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Editorial Comment

CanTech International November 2011 3

here’s only one place to start this month. Asia

CanTech Vietnam 2011 was a huge success and

proved to be our biggest and best conference yet.

The sheer number of people in attendance was testa-

ment to this and it was great to see so many of you. You

can read a review of the show on page 14.

Congratulations go to Crown Bevcan and Closures

(Thailand) who beat off some tough competition to win

the supreme award. Coverage of the 2011 awards starts

on page 18.

We haven’t decided on a location for next year’s con-

ference yet and would welcome any suggestions.

Elsewhere in this issue, Evert van de Weg provides

an update on the two-piece market. He looks at how

two-piece food cans have gained an increasing market

share in Europe – his report starts on page 28.

I was recently invited on a tour of CarnaudMetalbox

Engineering’s facilities in Shipley, near Yorkshire. CMbE is

the only company in the Crown family making machines.

It is rightly proud of this fact and the company is a great

example of British manufacturing. See page 21 for more

on this.

There is a strong focus on aerosols in this issue. Gregor

Spengler, the secretary general of Aerobal, looks at the

latest trends on page 34. After a record world production

of aluminium aerosol cans of about six billion units in 2010

the industry is expecting to break this record in 2011. This

is all good news for the metal packaging industry.

And Dr Bernd Ullmann, business development manag-

er at Mall + Herlan, looks at the different manufacturing

methods used for making aerosols on page 24.

For those of you who attended Asia CanTech I would

like to say a big Cám on (thank you). Enjoy the read.

Alec Peachey, Editor, CanTech International

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James Peterson Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Affairs at

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Robert Gary Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Stolle

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Adrian Long Sales Manager forCMB Engineering

Atit Bhatia Senior Vice Presidentat Hindustan Tin Works

Sue Rogers Director ofthe British Aerosol Manufacturers’

Association (BAMA)

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November 2011 Contents


November 2011

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7 World News

40 Equipment News The latest machinery and equipment for the can line

41 New Products New cans and ends in the market place

58 Candid Santi Canela, partner and technology manager, Fast Drinks

FEATURES

14 Asia CanTech 2011 Review A record number of can makers and suppliers attended this year’s conference. Alec Peachey reports from Vietnam

18 Asia CanTech 2011 Awards Can makers from throughout Asia were honoured at the Gala Awards dinner in Vietnam

21 Bucking the trend CanTech International was invited on a whistle stop tour of CarnaudMetalbox Engineering’s facilities in Shipley, near Yorkshire. In this article, Alec Peachey finds out more about the history of the company, from its beginnings to the present day


24 Thin walled aerosol cans Dr Bernd Ullmann is the business development manager at Mall + Herlan. In this article he looks at the different manufacturing methods used for making aerosols, including impact extrusion (IE) and deep draw and wall ironing (DWI)

28 Making inroads CanTech International correspondent Evert van de Weg discusses how DWI cans for food have gained an increasing market share in Europe

30 Knight’s knowledge Jack Knight is director international technical service for INX International Ink Co. In his latest contribution for CanTech International he looks at the area of quality control

34 Spraying dividends Gregor Spengler, secretary general of the International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (Aerobal), reveals the reasons why the aerosol industry is heading for a new production record in 2011

36 A core of steel The Association of European Producers of Steel for Pack- aging (Apeal) held its recent Summit in Košice, Slovakia. Patricia Mobbs, Apeal com munications manager, reports on the event

42 Buyers Guide

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34Thin walled aerosol cans

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CanTech International November 2011

World News

Worldwide production of aluminium aerosol cans is expected to increase this year, breaking last year’s record of about six billion units.

According to Aerobal, the International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers, production grew by eight per cent in the first half year of 2011 to a level of 3.3 billion cans worldwide. Since the order income in the third quarter has also been satisfactory, the production capacities of several companies are fully booked until the

end of the year. Demand for deodorants, which accounts for about 50% of the total aluminium aerosol can production, was lively with an increase of about 16%. Demand for shaving foams and hair mousses also rose by 13% and seven per cent, respectively, whereas deliveries to the hair spray indus-try stagnated. But growing demand was not only recorded in the cosmetics sector. Deliveries to the pharmaceutical and food industry which gradually gained in impor-tance in the last few years increased as well, as was the case for household and chemical products.

“The booming market has induced several aluminium aerosol can producers to enlarge their production capacities,” says Aerobal president Takaaki Takeuchi.Read more about aerosol trends on page 34.

News and views from the metal packaging industry

Japanese can maker Toyo Seikan Kaisha is set to buy Stolle Machinery Company for approxi-mately US$775 million (59.7 billion yen). Toyo Seikan has entered into a definitive agreement with the parent company of Stolle Machinery Company and GSO Capital Partners LP, as represent-ative of Stolle shareholders, pur-suant to which Toyo Seikan will acquire Stolle, a global leader in can and end making machinery.

The agreement was signed on 30 September, 2011, and the deal is expected to be completed prior to the end of December.

Toyo Seikan Kaisha will acquire all shares of Stolle from certain funds managed by GSO, as well as Stolle’s other shareholders.

The transaction will be con-ducted through a reverse cash merger whereby Can Machinery Holdings, which indirectly holds all shares of Stolle, will merge with TSK Merger Corporation, a special purpose vehicle estab-lished by Toyo Seikan in the US, upon which Stolle will become

Rexam has announced plans to build a new beverage can plant in Finland. The plant will be located in Mantsala in southwest Finland some 60km north of Helsinki. It repre-sents an investment of £68m over three years and forms part of Rexam’s current capital investment plans.

When completed, the plant will feature two lines and have a capacity of approximately 1.35 billion 330ml and 500ml aluminium cans. The first line is expected to be operational by the start of 2013 while the second line is planned for start up in January 2014.

The Nordic market has shown good growth in recent years and Finland itself has experienced a steady transi-tion from glass bottles to cans. In the last five years, the beverage can’s share of the pack mix for beer in Finland, for example, has grown from just above 10% to more than 60%.

The building of the new plant will allow Rexam to serve growing customer demand in Finland and the Baltic states in coming years, to optimise logistics and to further enhance plant efficiency across its European beverage can network.

a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyo Seikan. The enterprise value based purchase price is approximately $775 million.

Closing of the transaction is sub-ject to, among other conditions, receiving competition law approv-als in relevant countries, upon which the merger and payment of consideration will take place.

Reasons given for the transac-tion in a statement issued by Toyo Seikan Kaisha include the fact that recent business conditions have become increasingly difficult for the Toyo Seikan Group as a result of a continuous decline in domestic container demand, intense com-petition with rival container manu-facturers, customers’ expansion of their in-house PET bottle production capacities, and increases in raw material and energy costs.

In such a business environ-ment, Toyo Seikan has entered the second year of its “Second Mid-Term Business Plan”, which runs from FY2010 through FY2012. The Second Mid-Term Business Plan aims to secure the profitability of

Toyo Seikan to acquire Stolle Machinery Company

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the existing domestic business and strategically shift the axis of future growth to overseas operations and new business in order to maximise its corporate value.

Stolle is the largest can and end making machinery manufacturer and has been involved in design, development, manufacture and supply of can and end making equipment since its foundation 140 years ago. Furthermore, it has led the industry by developing tech-nology and manufacturing proc-esses. Stolle has a global footprint, with sales in North America and Europe as well as in emerging mar-kets including the Middle East, Latin America, Asia and Africa where significant growth is expected.

Stolle is an industry leader in the major can and end making machinery products. Toyo Seikan believes the transaction will make it possible for Stolle to deliver prod-ucts that incorporate Toyo Seikan’s proprietary development technol-ogy on a global scale, and, as a result, significantly contribute to the growth of the can making industry

Production of aerosol cans set to increase

as a whole.Toyo Seikan’s rationale for the

transaction is as follows:1. Make a preparatory step for future development of overseas operations.2. Establish a robust vertically struc-tured business model between the packaging and machinery businesses.3. Create synergies with Toyo Seikan’s existing machinery busi-ness.

Toyo Seikan is committed to supporting the continued growth and enhancement of Stolle’s existing operations, products, and technology. Furthermore, post acquisition, Toyo Seikan will con-tinue supporting Stolle’s business and management independ-ence to respect Stolle’s current relationships with its key clients.

Stolle’s headquarters are based in Colorado, US. The company reported sales of US$246 million last year. Its total assets as of 31 December, 2010 were $600m.

Rexam invests in Nordic market

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Can sales increase in Europe

World News

Crown opens new plant in China

Beverage can sales increased by 6% in Europe during the first half of 2011 compared with the same period of 2010, according to industry association Beverage Can Makers Europe.

Soft drinks were the main benefactors of the good weather conditions with a healthy increase in sales of 8% on the comparable period in the first half of 2010.

The beverage can is gener-ally the standard format for the energy drinks category and is consequently a major benefac-tor of the continued double-digit success of the category. The category remains in the growth stage of its lifecycle and this bodes well for future pros-pects for both cans and energy drinks.

The economic anxieties of recent times have meant that it has been difficult to sell beer as drinkers shun Europe’s restau-rants and bars. However, BCME reports a very encouraging rise in unit sales of between 2 and 3% in the first half of the year. With foot traffic in bars and res-

taurants sluggish it has been glass and draught beer sales that have been more vulner-able to the drop in demand; the bulk of can sales take place in supermarkets where sales have held up significantly better.

In terms of overall beverage volumes, East Europe was hit harder by the financial crisis of 2008 and volumes are recover-ing at a quicker rate this year than in West Europe. As a result, the 10% East European can increase is well ahead of neigh-bouring West Europe’s 5% rise. East Europe makes up just 16% of the regions can sales and there remains plenty of slack in the market to exploit. The West European beverage market is more mature and subsequently more challenging than its neigh-bour and the 5% can growth is notably encouraging. Beer con-sumption in West Europe had been wavering even before the economic upheaval of 2008, so the small rise in beer can use in 2011 is worthy of merit.

Stakeholders in the beverage can industry will be buoyed by

the fact that the results show that the can market in West Europe is outperforming the overall beverage market in the region; as a packaging format, cans are taking share from other beverage packaging alterna-tives. Beverage researchers Canadean report that soft drinks in Europe increased by 2% in the first half of the year in contrast to can growth of as much as 8%. Overall European beer sales edged forward by 0.4% again well behind the rise in beer can sales of between 2 and 3%.

