS


BUYERS GUIDE

The Technical Conference and Exhibition that brings together

global suppliers, can makers and fillers from across Asia

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Organised by

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APRIL 2015Luxe Pack ShanghaiDate: 15 - 16 AprilLocation: Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shanghai, ChinaEmail: [email protected]: www.luxepackshanghai.com

Aluminium Association Spring MeetingDate: 20 - 22 AprilLocation: The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, CaliforniaWeb: www.aluminum.org

MAY 2015Luxe Pack New YorkDate: 13 - 14 MayLocation: Pier 92, New York, USAEmail: cmauger@infopro- digital.comWeb: www.luxepacknewyork.com

IPACK-IMA 2015Date: 19 - 23 MayLocation: Fiera Milano, Milan, ItalyEmail: [email protected]: www.ipack-ima.it

IMDA Annual ConferenceDate: 20 - 21 MayLocation: Hilton Indian Lakes Bloomingdale, Illinois, USAWeb: www.metaldecorators.com

JUNE 2015Cannex & FillexDate: 1 - 4 JuneLocation: Guangzhou, ChinaWeb: www.spgevents.com/ cannex-fillex/

RosUpack Date: 16 - 19 JuneLocation: Crocus Expo, Moscow, RussiaWeb: www.rosupack.com

Pack & Gift 2015Date: 17 - 18 JuneLocation: Porte de Versailles, Paris, FranceWeb: www.packandgift.com

ProPak AsiaDate: 17 - 20 JuneLocation: BITEC, Bangkok, ThailandWeb: www.propakasia.com

JULY 2015Global Food & Beverage Packaging SummitDate: 7 - 8 JulyLocation: Intercontinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, Chicago, USAEmail: packagingInfo @ubm.comWeb: fbpackaging.packaging digest.com

ProPak ChinaDate: 15 - 17 JulyLocation: SNIEC, Shanghai, ChinaWeb: www.propakchina.com

SEPTEMBER 2015Vietfood & Propak 2015Date: 9 - 12 SeptemberLocation: Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamEmail: vietfood @vinexad.com.vnWebsite: www.foodexvietnam.com

Packaging Innovations London & Luxury PackagingDate: 16 - 17 SeptemberLocation: Olympia, London, UKWeb: www.easyfairs.com

Labelexpo EuropeDate: 29 September - 2 OctoberLocaction: Brussels, BelgiumWeb: www.labelexpo-europe.com


INDUSTRY INTERVIEW

APRIL 2015

engineering and the final assembly units, as well as serving as the firm’s head office.

The company is building, inside the head office facility, the ability to run machinery at full pro-duction speeds, so it can supply cups and cans into equipment. “We’re building track work to feed hundreds and hundreds of cans per minute through these things, and not just in 30 second bursts,” he says.

Graham believes it will take around five years for SLAC to make its name and to get out into every country, but it already has a significant number of shell and end lines and conversion press lines out there. “We started in end lines, then refurbished equipment, and now we’re producing our own machinery from scratch,” concludes Graham.

It will be interesting to track the progress of SLAC as things develop. There is a tendency to think that machinery manufactured in China is of a slightly inferior quality to others produced in other parts of the world, as many machines have been copied almost exactly and reproduced using cheaper parts and labour. This firm is emerging as a company that hopes to buck this trend, and is striving to build a reputation as a manufacturer and purveyor of top quality can making machinery going forward. CT

Graham Price has been in and around the metal packaging industry for many years, working for a number of major equipment

suppliers around the world. Now, he is at Suzhou SLAC Precision Equipment in China. He tells me a little about where he sees the future for this emerg-ing machine maker.

Graham is working with SLAC to market two-piece more aggressively, with the first priority being the China and Asia marketplace.

“The Chinese people have a tendency to be more nationalistic, so they will support a local company more so than the global firms. This year, what we’re seeing is the global firms paying more attention to us, as we are not a small company. The chairman, Shu An, is extremely professional in what he does and so we’re moving forward quickly.”

So, what will help SLAC to become a player on the global stage? Graham thinks that installing flagship lines will encourage can makers around the world to consider their machinery.

“We need to have lines which are ours in place to show off exactly what we can do. We need to do body makers, trimmers, entire lines in metal forming to prove to the world that we are a player.”

Proving your worth as a company can be a big challenge, but being a Chinese firm operating from a home base in Suzhou, pricing is not an issue for them at all, as typically in the Chinese market-place, machinery can be produced a lot more cost effectively than in some other countries around the world. “We have had issues in obtaining certain materials, like specialist materials for Rams and cranks, carbide tooling etc,” says Graham. “For these, we use for the most part the same suppliers as our competitors. There’s a reason they go to these suppliers, and we have to follow suit.”

At present, SLAC has two facilities in China, both 4,000 square metres in size. The company has a machine shop, which is full of grinders, CMC machines, ‘you name it we’ve got it’, says Graham, and it’s all brand new equipment. The new facil-ity, which is being built now, will house all of the

RICHARD PIPER SPEAKS TO GRAHAM PRICE, OF GP ENGINEERING SERVICES, ABOUT HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH CAN MAKING MACHINERY SUPPLIER SUZHOU SLAC PRECISION EQUIPMENT IN CHINA

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