Items Tagged with 'metal cans'

With just a few weeks of summer remaining — and with coolers full of ice-cold beverages by the lake soon to become a distant memory — I thought exploring how coding, marking, and printing experts are helping beverage companies meet their packaging needs would be fun.

The collaboration between Color-Logic and Hinterkopf marks a significant milestone in the world of cylindrical decoration.

Enhanced internal spray increases production efficiency for aluminum cans.
 

The BPA-NI solutions will be marketed under the new Lionova global brand.

A new report assessing three U.S. beverage packaging types — aluminum cans, glass bottles and plastic PET bottles — finds aluminum cans have the highest circular performance. In the current U.S. system, more than 80% of beverage cans collected for recycling are recovered and turned back into new beverage containers.

“You want to do what? With whom?” Those were some of the first questions asked when I suggested we host a farm and canning facility tour for a group of skeptical online influencers.

In beverage cans, the versatility of metal packaging is being explored like never before as can manufacturers continue to innovate to make the iconic beverage can even more relevant to today’s consumer. Aluminum cans provide great taste, convenience, innovation and sustainability.

Five technology innovations and trends are creating new value in metal packaging.