Perm Machine & Tool has been recognised for its export efforts after winning two awards.

The US-based supplier of spares and service to can making companies worldwide, was honoured in its home Indiana State.

At a recent ceremony, US Senator Richard Lugar (Rep, State of Indiana) presented the Award for Excellence in Exporting to Perm’s president and CEO, Lee Milazzo, for its major exports. The US Department of Commerce, in conjunction with State of Indiana SBA, fol-lowed Senator Lugar with a second award, the Indiana SBA 2011 Exporter of the Year award. Perm has been recognised after gen-erating economic growth/stimulus into the US economy through its many years of exports.

Milazzo was honoured to win the awards and added: “Perm strives everyday to offer unique, innovative, solutions-based products and quality customer service, worldwide.

“Many thanks to the US Department of Commerce for working together with Perm to help secure foreign dollars into the US. Perm has also been able to increase its work-force by hiring additional US based/American employees, due to increased international exports.”

Perm wins export awards

Crown Holdings, a leading supplier of metal pack-aging products worldwide, has officially opened a new beverage can plant in Hangzhou, China.

Located in the capital of the Zhejiang province, the Hangzhou facility supplies two-piece 33cl and 50cl aluminium cans and has an initial production capacity of over 700 million beverage cans.

It is Crown’s fifth beverage can plant in China, with existing facilities located in Beijing, Foshan, Huizhou and Shanghai. Construction on plants in Putian, Heshan and Ziyang is underway, and plans for two new facilities in Changchun and Zhengzhou have been announced.

“The Hangzhou operation builds upon Crown’s geographic strength in China,” says John Conway, chairman of the board, president and CEO of Crown.

“We are pleased to be able to support both regional and multi-national customers with locally produced beverage cans, a format that is gaining favour because it presents an economical and efficient packaging option and has a strong envi-ronmental record.”

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World News

Australia’s Visy Packaging is set to build a new state-of-the-art beverage can making plant in Queensland. The A$86 million plant will be built next to the company’s Stapylton corrugat-ed cardboard box factory on the Gold Coast, south east of Brisbane. Forty-four permanent jobs will be created when the plant opens in July next year.

Visy received approaches from the State Government and local council and the company’s chief operating officer Chris Daly believes expanding on the site at Staplyton makes sound com-mercial sense.

“We already employ almost 600 people in Queensland across our various recycling, paper-making and packaging activities and the state continues to be major source of growth for us,” Daly says.

“This canning facility will put a national spotlight on Queensland manufacturing because the plant will be the most modern constructed in Australia using lat-est available technology.”

Premier Anna Bligh added: “The State Government’s Trade and Investment Queensland office and the Gold Coast City Council have convinced Visy

that Queensland is the right desti-nation for this world-class facility.

“This is really positive news for Queensland’s manufacturing industry. It’s great too for the rapidly growing regional area between Logan and the Gold Coast as 44 permanent jobs will be created at the plant and 150 jobs in the six-month construction phase.” Export-quality cans for local and overseas markets are expected to be produced at the plant.

Over the past five years Visy has invested more than $2 bil-lion in its Australian, New Zealand and North American operations.

Visy to build new can plant in Australia

Rexam employees take partin recycling challenge

Ball Corporation has acquired the remaining 60% share of a joint-venture beverage can making plant that it operates in Qingdao, China. Ball has owned 40% of the plant since 1993.

The company is set to build a new, expanded plant in Qingdao to meet customer demand. Equipment from the existing facility will be relocated to another Ball plant in China.

Construction at the new plant is already underway. It will sup-ply 330ml and 500ml cans and is expected to start production by the end of this year.

“Our volumes in China in the first half of 2011 experienced strong growth compared to the same period last year due to increased market demand and the acquisition of our Foshan joint venture beverage can plant in June 2010,” says Raymond Seabrook, executive vice president and chief oper-ating officer, global packaging. “The relocation of the existing Qingdao plant offers an oppor-tunity for us to build a larger, high-speed plant to supply our customers’ growing demand for beverage cans in northeastern China.”

Ball expects to report an after tax gain of approximately $6 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Rexam Beverage Can Europe and Asia has announced the results of its Community Can Challenge – a scheme that challenged employees to get involved with recycling.

The scheme challenged employees from 12 of Rexam’s European production plants across nine countries to work with their local communities to recycle cans and raise money for local charities.

The Community Can Challenge was developed to give Rexam employees a chance to become more involved in Rexam’s wider environmental commitment and help to educate local commu-nities about the importance of recycling.

Tomas Sjölin, sector director of Rexam Beverage Can Europe and Asia, said: “Rexam is fully dedicated to its environmental responsibility and the main aim of the challenge was to encourage can recycling and boost recy-cling rates.

“Each plant involved appoint-ed recycling teams and were given guides and materials to help them encourage both their colleagues and local communi-ties to participate.”

Plants competed in a number of categories to win a share of €10,000 to give to their chosen charity. The following plants

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Can making equipment supplier VMI has expanded its plant and offices in Yantai, China.

To celebrate the extension of the VMI Yantai China facilities, the company organised two seminars and an opening ceremony. One was for representatives of the can making industry and the other was for officials from the tyre industry.

Production in the VMI Yantai plant will be focused on these two markets. Both the seminars and the grand opening ceremony attracted a number of attendees from all over the world.

In both seminars speakers from VMI and various companies and

organisations gave presentations about their particular products and services.

More than 700 people including Chinese and Dutch officials, the Chinese and Dutch management of the VMI Group and the man-agement of their holding com-pany TKH attended the opening ceremony.

Johan Jonkman, international sales manager, said: “In order to continue serving the market the decision to further expand facilities in China was made. An assembly hall with a footprint of 7,200m² was completed and increases the size of the facilities to 30,000m².”

VMI expands in China

The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has revealed that more than 5.8 million house-holds are benefiting from better recycling services as a direct result of its Aerofoil programme.

The news comes as the scheme, which helped local authorities to add foil and aerosols to their col-lections and to promote recycling services, reaches its second anni-versary. Since its launch in 2009, 98 local authorities covering 5.8 million households have expanded their collection systems to include foil, aerosols or both materials.

In total, 83% of local authorities are now collecting aerosols, an increase of 16%, while 72% are now collecting foil, an increase of 14% compared to 2009.

One of the major achievements of the Aerofoil programme has

been to expand the kerbside col-lection infrastructure for aluminium foil trays, enabling it to qualify for the ‘Widely Recycled at Recycling Points’ labelling under the British Retail Consortium’s On-Pack Recycling Label scheme. To qual-ify, 65% of local authorities must collect the material with kerbside or ‘bring’ systems (minimum five collection banks per local author-ity). The criteria will increase to 70% in 2012 and 75% in 2013 – targets which, thanks to Aerofoil, the sec-tor is already well on the way to achieving.

The Aerofoil programme also provided an extensive commu-nication resource to help local authorities inform residents about new services and explain the ben-efits and importance of recycling both materials. Alupro executive

director Rick Hindley, said: “We set out to help 80 local authori-ties add aerosols and foil to their services. In fact 98 authorities have now changed their kerbside pro-gramme to include either, or both material as a result of this pro-gramme. We see it as a great success and an excellent example of how partners within the industry can facilitate extended producer responsibility, supporting the public sector to make a real difference.”

Research carried out by GfK NOP (National Opinion Polls) at the start and end of the Aerofoil pro-gramme shows that awareness of the recyclability of foil and aerosols is rising, with 53% of respondents knowing that aerosols are recy-clable (compared to 45% in 2009), and 75% knowing that foil trays are recyclable (compared to 70%

in 2009). Hindley added: “It is vital that local authorities continue to communicate with households and promote their recycling services, and the Aerofoil model shows that offering template materials pro-vides a cost-effective way of run-ning communications programmes when budgets are tight.

“Regular, clear communication is essential to remind and rein-force awareness. This will not only increase participation and capture rates, but will bring about long-term behaviour change. This is an area that the metal packaging indus-try is already actively engaged in, and will continue to focus on in future activities.” Alupro is a not-for-profit company which repre-sents the leading metal packaging producers and reprocessors in the UK.

The Ardagh Group is marking its presence at Brau Beviale in Nuremberg, Germany, by show-casing a host of innovative bever-age containers around the themes of sustain-ability, shelf stand-out, convenience and value.

With plants through-out Europe and on four other continents, Ardagh Group pro-vides tailored glass and metal packaging solutions through innovative shap-ing, printing and functionality fea-

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ning Maxi Can, a 3.1 litre keg launched ear-lier this year designed to be kept in the fridge.

Ardagh’s range of 100ml two-piece, 300ml and 500ml three-piece re-sealable lightweight aluminium bottle cans have also been well received following the

successful launch at Interpack in May. They are available in Europe.

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Four new can making companies have joined Canvironment Week 2011 – a campaign that promotes the sustainability credentials of metal packaging.

Nampak and Collect-a-Can from South Africa, ASA from Italy and Emballator from Sweden have all joined the campaign.

Canvironment Week is a global campaign aimed at spreading awareness about the eco benefits of cans. It is organised by India’s leading metal can manufacturer Hindustan Tin Works (HTW). This year’s event, which is being held in India from 10-17 November, will embrace promotional activities around the world.

Erik Smuts, managing director

of Nampak Bevcan, said: “As the first African partners to support Canvironment Week, Nampak Bevcan, Nampak Divfood and Collect-a-Can are excited to pio-neer this initiative in South Africa.”

Canvironment Week members will take part in various activities all over the world.

These include the following: • Italian can maker ASA is plan-ning painting competitions for school children in Italy.• Empac, which represents the European metal packaging indus-try, plans to donate t-shirts promot-ing Canvironment Week to the under privileged in Belgium.• Huber is providing intellectual support to the campaign in Europe.

• Nampak Bevcan and Collect-a-Can, South Africa in November will be running an art completion with tertiary students of various art faculties across Gauteng. • ABEACO – The Brazilian Assotiation of Steel Can Makers with the support of Brasilata – will inaugurate a metal can recycling centre during the week.

Atit Bhatia, Canvironment Week president and senior vice presi-dent of HTW, said: “We feel proud that the campaign is increasing its momentum in the international can making fraternity. It is a global attempt to spread the message about the exclusive benefits of the usage of cans.”

Canvironment Week gains more support

Leading can maker Ball Corporation has expanded its Graphics Centre of Excellence (GCOE) in Westminster, Colorado, US. The expansion was officially opened last month.

According to the company, Ball’s GCOE delivers high-quality can graphics and customer con-venience.

“As more global consum-ers make recyclable cans their package of choice, advanced graphics capabilities have become vital for brands seeking to stand out on retail shelves and capture sustainabil-ity-conscious con-sumers,” says Jim Peterson, who is a member of CanTech International’s edito-rial board and Ball’s vice president of mar-keting and corporate affairs. “Beverage cans offer a 360-degree bill-board for brands to reach consumers. Our expanded GCOE, along with smaller sister facilities in Europe and Asia, leverage the advantag-es of the can and provide industry-leading graphics that help build brands.”

Ball’s Colorado GCOE combines the company’s extensive metal packaging experience, brand-building creativity and state-of-

Ball expands graphics centre the-art technology. It features a pilot line for both graphic testing and colour standards and offers a variety of printing capabilities that include the following:• Eyeris Enhanced Graphics print-ing that brings improved definition and fine detail to beverage can graphics, creating premium, on-shelf differentiation.• Dry offset printing, which uses a digital print head that prints top quality design with a resolution of

600dpi directly on to the can surface, lessening dry time of the can and improving graphics quality.• High definition printing that holds fine detail of a can’s artwork, greatly improving consumer appeal.• Matt printing that adds dimension and differenti-ates cans with a distinc-tive, premium look. • Thermochromic inks that use temperature sensitive external inks to indicate to

consumers when a bever-age is at its optimal tempera-

ture to enjoy. “Customers can fly to Colorado

to approve their can standards, and if they require changes to the graphics – and we prepared them – we can make the changes and get back on press the same day,” adds Janelle Harris, director, North American graphic services for Ball.

I luv my canfinalists revealed A UK-based competition to find the most imaginative and crea-tive use of empty drinks cans has reached its final stage.

A huge Union Jack flag, a couture-inspired bustier made from empty beer cans and a lanyard made from ring pulls intricately woven together, are amongst the finalists.

The competition chal-lenged canned drinks users to turn “ordinary beverage cans into beautiful creations” for a chance to win £1,000 and help their charity of choice.

John Revess, from Beverage Can Makers Europe, said: “I’m thrilled by the variety, high level of creativity and great skill evi-dent in the 10 finalist entries. This competition has been a fun way to get people to look at the drinks can in a different light, recognising that the can is not only a sustainable resource but a versatile form of packag-ing.”

For further information visit www.iluvmycan.co.uk

NEWS IN BRIEF

Mall + Herlan’s steel monobloc can

has been nominated for a German

packaging award.

The one-piece steel aerosol can

design has been nominated by

the German Packaging Institute

for one of the awards to be pre-

sented at the Brau Beviale show

in Nürnberg. Mall + Herlan has

recently shown the world the first

steel aerosol can made from one

piece of metal. The can is made

via the draw and wall ironing (DWI)

process on M+H’s new MH HiFlex

DWI lines. This new packaging is a

welding of three-piece cans. Mall

+ Herlan’s approach is interesting

since the company is a machine

manufacturer and not a can

maker.

Jones Soda, a leader in the pre-

mium soda category, has an-

nounced the launch of a new

range of carbonated drinks in

larger 16oz cans.

The cans are emblazoned with

bold black and white fan-submit-

ted photos synonymous with the

Jones’ brand.

“We unveiled the new tall cans at

the National Association of Con-

venience Stores Show and the

response was excellent,” says Bill

Meissner, CEO of Jones.

The 16oz offerings will be available

in Jones’ most popular Pure Cane

Soda flavours – Green Apple, Berry

Lemonade and Strawberry Lime.

Crown Holdings reported strong

third quarter results with global

beverage can unit volumes rising

by three per cent.

For the three months to the end of

September net sales were up 9.9%

at US$2,423 million, mainly driven

by the pass through of raw materi-

al costs. After tax profit was up five

per cent at $396m, of which $14m

came from currency translation.

Chairman and chief executive

John Conway said that the in-

crease in global beverage can

sales was driven by continued

strong demand in the emerging

markets of Brazil and China.

He added: “We are pleased with

our overall financial performance

and solid execution in the third

quarter. Comparable diluted earn-

ings per share were up 19% despite

a challenging macroeconomic

environment, adverse weather

conditions in north America and a

cool summer across Europe.”

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More than 350 people made the trip to Ho Chi

Minh City in Vietnam for this year’s Asia CanTech

conference.

Attendees were treated to a variety of presentations

from the state of the economy to layer pads for the can-

ning industry.

Asia CanTech 2011 took place at the Rex Hotel from 17-

19 October. This year’s Technical Forum team had a slightly

different look to it and was well received by attendees.

The Forum was presented as a review of can making fun-

damentals and covered all aspects of the process. Look

out for in-depth content from the Technical Forum in future

issues of CanTech International.

A total of 26 presentations took

place over two days while the

Tabletop Exhibition once again gave

suppliers the opportunity to show-

case their products and services.

The economyKeynote speaker Gihan Atapattu,

president of Ball Asia Pacific, opened

proceedings with a presentation

titled ‘Growing together in a difficult

economy’.

Atapattu, who has worked for

a number of companies including

the SML Group and Avery Dennison,

talked about the opportunities for

growth in Asia.

“We have a unique opportunity

to come together here to look at

the industry and at the opportunities sitting in front of us in

Asia,” he stated.

During his presentation, Atapattu looked back at the

economy over the last 10 years and told attendees that

they needed to “anticipate what would happen over the

next decade”. He also pointed out that China has passed

the US as the world’s largest economy.

Atapattu pointed to a lot of consolidation over the

last decade and added: “As consolidation continues to

accelerate the players are getting big, whether that is in

beverage, beer or food, and they are demanding produc-

tivity from all of us. This is not going to slow down and will

continue to grow over the next 10 years.”

He also talked specifically about expected growth in

the beer sector and revealed that the US was expected to

grow between 12 and 15 million hectolitres.

“China is not even off the ground,” he added. “It will

grow by 200 million hectolitres. We have also seen nice

growth in Brazil and Vietnam. As beer grows and per capita

consumption grows we would hope that the can share will

grow.”

Atapattu revealed statistics showing how only five per

cent of the packaging mix is taken up by cans in China. “As

middle income grows it is likely that we will be able to move

can penetration into double

figures,” he remarked. “There

will be a lot of opportunity for

each of you to sell machines,

chemicals, metal and for all

of us to sell more cans to the

market. Overall, we expect to

see the beverage can market

growing from 2011 to 2020 on

a global basis from 280 billion

cans to around 400 billion.”

Despite the optimistic tone

of Atapattu’s presentation

he also sounded a note of

caution. “The can is a great

product but if it becomes too

expensive the growth will not

materialise. We’re not selling to

each other and have to hope

A record atthe Rex

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A record number of can makers andsuppliers attended this year’s conference. Alec Peachey reports from Vietnam

‘As middle income grows it is likely that we will be able to move can

penetration into double figures’can penetration into double

figures,” he remarked. “There

will be a lot of opportunity for

each of you to sell machines,

chemicals, metal and for all

of us to sell more cans to the

market. Overall, we expect to

see the beverage can market

growing from 2011 to 2020 on

a global basis from 280 billion

cans to around 400 billion.”

of Atapattu’s presentation

he also sounded a note of

caution. “The can is a great

product but if it becomes too

expensive the growth will not

materialise. We’re not selling to

each other and have to hope

Gihan Atapattu from Ball

talked about the economy

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that someone on the street goes into a shop and picks up

a can. For them to do that and enjoy the benefits of a bev-

erage can they have to be able to afford it. If you look at

the per capita purchasing power of China it is ranked with

Angola. How many can lines are we putting in Angola? Not

a lot because the purchasing power is so low. The reason

we talk about Asia is because of the volume of people.

“As an industry we have to make sure we attack the

price part in the right way. Labour and direct material costs

keep going up for can makers and suppliers. But the Asian

consumer can only spend so much. Our customers are

keeping prices constant at best. This business model will

break very soon. It is going to hit us like a brick wall and all

of us need to start thinking about productivity and getting

costs down so that we can hit volume growth targets in

Asia. My plea to all of you is let’s not wait for the brick wall

to hit us. The Asian picture for you is building a house on a

solid foundation. If we work together I think we can build

this house and have a beautiful home and future together

on a solid foundation.”

Innovation and sustainabilitySecond keynote speaker Mark Davies, business interface

manager Asia Pacific for Crown Packaging, focused on

‘Innovation drivers in metal packaging’.

Crown is a producer of 100 billion cans and ends world-

wide. It is the third largest producer of beverage cans in the

world. Earlier this year Crown announced plans to expand

beverage can production capacity in all three of its exist-

ing facilities in Vietnam. The plants are located in Hanoi,

Saigon and Dong Nai.

Davies said that Crown’s total capacity in Asia would

rise from 10 billion to 14 billion by 2013. He explained

how Crown has the world’s largest dedicated packaging

research and development facilities in Wantage, UK and in

Alsip and Lancaster in the US.

“Innovation is 99 per cent perspiration and about one

per cent inspiration,” explained Davies, before describing

what drives innovation in packaging.

“There are many factors and these are increasing rap-

idly. We have to be running faster to maintain our position.

There are three main factors we have to consider. These

are convenience, brand building and sustainability.”

Sustainability is a particularly important issue for Crown.

“This is probably the most demanding area that we have

to tackle at the moment,” Davies pointed out. “Metal has

a very good story to tell. It is 100 per cent recycylable and

in many places in Europe we achieve up to a 90 per cent

collection rate. In the US it is typically 60 per cent and is

increasing rapidly in Asia.

“Sustainability offers a good route for the consumer to

feel good about themselves, in terms of being able to con-

tribute to environmental activity.

“While we focus on all three of these areas, we have a

challenge in meeting sustainability requirements. We need

to work with our suppliers to make sure we achieve these in

a cost effective manner whilst maintaining added value to

our customers through convenience and brand building.”

Vision systemsBud Patel, vice president of sales at Applied Vision,

discussed the evolution of machine vision. The US com-

pany produces machine vision systems for the food and

beverage industry.

Patel talked about the changes in the marketplace

since the company introduced its first system in 1971. Most

recently the company unveiled its new Cyclops inspection

system at Metpack in May. Cyclops combines imaging,

lighting and processing into one compact enclosure, elimi-

nating the need to run multiple cameras on a single proc-

essor. Cyclops can be placed almost anywhere on a line,

alerting operators of potential defects as early as possible

in the manufacturing process.

“The power of one. Cyclops. That’s what we call this

revolutionary new product,” Patel told attendeees. “It is a

camera and processor all in one. Before we did this devel-

opment we thought long and hard about what to do. This

truly is the next generation vision system.”

Patrick Geffers, sales manager graphics, from Stork Prints

gave a presentation entitled ‘Winning in a competitive

market – A different view on the two-piece can industry’.

Stork Prints is a leader in direct laser engraving – a proc-

ess that is a purely digital means of printing form imaging

that eliminates costly products like film and time consuming

processes such as exposure, washing and drying.

Geffers talked about how this process can help produce

much better looking cans.

He discussed how he observed consumers’ decisions

when choosing a drink to purchase, while waiting for a

delayed flight. “I wondered how they made their choice

between PET, a glass bottle or a two-piece can,” noted

Geffers. “After 10-15 minutes I approached one consumer

and asked them why they had chosen a particular type of

beverage packaging? In this case it was a PET bottle. She

answered simply that the label looked nice.”

During his presentation Geffers showed examples of


‘Sustainability is probably the most demanding area that we have

to tackle at the moment’

Mark Davies


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different types of packaging and stressed the importance

of a good looking product.

“An important part of the decision making process is the

optical appeal of the packaging,” he says. “I think this is

the way in which the two-piece beverage can will gain an

increasing market share from other packaging types.”

Starting a revolutionMarcus Greenbrook, international sales manager for

GEW, spoke about UV curing and its developments

and benefits.

GEW is a specialist manufacturer of UV curing systems for

a range of printing and coating applications.

Greenbrook talked about how the company supplies

energy efficient technology. He explained how GEW had

reduced its customers’ energy bills by an estimated €7 mil-

lion, saving 29,000 tonnes of CO2.

One of the ways this is done is through using GEW’s

E-brick electronic power supplies, which are more effi-

cient than their transformer based equivalents, explained

Greenbrook.

Michael Marschall, sales director packaging for Schuler

Pressen, discussed the company’s new vertical body-

maker in a presentation entitled ‘Join the revolution – the

ICON V-Drive’.

Marschall explained that the ICON V-Drive is a vertical

machine for the forming of can bodies (bodymaker) which

boasts compact dimensions, extremely low material con-

sumption and the possibility to process recycled materials.

It can be used for the production of aerosols and bottle

cans.

“We have received three orders for the ICON V-

Drive and we’re working hard to finish the prototype,”

says Marschall. “Sustainability is an important issue for

can makers and their customers. DWI technology has

been around for a number of years in the beverage can

industry. The equipment from the beverage can industry

doesn’t meet the requirements for the aerosol or bottle

can markets. That is why Schuler has developed this new

machine.”

TransformationJames Finn, vice president global parts and service for

Stolle Machinery, gave a presentation entitled ‘One Stolle,

the challenges of corporate transformation’.

Shortly before this year’s Asia CanTech it was announced

that Japanese can maker Toyo Seikan Kaisha is set to buy

Stolle Machinery Company for approximately US$775 mil-

lion (59.7 billion yen).

Before making reference to this, Finn told attendees

about some of the other changes that have taken place

at Stolle. “About a year and a half ago we had to think

about what I refer to as ‘embracing the world’. We were

totally US based with a small division and office in Brazil. We

had to look at developing a stronger presence outside the

US, especially with our spare parts and service business.”

Finn explained how a new management team was put

in place along with a five-year strategic plan. “We formed

three organisation structures around what we call ‘One

Stolle’. We found that some areas of the company were

very customer friendly while others were perhaps more

focused on manufacturing excellence and the bottom

line. We had to address that and put in place what we call

a global solutions team.”

Finn revealed that the company is planning to build a

new manufacturing facility in Vietnam next year.

In a direct reference to the proposed takeover by Toyo

Seikan, Finn added: “We view it in a positive light. We see

Toyo Seikan as having a strong presence, particularly in

Asia Pacific. Stolle has strong links in the US, Europe and the

Middle East so we see it as a good mirage.”

Metal mattersFinal keynote speaker Robert Zanetto, business develop-

ment director Metal-Asia for Ardagh Group, spoke about

the company and the importance of sustainability.

Zanetto revealed that Ardagh (formerly Impress) has

invested €440 million in research and development over

the last five years.

He told attendees that the global market for metal

packaging will grow to US$165.4 billion by 2021. According

to Zanetto, this expansion will be driven by wealth

increasing in emerging markets.

In Asia Pacific, Zanetto displayed statistics that showed

how food packaging is made up of approximately 640 bil-

lion units, and of that only 12.9 billion units are metal.

“There is room for improvement and that’s why we are

here,” he observed.

Talking specifically about the Vietnamese market, he

said there had been a six per cent increase in the metal

packaging market between 2010 and 2011.

Zanetto was keen to stress the importance of sustain-

ability and the infinite recyclability of metal. “Metal will

only be lost on this earth if we send it on a rocket to the

moon,” he says.

He described how metal packaging can help prevent

‘Michael Marschall from Schuler makes his point


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food waste and in turn help those living in hunger.

“One billion people in the world live in hunger yet a third

of food is wasted. Packaging has many functions, the first

one is to prevent food waste. Let’s work not just to please

the boss, but to please the planet.”

Johan Jonkman, international sales manager at VMI,

gave a presentation entitled ‘VMI process systems: A clean

and green future’.

He talked about the recent expansion of the company’s

plant and offices in Yantai, China. An assembly hall with a

footprint of 7,200m2 was completed in August and increas-

es the size of the VMI Yantai facilities to almost 30,000m2.

The can making equipment supplier specialises in can

washers and dry-off ovens. Jonkman paid particular atten-

tion to the company’s latest generation dry-off oven.

“Energy is key in this business. We have managed

to bring the energy consumption down considerably,

generating savings on operational costs that are quite sub-

stantial. We can reduce the gas consumption by around

50 per cent compared to traditional ovens.”

Coatings and lubricantsGao Bing from Henkel talked about the company’s pres-

ence in Asia and around the world. Henkel is a leading

supplier of can making lubricants and cleaners to the two-

piece can industry.

Bing highlighted Henkel’s product line and stated that

the company is a full front-end provider from post lube,

cup lube, coolant to washer.

“We have a new generation of Henkel lubricants and

cleaners working together to optimise the front-end proc-

ess,” he told attendees. “For the can surface, can forming

lubricants have been developed to optimise the clean-

ing process while enhancing the line performance. This

improves bodymaker performance and improves can

cosmetics.”

Mark Novotny from Nordson gave a presentation

entitled ‘New developments in controlling the inside spray

process for cans’.

‘Metal will only be lost on this earth if we send it on a rocket to the moon’

Nordson is a leader in providing complete system

solutions for applying and curing adhesives, sealants,

lubricants and coatings to two and three-piece cans.

Novotny talked about the company’s worldwide pres-

ence. “We have offices and manufacturing in more than

30 countries throughout the world,” he stated. “About 33

per cent of our business is in the US and Americas, around

33 per cent is in Europe while the other third is in Asia-

Pacififc and Japan.”

Novotny described how the company is directly serving

the Vietnamese market and added: “We have an office

in Vietnam. The company that represents us is CNCD and

they are located in Ho Chi Minh City.”

The issue of Bisphenol A (BPA) is never far from the sur-

face these days and was tackled by Michael Ruben from

Schekolin in his presentation ‘Challenge BPA (free) powder

for metal packaging’.

Schekolin is a provider of solvent based and powder

coatings for metal packaging.

Ruben talked about the advantages and disadvan-

tages of powder coatings and warned that the metal

packaging industry needed to start thinking about alterna-

tives to BPA.

“There is no clear decision from the FDA (Food and Drug

Administration) that it should be banned. In 2010, Canada

banned BPA and just a few days ago France said they will

ban it until 2014. This is a fast running thing and the problem

is that many countries have their own regulations. Some

trademark owners want to ban BPA and don’t want to wait

for the FDA to make a decision.”

AsiaTim Yeates from Sencon gave a presentation entitled

‘Inspection and measurement systems – A look into the

future’.

Sencon manufactures sensors, line controls, test and

inspection equipment, and quality assurance gauges for

the metal packaging industry.

Yeates revealed that the company has recently opened

a facility in Manilla, Philippines. He said: “This shows that

Sencon really takes the Asian market seriously and shows

our continued commitment to the area.”

The overriding feeling to be taken away from Asia

CanTech 2011 is that the region is booming. Vietnam itself

is an emerging market and on the evidence of this year’s

conference it is not being ignored. ❑

Robert Zanetto

Anyone interested in receiving any of the presentations from Asia CanTech 2011 should contact Chrissy Payne. Email [email protected] a full list of presentations see page 18.

Some trademark owners want toban BPA and don’t want to wait for

the FDA to make a decision‘ ’


Asia CanTech 2011 Awards

Crown Bevcan and Closures (Thailand) won the

CanTech International supreme award for its Coconut

Water can.

Jozef Salaerts, president of Crown‘s Asia Pacific divi-

sion, was delighted to win the award. The presenters of

this year’s Technical Forum picked the supreme winner.

Jonathan Ellaby, vice president international opera-

tions for INX International; Roger Baker, sales manager

metal cans and ends from Pressco Technology; Chris

McKenzie, sales director, Tolag Pty; and Adrian Long,

sales manager for CMB Engineering individually and

unanimously voted for Crown’s Coconut Water can.

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Left: Conference director Neil McRitchie hands over the supreme award to thepresident of Crown’s Asia Pacific division, Jozef Salaerts

Supreme Winner

Crown takes top can award

November 2011 CanTech International

Can makers from throughout Asia were honoured at the Gala Awards dinner in Vietnam. This year we received a variety of entries from all over the region and judges had to reach a decision on the winners in six categories.

“This is a great achievement and provides real rec-

ognition. The people in our plant in Thailand will be very

happy,” says Salaerts.

At the time of going to press, Thailand was experi-

encing its worst flooding in decades after three months

of heavy monsoon rain.

Salaerts added: “Our own two-piece beverage

plants are closed because of the floods. Once our

workers know that we have received this award they

will be pleased and it will motivate them because it

shows that they are doing something right. It will be a

massive boost for them.”

‘This is a great achievementand provides real recognition.

The people in our plant inThailand will be very happy’

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Asia CanTech 2011 Awards

.

Two-piece beverage – Ball Asia Pacific Beijing Metal Container Ltd Ball Asia Pacific Beijing Metal Container

Ltd picked up this

category award for

its Harbin Beer can.

The can features

t h e r m o c h r o m i c

technology.

Michael Shuster, vice

president of engi-

neering at Ball Asia

Pacific, said: “We

are pleased to have

won the award. A

lot of work went into

the development of

this can. Roger Lo,

our technical director,

spent a lot of time working with the ink sup-

plier and Harbin. The can has a mountain

on the side of it and when it reaches a cer-

tain temperature it starts to change colour

to show that it has reached its optimum

drinking temperature.”

Three-piece beverage – Swan Industries (Thailand)Swan is no stranger to the Asia CanTech Awards having won the supreme award for the last two years. This year it won the t h re e - p i e c e b e v e r a g e award for its Red Bull can.

Speciality – Benjamit Packaging (Thailand)Benjamit took the honours in this cat-egory for its Botan Slide Metal Box. It features a slide lid with emboss. The metal box also fea-tures a metallic sur-face and small curl-ing at the lids and bottom.

General line – Kian Joo Can Factory BerhadKian Joo took the top award in this catego-ry for its Tai Thong Mooncake can. The can is unique and attractive in its colour and design. Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer was the concept chosen by a customer to promote mooncake packaging. The can design is printed by an eight-colour UV machine and shows happiness between friends, kids, family and relatives during the mooncake festival celebrations. On top of the design Kian Joo has used a sparkiling silver finish to create an impressive effect by choosing red, silver, blue, gold and green background colours.

Innovation – iMSGroupThe iMSGroup is based in New South Wales, Australia. The company’s Truecan process was selected as the winner of our inno-vation award. Truecan is a process developed by the iMSGroup that results in “true to life” represen-tation of can artwork prior to print. Unilever used the Truecan process for their Sunsilk Hairspray and Mousse can relaunch.Bruce Behrens, senior business manager, said: “After three years of hard work to try and get this process up and running, we have seen it come to fruition in the last six months. To win this award is great for us and pro-vides real recognition. It is important to have inno-vation within the industry to help keep it going for-ward.

Decorative – Crown Bevcan andClosures (Thailand)Crown’s Coconut Water can took the honours in this category.


List of presentations fromAsia CanTech Vietnam 2011Bud Patel, Applied Vision: The evolution of machine vision (as it pertains to the food and beverage industry).

Patrick Geffers, Stork Prints:Winning in a competitive market – A different view on the two-piece can industry.

Bruce Ballard, Pressco Technology:Achieving lower costs through automated inspection.

Kenneth Gan, Ashworth Bros:Making conveyor belts work for you.

Marcus Greenbrook, GEW:UV curing – Developments and benefits.

Michael Marschall, Schuler Pressen:Join the revolution – the ICON V-drive.

Roman Lozano, Unimaq: Can decorating –Small improvements, big difference.

Thomas Duve, CMC Kuhnke:Non destructive X-ray technology – the SEAMscan XTS.

Christian Bretzing, Kartonfabrik:Layer pads for the canning industry.

James Finn, Stolle Machinery:One Stolle, the challenges of corporate transformation.

Petra L’Abbe, Valspar:Next generation coatings drive energy savings.

Johan Jonkman, VMI Holland:VMI process systems: A clean and green future.

Gao Bing, Henkel Corporation:Proven solutions fron Henkel.

Jens Mezger, Heilbronn Conatiners:State of the art cupping and end lines.

Mark Novotny, Nordson Corporation:New developments in controlling the inside spray process for cans.

Peter Kowalski, AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings:Inks for food packaging – Regulatory aspects and trends for UV curing.

Michael Ruben, Schekolin AG:Challenge BPA (free) powder for metal packaging.

Dr Bernd Ullmann, Mall & Herlan: Aerosol cans made by impact extrusion and deep draw and wall ironing.

Peter Kurz, KBA-MetalPrint:Energy saving options on two-piece ovens.

Daniel Hilfiker, Pneumofore: Cost efficient vacuum.

Tim Yeates, Sencon UK: Inspection and measurement systems – A look into the future.

Kevin McLaughlin, Flexo Concepts:Effective deep cleaning of anilox rolls for metal decorating.

Michael Barisonek, Epic Products:Why are we still talking about ink-water balance?

our technical director,

is unique and attractive in its colour and design. Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer was the concept chosen by a customer to promote mooncake packaging. The can design is printed by an eight-colour UV machine and shows happiness between friends, kids, family and relatives during the mooncake festival celebrations. On top of the design Kian Joo has used a sparkiling silver finish to create an impressive effect by choosing red, silver, blue, gold and green background colours.

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When taking a tour around CarnaudMetalbox

Engineering’s (CMbE) facilities in Shipley, near

Yorkshire, it is easy to see why the company is

such a good example of British manufacturing.

With a pedigree dating back to the 1930s and an

international customer base drawn from all corners of the

globe, CMbE is a market leader in the design, develop-

ment and manufacture of can making machinery.

Sales manager Adrian Long took time out to give

CanTech International a tour around the site.

The constant hustle and bustle of staff working, blended

in with the humming and grinding of many of the com-

pany’s machines, creates a noise that you’d expect from

this sort of environment. But it also helps you to appreciate

exactly how much effort goes into this industry. Across the

11,000m² site is a range of CMbE’s machines and equip-

ment including bodymakers, trimmers, cupper die sets,

inside spray machines, die neckers and the company’s

latest development, the Sovereign Decorator. All are great

examples of the work being carried out by CMbE. If you

walk into any can plant throughout the world there is a

good chance that you’ll see equipment from CMbE run-

ning on a line.

The US packaging group Crown Holdings acquired

the company in 1996, but the Shipley operation retained

its name as CarnaudMetalbox Engineering Ltd. Crown

Holdings is a $7 billion metal packaging company and

CMbE is the only company in the Crown family making

machines.

The award winning company is proud of this fact and

continues to stand on its own two feet.

Starting outCMbE offers an apprenticeship scheme that continually

attracts applicants, many of whom have gone on to hold

higher positions within the company, including current

plant manager Andrew Truelove.

Andrew Hyde recently completed his apprenticeship

and is now an electrical engineer. He is continuing his stud-

ies at University and is full of praise for the scheme. “For me,

the programme took about three and a half years. There

has always been a lot of support from the company. There

are a lot of experienced people who work here and that

experience has been absolutely essential in helping me

to get to where I am today,” he says. “Through this I’ve

gained qualifications and experience, which will help me

throughout the rest of my life.”

Hyde would also recommend the scheme to others.

“I think it gives people leaving school the opportunity to

do something other than stay on,” he adds. “Under this

scheme, you can leave school at 16 and start earning

money. It helps you to start realising what life is all about.

Looking back on it I wouldn’t do it any other way.”

Andrew and two of his colleagues, Simon Ward and

Andrew Wilkinson, won the Engineering Skills Award in

2009.

“It was a competition that was marked on points.

Everyone had to make the same thing and it was a fantas-

tic achievement to win,” he states. “It was great to be able

to say that all the hard work had paid off.”

Hyde and his teammates will now go on to represent

the UK at the World Engineering Skills Award competition

in Germany in 2013. “Being given the opportunity to repre-

sent your country is fantastic,” he remarked.

HistoryLong, who has been with CMbE since 1979 and is a mem-

ber of the CanTech International editorial board, speaks

passionately about the company.

At the time of going to press he was due to retire, but

after a short break he will be returning to the company on

a contract basis. His knowledge of the company’s history

is impressive.

“The history of CMbE goes back to the early 1930s. There

was a company in this area called Lee and Crabtree. This

Bucking the trend

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‘We found that you couldsignificantly increase bodymaker speeds. We went through the 300 barrier to 400 and that was a step

change in bodymaker speeds’

Sales manager Adrian Long (pictured left); general manager Jim Cozier (pictured third from right); and plant manager Andrew Truelove (pictured right) with other CmbE staff in front of the company’s latest development, the Sovereign Decorator

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Machinery

was a big textile area at the time and they used to make

textile machinery. They came out with some machines

that made metal boxes (square cans). The Metal Box com-

pany as it was then discovered Lee and Crabtree and pur-

chased the can making side of the business,” states Long.

“It then formed CMbE. We moved on to this site in 1964.”

From the early 1930s right up to 1975, the company

manufactured machinery for Metal Box and Metal Box

licensees only. “In 1975, the company told us to go off and

sell into the open market as an open trader. This meant

selling to our competitors,” adds Long.

In the 1970s, the technology for can making changed

significantly with the introduction of the two-piece can

that is still used today for soft drinks, beer and some high

volume foods. Shipley started to produce machines for

that new can.

“We acquired a manufacturing licence from Standun

to manufacture the B2 bodymaker and the Standun cup-

ping press. When I joined the company they had started

working on the Spin Necking process, which resulted in

the 160 spin necker flanger being produced. This was a

massive achievement for the factory. At that time they

were moving from three-piece to two-piece machinery in

a big way.”

From the mid 1980s, the factory was busy making neck-

ers and some bodymakers.

In 1988, Standun and CMbE went their separate ways

and CMbE brought out its own bodymaker, the 5000.

“This was significantly different to a Standun,” notes

Long. “On a bodymaker at that time you had a supple-

mentary shaft called a jackshaft. You didn’t have a direct

drive and went through some big gears to get the actual

speed that you wanted. By removing the jackshaft and

putting in a bigger drive and fly wheel we found that you

could significantly increase bodymaker speeds. We went

through the 300 barrier to 400 and that was a step change

in bodymaker speeds.”

Competition and designThe importance of innovation is certainly not lost on Long

or CMbE as a company.

“We pride ourselves in having highly qualified and well-

educated design people. We invest heavily in our design

department because they make valuable contributions

to the improvement of our technologies. That continuous

improvement is critical to the long-term success of any

business, including ours,” remarked Long.

Long is a qualified engineer and has operated in a

number of different roles in the engineering business before

being appointed sales manager.

It is this experience that he draws upon when talking

about his biggest personal achievement at the company.

“It was quite a challenge to get a 240 necker and a

210 reformer working at 3,000 cpm,” he explains. “After

spending so much effort going backwards and forwards

the biggest buzz you can get is standing on a platform and

watching a machine not drop a can for 45 minutes running

at 3,000 per minute.

“From a commercial point of view, we have had a lot of

success with our 5500 Canmaker, which includes a body-

maker and trimmer, but I think the biggest success has to

be the 3400 Neck Forming System. We have forced our

competitors to go back into product development, which

is good for the industry. It has given every single can mak-

ing company some real competition.”

British manufacturingWhile most observers are likely to conclude that British

manufacturing is currently treading water, CMbE is a

company that is bucking this trend.

“In order to maintain leadership, companies need to

be investing heavily in apprentice schemes and young

people. Potentially there could be a lot of

business in new technology over the next 20 years. Our

apprenticeship programme will help us get the skills we

The 3400 Neck Forming System

New general manager at CMbEJim Cozier has been appointed as the new general manager of CMbE.After serving in the US Navy, Cozier joined Johnson & Johnson and then moved to can making with Miller Brewing Company, advancing to plant manager at several locations. He then joined Reynolds Metals Company where he was the business unit manager for

Reynolds Can Machinery. There he was responsi-ble for engineering, sales/marketing, and manu-facture of the Reynolds line of can and end making machinery. When Reynolds sold the business, he went back into can making and held plant management positions with leading can manufacturers before joining Crown. At Crown, he successfully transformed the Cheraw, South Carolina beverage plant into one of the top performing plants in the Crown network.

Talking about his appointment Cozier said: “I will be concentrating on the quality aspects. The most important thing is the team you have working with you, and I have been impressed with every department and their knowledge of the business.”

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The 5500 Canmaker includes a bodymaker and trimmer

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need as quickly as possible.”

CMbE continues to invest in its apprentice scheme in an

effort to retain and enhance skills within the company.

Long is a real advocate of the scheme, adding: “The

scheme started up again in 1997. In that year we recog-

nised that we had an ageing workforce and that we had

to do something to keep the skills and expertise in-house.

Every year we have taken on between two and six appren-

tices. They come to us at 16; spend two days a week at

college studying and the other three days with us doing

basic skills training. There is then the opportunity for them

to progress into the engineering department or stop on the

shop floor, depending on what they want to do. We are

fuelling the future of the workforce.”

Award winnerCMbE won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the

International Trade category in 2010.

This honour is bestowed on companies by HM Queen

on the Prime Minister of the UK’s recommendation. The

company was recognised for its continued innovation and

contributions to the global can making industry.

“It is a big thing for the people who work here. Everyone

felt part of it and it was great for morale,” comments Long.

“There are certain criteria that you have to meet. A very

high percentage of our products are exported but you

actually win it for the increase in exports. This means that

small, medium and large companies are given an equal

opportunity of winning.”

The company’s market coverage is truly global with

primary penetration into the EU, Asia, Africa and the

Americas.

The award win was preceded by a visit from the Lord

Lieutenant of West Yorkshire (Ingrid Roscoe) and was

presented during a visit by the Duke of Kent (Prince

Edward). Both were given tours round the site and were left

impressed by what they saw.

“The workforce could not have been more proud. You

could see it in their faces,” adds Long.

The marketplaceLooking at the metal packaging industry as a whole, Long

is confident about the future.

“The metal packaging industry is doing reasonably well

at the moment,” he says. “If you look at the environmen-

tal pressures on competing formats, there’s going to be

switches away from these into metal cans.

“Overall there are some drivers that are promoting the

metal can going forward. Can makers are a lot smarter

now in terms of how they promote their product. There

is a more unified approach in terms of how the industry

promotes itself.”

A unified approach sums up the way in which CMbE

operates. It’s this approach that has helped the company

achieve a strong standing in the industry. ❑

New decoratorCMbE Engineering is on the verge of bringing a new two-piece beverage decorator to market. The Sovereign Decorator is offered in six and eight colour options with production speeds of up to 2,000 cpm together with a range of additional features for high-definition printing, quick changeovers and ease-of-use.

The first machine is expected to be installed at an independent can maker’s plant in Africa early next year.

“We were approached by Intercan, who had manufactured a one off Sovereign decorator,” says Long. “We signed an agreement with Intercan and have been work-ing with them using our combined expertise to produce a machine that we think will be better than what is on the market today. We started work on this in the middle of last year. We’ve come from basi-cally a clean sheet of paper to where we are today in around 13 to 14 months. I can’t wait to get it into the plant and to see it up and running.”

Long remains confident about future sales. “We are excited to test it in the market and get some good feed-back from the existing user. Once that happens we can really start pushing it. It gives people an alternative. We have had can makers from all over asking about it.”

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Dr Bernd Ullmann is the business devel-opment manager at Mall + Herlan. In this article he looks at the different manufactur-ing methods used for making aerosols, including impact extrusion (IE) and deep draw and wall ironing (DWI)

Manufacturing Aerosols

The feasibility of the currently known manufacturing

methods for making metal containers is determined

by the following:

• Physical limits

• Machine limits

• Cost constraints

Since aerosol cans have different sizes to beverage

cans, we may not transfer the learnings from the matured

manufacture of beverage cans to the new application

of thin-walled aerosol cans one-to-one. In the following

article, I aim to give some guidance which will help avoid

pitfalls.

Physical limits of deep drawMetal forming of two-piece beverage cans as well as DWI

aerosol cans consists of the following steps in the front-end

of a manufacturing line:

• Blanking

• Deep draw

• Redraw

• Ironing (2 or 3 rings)

To understand the process and to evaluate feasibility

we recommend determining the maximum blank diam-

eter, D0, first. The deep draw and the redraw process are

limited by the deep draw ratios β1 = D0/D1 and β2.= D1/DC.,

where D¹ is the cup diameter and Dc is the diameter of the

can. Subsequently, we find a maximum blank diameter

depending on the deep draw ratios (β2,β2) and the can

diameter (Dc):

D0 = β2 * β2 * Dc The result is shown in Figure 1

Each blank diameter corresponds to a maximum cup

height after the redraw process in the bodymaker. In other

words, you can determine a max cup height for each can

diameter. The wall of this redraw cup will be made thinner

in the next process, the ironing process.

Physical limits of ironingIroning is a reduction of the wall thickness of a cylinder by

pressing the metal through the gap between a punch and

ring, shown in Figure 2. The fact that the wall thickness is

reduced by ironing is directly related to the fact that the

length of the cup/can is increased. The decrease in wall

thickness or increase in length is given by the ironing ratio.

Typical ironing ratios are between 20 and 30 per cent.

The following table gives an idea about the thickness of

the wall after the individual ironing steps:

Ironing per ring 20% 30%

Thickness Length Thickness Length

Starting value 100% 100% 100% 100%

After ring 1 80% 125% 70% 142%

After ring 2 64% 156% 49% 205%

After ring 3 51% 196% 34% 294%

You can see that the remaining wall thickness is typically

between 34 and 51 per cent of the thickness of the redraw

cup wall. The length of the redraw cup is increased by a

factor of two to three.

So far we calculated the blank diameter, the cup and

redraw cup dimensions and we obtained the max length

of the can after ironing. The result is shown in Figure 3.

Material quality and thicknessBased on the wall thickness (which we know from the iron-

ing) we know the amount of metal we need to have avail-

able to make the can (2πr*length plus base volume). This

amount of metal must be in the blank. Whatever amount

of metal you need, you cannot increase the diameter of

the blank beyond the value we already discussed. If you

try this, your process will fail whatever machine you use. So,

if you need more metal you can only increase the gauge

of your coil material. In most cases a DWI steel aerosol can

will require coil material between 0.35mm and 0.55mm.

Thin walled aerosol cans

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Figure 2: Ironing process (From Metal Packaging, Pira Intl Ltd, 2010)

Figure 1: For each can diameter a maximum blankdiameter is given

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Most DWI aluminium aerosol cans require coil material

between 0.45 and 0.65mm, in some cases even thicker.

The material used for impact extrusion is a non-recycled,

virgin aluminium with strength of about 150 MPa. The DWI

process offers two options which are not available for IE:

the material can be recycled and it can be much stronger.

DWI aluminium reaches about 290 MPa and steel between

300 and 450 MPa. Recycled material is beneficial for the

sustainability of the final product. Strong material allows us

to reduce the wall thickness and the weight of container,

which we will discuss later.

Machine limitsWe can now start looking at machines. The cupper used

to make cups is technically not much of an issue, but the

way the cupper operates determines the final cost of the

blank. You need to be able to make blanks between 100

and 200mm diameter and the cups may get a height of

some 70mm max.

It is more interesting to have a look at the bodymaker.

The bodymaker is a machine where several operations are

carried out by an axial movement of a ram. This may be

vertical or horizontal which does not change anything on

the following requirements.

The punch, ie the ram, will pass the cup, the redraw cup

and the three ironing rings. It is not allowed that you do

two operations at the same time. This requirement is the

difficulty for the design of the machine.

The movement of the ram, the stroke, must be long

enough to pass all the steps, ie it must be > A+B+C+D+E.

Of course the thickness of the rings has to be taken into

account as well.

The art of designing a machine is to get what you need

with optimum stroke, not maximum stroke. Only a stroke fit

for purpose gives the perfect precision, maximum speed

and minimum energy demand.

Since we already know the maximum can length for

a given diameter, we directly know the stroke we may

need.

Figure 4 shows the physical limits (diagonal lines) and

the constraints by the machine (vertical lines) in one dia-

gram. The three big dots are examples to illustrate some

well known containers. You can see that a half litre beer

can is not much of a problem. It is well below the diago-

nal lines, ie the forming limits and it can be done with a

rather small stroke. This is the reason why the beverage can

industry has been successful in optimising this technology

in recent decades.

The two red dots represent two aerosol cans. You can

see that these cans are on the forming limit. A 49x195mm

can is not limited by machine technology, but by metal

physics. A 26” bodymaker should do the job. Any longer

stroke is a waste of energy and efficiency for cans with

smaller diameters. The tallest can you can make is about

a 250mm can for diameter 65mm which requires a stroke

of about 31”.

The good news is that the area below the diagonal and

below the vertical lines covers the standard aerosol cans

pretty well.

Line back endSo far we have focussed on the forming of the cylinder.

Although this is the most obvious difference between IE

and DWI, it must be emphasised that there are some seri-

ous impacts that need to be considered in the subsequent

manufacturing processes. The trimming and brushing as

well as the washing process are different. Since we use

a much harder material we have to adopt the necking

process. There are not many necking machines that have

proven that they can handle the precision needed for

DWI. Tool gaps in DWI neckers are on a 10 micron scale

which is five times more precise than what you need for

IE. The number of necking stations must be significantly

higher to meet the allowed circumferential compression.

The success in the necker operation determines whether

or not a line runs. The necker runs smoothly if the front-end

produces a cup and a pre-form with perfect properties.

Switching to DWI does not mean buying one or two new

machines but getting a fully integrated system.

Container weightAs mentioned previously, the stronger material allows us to

exploit the ironing of the wall. We have seen that the DWI

material is about twice as strong as IE aluminium. Taking

into account some safety requirements for axial load and

further processing the thickness of the wall of a can is

given as about 170 micron for steel and some 250 micron

Figure 3: For each can diameter a max height is given by the physics of the used material

Figure 4: In addition to the height-diameter relationship (diagonal lines) there is a by the stroke of the bodymaker (horizontal lines). Lines for 20”, 26” and 30” stroke are given for both aluminium and steel cans

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for aluminium. The steel value also represents the US DOT

minimum value.

Let’s take a 59x202mm aluminium aerosol can as an

example. There is a good amount of cans on the market

made via IE with a final weight of some 48g. Using DWI

technology you can reduce the weight of this can to some

30g, which means you save about a third of the metal.

Material efficiencyIt has been stated before that the cupper is not the main

technical challenge. This is true, but it must be kept in mind

that the cupper determines the material efficiency. The

blanks are arranged on the surface of the coil in a way that

the surface is covered as well as possible. Unfortunately

you cannot fully cover a surface with circles as you could

do with hexagons or squares. This means there is some

material not used. This is the so-called web grid. Figure 6

shows that the relationship between efficiency and coil

width is an asymptotic curve. The benchmark is about 87.5

per cent efficiency. For coils wider than 600mm you reach

86 per cent which fits to economic requirements.

In October 2011, the price of aluminium traded on the

London Metal Exchange (LME) was about €1560 per ton.

The price you pay for aluminium is given by LME price plus

conversion cost, which is the money the rolling mills need

to do their job. The web grid represents about 13 per cent

of the metal you do not use. The good news is that you

get back about 90 per cent of the LME price. Your loss is

basically only in the conversion cost. The question is where

blanks are made and who is taking care about the web

grid. The options are

• Blanks made in a can making plant

• Blanks made at third party (pre-manufactured blanks or

discs).

IE DWI DWI from pre- coil-to-can manufactured blanks

LME metal cost 1560 1560 1560(€/ton)

Conversion cost 700 600 1750(€/ton)

Web grid cost 0 105 0(€/ton)

Specifc Metal cost 2260 2265 3310(€/ton)

The previous table gives the cost for the material you need to make including web grid cost, conversion etc. The cost for web grid is given explicitly for coil-to-can. If you use pre-manufactured blanks then these costs are already covered by the conversion cost, which therefore must be significantly higher than for standard coil material.

I am of the opinion that it makes sense to make your own blanks. You just need to have a cupper allowing wide material and offering flexible and cost effective change of tooling.

Cost of containerWe have given the weight of our example can 48g in IE

and 30g in DWI. Using the specific metal cost we had given

in the previous table you now get the cost of metal in your

can by multiplying specific metal cost and can weight.

IE DWI DWI from pre- coil-to-can manufactured blanks

Calculus 48g x 30g x 30g x 2260€/ton 2265€/ton 3310€/ton

Resulting cost 108 68 99of metal usedto make onecan (€/ooo)

Savings n/a 40 9compared toIE (€/ooo)

Savings per n/a 2 0.4year(Million €)

Additional n/a 3.5 3.5invest for DWIcompared toIE (Mio €)

ROI for n/a < 2 years >5 yearsadditionalinvestment for DWI(years)

You can see some nice savings for metal cost that justify

the additional cost (press, washing, trimming, necking) of

around €3.5 million for a DWI line compared to an impact

extrusion line. The return of investment is around two years

for blanks made on-site and five years for pre-manufac-

tured blanks.

The metal savings are the reason for the reduction of

the cost of our sample can by some €30 per thousand.

This includes depreciation, labour, energy, metal, coatings

and building. This sounds too good to be true, so let’s talk

about the cons now. I already mentioned that there is

significantly more effort in metal forming in front-end and

back-end. It takes more time to change and readjust these

machines and the tooling in the machines.

Can makers do not want to make these changes too

often during real production. You may need one shape

(cylindrical, one shoulder, but different height possible) for

one line to get the most effective results. If you cannot fulfill

this requirement, you may be better off with an IE line. Your

preferred line supplier must be in a position to discuss the

best choice for your individual situation. ❑

Figure 5: Material efficiency for 150mm blanks is increased with increasing coil width. The benchmark from the widest coils is around 87.5% efficiency

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CanTech International correspondent Evert van de Weg looks at how DWI cans for food have gained an increasing market share in Europe

Two-piece update

In the 1950s Coors Brewery in the US, together with

the aluminium industry and some machinery produc-

ers around Denver, developed the first two-piece

beverage cans.

The production process was revolutionary. It was a real

discovery that by wall ironing a cup stamped from an alu-

minium coil, a thin can body could be obtained. The new

production process for beverage cans has improved con-

siderably since then and has quickly become the standard

for carbonated beverages.

Less widely known is that in the 1970s, when DWI cans

for carbonated drinks had already made their entrance in

Europe, some can makers had already started to apply the

DWI technology for two-piece food cans. The company

that was the first in Europe to use this technology for food

cans was a company then known as Mardon-Illingworth,

based in Sutton-in-Ashfield, which is now part of the

Ardagh Group.

Plant manager David

Horton and production man-

ager John Caylow talk about

how it all started.

“At that time the Sutton

plant employed around

800 people. Metal Box was

supplying three-piece cans

to Pedigree Petfoods. Some

Pedigree Petfood managers

wondered if it would be pos-

sible to translate two-piece

beer cans into cans for their

pet food,” says Caylow.

“Having already invested in

three-piece can making technology, Metal Box declined

this approach and Sutton took up the challenge. The

initial plant was built in conjunction with Krupp but the

hydraulic bodymakers proved unreliable. The bodymakers

were quickly replaced with new ones built in Shipley under

license from Standun in the US and at this point the line’s

productivity dramatically increased. As the technology

was new to us we had our share of problems, but we were

joined by John Lane, a former Metal Box senior engineer,

a couple of years after the start-up and his experience

coupled with our employees’ enthusiasm and willingness

to learn helped us overcome any issues.”

The relationship with Pedigree Petfoods, later on part

of the Mars Group, remained strong and continues to this

day. A lot of the quality procedures in Sutton were devel-

oped in conjunction with Pedigree Petfoods. Since 1978

there have been lots of improvements on the DWI line.

Although Horton has only been with the company since

2005 he is aware of these changes.

“I am sure the plant looks completely different now than

in 1978. It is not only the growth in output, so that we now

have many more bodymakers instead of the original four

Standuns, but practically all the equipment was either

upgraded or replaced,” he notes. “This growth however

also brought challenges in terms of plant layout and utilis-

ing the limited space available. Areas that were originally

specified as warehousing are now utilised for line equip-

ment and we hold close to zero finished goods on site.

Other environmental and cost challenges also had to be

met such as lightweighting the can and reducing solvent

emissions. We now use a gauge 13 per cent lower than

our original starting gauge and all internal and external

coatings are water-based. Our customer portfolio has also

increased and we have a range of both human and pet

food customers. Coupled with this, to address the increas-

ing demands from retailers with regard to their customers

and their primary packaging suppliers, we have placed a

strong emphasis on achieving not only ISO 9001 but also

BRC/IoP certification. All of these learnings and develop-

ments we have been able to share with our colleagues at

Deventer.”

DWI in DeventerIn the Ardagh (formerly Impress) plant in Deventer,

Netherlands, DWI unit manager Reinder Jager took time

out to show me around the DWI department that was set

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‘ ’The bodymakers were quickly replaced with new ones built in Shipley under license from Standun in the US and at this point the line’s

productivity dramatically increased

DWI cans on a line at Ardagh’s Sutton plant

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Two-piece update

up in 2007. The production space is dazzlingly clean, can

streams move at high speeds along the line, the noise level

is high and most strikingly, you hardly see any operators

around the line. Back in his office Jager explains how the

first line came to the Deventer plant.

“When Impress acquired the European part of US Can

with can making plants in Germany and Denmark, we

got a pet food can market that was big enough together

with the pet food markets we already served to justify

investments in DWI can making. Looking at our options we

realised that since the acquisition of the then Alcan plant

in Sutton-in-Ashfield we also had the option now to use that

DWI technology. We studied the DWI option in depth with

our English colleagues, got convinced that this was the

way to go and in 2006 the top management assigned us

the money needed. Impress formed a small project team

in which the retired Sutton manager and DWI specialist

John Lane and the retired Impress project manager Jan

Schieven were the key people. Where Sutton built up its

experience over many years and expanded step by step,

we could start on a greenfield site and were able to move

quickly.”

The project team started in early 2007 and in the

December of that year the first cans were produced. The

speed of construction of the new DWI department was

remarkably high. The first phase of the line was finished in

2008.

“In 2009 we expanded the line capacity with more

bodymakers and in 2011 we added another bodymaker

and constructed a second back-end,” notes Jager. “We

also expanded the transport systems throughout the line,

so that in fact we were able to run two can specifications

at the same time. The complete line is designed for the

production of 73 mm cans only. We are able to offer these

in three heights, namely 106.5 mm, 108.5 mm and 109.6

mm.”

Production differences Though the production process of DWI two-piece bever-

age cans is to a large extent the same as for food cans,

there are important differences.

“The fact that we do not print our cans but supply only

unprinted cans means that we do not, for example, apply

a base coat on the outside,” explains Jager. “On the other

hand, pH values of food products are different from bever-

ages and therefore the type of internal coating and the

way of application may be different. For the DWI produc-

tion of food cans we apply an internal spray with lacquer

spray machines as our last operation so that nothing

touches the can internally anymore after that. Ink jetting

for traceability reasons and checking with inspection cam-

eras is pretty much the same as for beverage cans.”

Ardagh is happy with the performance of the latest DWI

food can production facilities.

Jager adds: “The new can is a strong and visually attrac-

tive, modern can. Looking at the production process of the

cans themselves, DWI can production is a compact and

logistically simpler process in our experience. You put a coil

of tinplate at the start of the line and after an uninterrupted

series of processes you fill the pallets for the customers.

Quite different from the three-piece can making process

where you have all the separate operations that often

lead to intermediate stocks that need constant fine-tuning

like coil cutting, coating, making ends, welding the bodies,

seaming the bottom end etc. And our customers praise the

good processability of the two-piece food cans. We were

so satisfied with the DWI process for food cans that just over

a year ago we built a ‘little sister DWI plant’ as we call it, in

Moelan in Brittany, France.”

Can shaping Within the Deventer plant there is a separate depart-

ment where modern lines for the shaping of cans are

placed. The Ardagh Group is a pioneer in shaping tech-

nology, using blowmoulding technology to produce

can shapes that suit the individual needs of customers.

Embossing and beading is also possible to enhance prod-

uct appearance on the shelves, leading to strong brand

differentiation.

The machines used for the shaping are made by Tecsor

France. Heinz used the Ardagh shaping technology for

its premium brand Karvan Cevitam and the packag-

ing change led to a boost in sales. In its aerosol can

plant in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, Ardagh applies the same

technology for the production of shaped aerosol cans. ❑

Ardagh’s plant in Deventer, Netherlands

The DWI department in

Sutton-in-Ashfield

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November 2011 CanTech International30

Jack Knight is director international technicalservice for INX International Ink Co.In his latest contribution for CanTech International he looks at the area of quality control

What keeps us from delivering good quality cans

to your customers? It is time for another checklist

to help you print quality cans.

Colour variation:• Check the colour of the white base coating; the coating

film weight could be too low or high affecting the printed

colour.

• Check the mixed ink to make sure the recipe was mixed

correctly.

• Check the printing press to make sure the ink rolls were

cleaned properly, if they were not they will affect the ink

and printed colour.

• Check to make sure the ink is not emulsified on press

resulting in colour variation.

• Check to see if there is enough ink in the fountain, a low

level will change the pressure on the ink fountain blade

affecting ink flow to the roller train.

• Check to see what affect the varnish will have on the

colour; some varnishes have a tendency to yellow the

printed image.

Ink scum:• Check the conductivity

of the fountain solution

to see if it is exceeding

your specification, if it is

too high it will not wet

the non-image area of

the printing plate and ink

scumming will occur. If it

is too low the non-image

area of the printing plate

will not carry enough

fountain solution resulting

in ink scumming.

• Check the pH of the

fountain solution as it

may be too weak and

will not keep the non-

image area of the print-

ing plate free of ink.

• Check the conductivity

of the water from your

reverse osmosis treat-

ment system to determine if it is within specification. If you

are using tap water check the conductivity of the water as

it changes from season to season.

• Check the filters and membrane of your reverse osmosis

treatment system as they may need replacing.

• Check the dampner form roll pressure setting to the print-

ing plate to see if it is within specification. Too much pres-

sure to the printing plate will reduce the amount of water

being applied resulting in ink scumming.

• Check to see if the ink recipe contains a transparent ink

extender. Too much will affect print quality.

• Check the fountain solution temperature. If it is too high

ink scumming will develop.

• Check to see if the press was completely dry of wash-up

solvent from the previous job. If it was not it will contami-

nate the ink causing a scumming condition.

• Check the durometer of the dampner form roll to see if it

is within specification. If it is too hard it can affect the water

transfer resulting in ink scumming.

Ink laydown:• Check the durometer of your ink rolls to see if they

exceed specification.

• Check the ink rolls to see if they are glazed from wash-up

solvents and fountain solution.

• Check the surface condition of the printing blanket, it

might be glazed or have a high tack surface affecting how

the sheet releases from it.

• Check the surface condition of the dampner form roll to

see if it is pitted.

• Check the durometer of the dampner form roll to see if

it is within specification, if it is too hard it can affect the ink

laydown.

• Check to see if you are using a conventional or com-

pressible blanket, both have an affect on ink laydown.

• Check the ink form roll pressure to the printing plate to

see if it is within your specification, if it is set with not enough

pressure you can get a spotty print.

• Check the fountain solution temperature, if it is too cold it

will shock the ink resulting in poor ink laydown.

• Check to make sure the ink is not emulsified on press

resulting in a mottled print.

The bottom line to achieving a quality impression is to

control your process. When a quality defect occurs it is

necessary to stop printing and check the basics I have

listed. Check and change, if necessary, one basic at a

time to determine if it corrects the problem. If too many

basics are checked and changed at the same time you

will never know what corrected the problem. Remember,

“A metal decorated container has a quality image that

sells product on the store shelves.” ❑

If you have a problem or process that you would like to

discuss please feel free to contact me anytime via email

at [email protected].

Alternatively you can contact Alec at alec@bellpublishing.

com

More than 200 years and the can is still king!

Let’s work together to keep it that way.

Knight’s knowledge

Quality Control

‘If too many basics are checked and changed at the same time you will

never know what corrected the problem’

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Gregor Spengler, secretary general of the International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufact-urers (Aerobal), reveals the reasons why the aerosol industry is heading for a new pro-duction record in 2011

Aerosol Trends

After a record world production of aluminium

aerosol cans of about six billion units in 2010 the

industry is expecting to break this record in 2011.

Production grew by eight per cent in the first half year of

2011 to a level of 3.3 billion cans worldwide. Since the order

income in the third quarter has also been satisfactory,

the production capacities of several companies are fully

booked until the end of the year.

Growth was generated across the board with a one-

digit growth rate in North America and two-digit increases

in Europe, South America, Asia and Africa. The demand

for deodorants, which accounts for about 50 per cent

of the total aluminium aerosol can production, was very

lively with an increase of about 16 per cent. Demand for

shaving foams and hair mousses also rose by 13 per cent

and seven per cent, respectively, whereas deliveries to the

hair spray industry stagnated. But growing demand was

not only recorded in the cosmetics sector. Deliveries to the

pharmaceutical and food industries, which have gradually

gained in importance over the last few years, increased as

well. This was also the case for household and chemical

products.

This bright picture is slightly darkened by cost increases in

energy, oil and raw material prices as well as rising labour

costs, the latter also being due to a substantial lack of a

skilled workforce. It has become increasingly difficult in

many countries to find workers who are able to cope with

new technologies and increasing production flexibility

requiring expert knowledge.

Shapes and innovative printing techniques One of the main reasons for the sustained market growth is

the increasing demand for shaped cans in the deodorant

business which has been the key market of the success

story in the last few years. In this context more sophisticated

necking machinery has made full body shaping and more

complex designs possible. In addition advanced emboss-

ing technologies and innovative printing techniques such

as high definition printing, thermotransfer printing, print-

ing of hot foil decoration or special inks for a tactile finish

have further promoted striking designs which lead to shelf

impact and brand recognition.

Aluminium aerosol can producers also successfully

developed new applications for their products in the last

few years. In the body care sector some new products

have gained ground such as suntan sprays, shower gels

or foam soaps. In the oral care market you will find tooth-

paste cans on the shelves. In the food sector, oil, vinegar

and other cooking products are packed in aerosols. And in

the household sector room sprays and pet care products in

aluminium aerosol cans are used.

Due to the buoyant market several aluminium aerosol

can producers worldwide have enlarged their produc-

tion capacities in 2011 and will continue to do so in 2012

because the industry strongly believes in the sustained

success of the product. In this context efficient production

management is needed to keep lead times to accept-

able limits so that customers do not have to consider

alternative packaging due to a lacking availability of

aerosol cans.

Challenges aheadHowever, the success of the industry is no reason to rest on

one’s laurels because there are several challenges ahead

in the coming years.

As far as sustainability is concerned the industry will take

up the challenge to further downgauge the container, to

boost energy efficiency in the production plants and help

to improve the recycling of aluminium aerosol containers,

especially in those countries where recycling rates are still

poor. The vision must be that the material loop is complete-

ly closed and no aluminium goes to landfill anywhere in the

world. In this context Aerobal fully shares the key sustain-

ability messages of the newly founded organisation Metal

Packaging Europe (MPE) saying that metal is a permanent

Spraying dividends

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Aerosol Trends

material which is infinitely recyclable and that the end-of-

life recycling makes under ecological aspects more sense

for metal packaging than the marketing-driven recycled

metal content approach.

Another production technology-related challenge is

that the overall competitive situation of impact-extruded

aluminium aerosol cans might change due to the emer-

gence of new draw and wall ironing (DWI) technologies

such as the vertical body maker ICON-V Drive technology

recently introduced by Schuler and a new technology

developed by Mall + Herlan which has recently presented

the world’s first steel aerosol can made from one piece of

metal. This can is made by using the DWI process on the

company’s new MH Hi-Flex DWI lines. Although these new

technologies, which are based on higher strength alloys,

are as a first step probably mainly aimed at standard cylin-

drical containers of bigger diameters, they may in future

also become a challenge for shaped impact extruded

aluminium aerosol cans in general.

Competition and coatingsOn top of that some major plastic packaging produc-

ers are developing aerosol containers made of PET. True,

they still have some major disadvantages compared to

aluminium cans such as limited resistance to higher pres-

sure and temperature, not resistant to pure Dimethylether

(DME) and pure propane/butane, high permeability of

CO² and worse recyclability. However, the industry is work-

ing on multi-layer solutions which might overcome some

of these disadvantages. So for the moment the use of

plastic aerosols is limited to mousses based on watery solu-

tions and primarily Isobutane as propellant, watery based

products with compressed gasses (eg some air freshen-

ers, shampoos etc), and some niche spray formulations.

However, the aluminium aerosol can industry has to watch

out for this competitor.

With regard to coatings a major challenge will be to

replace polyamide-imid (PAM) internal lacquers, which

are mainly used for containers for hair care products, by

alternative internal liquid or powder coatings. The inclu-

sion of NMP in the candidate list of substances of very high

concern (SVHC) under the REACH regime has already

led to substitution requests by customers. This challenge is

even more demanding as the very widely used substance

bisphenol-A which might be used for alternative internal

coatings has also come under increasing fire in many

countries in Europe. Now France intends to take action

against the substance aiming at banning BPA from all food

packaging as of 2014. If a French ban triggers a worldwide

domino effect, the can industry will be in serious trouble. All

this is likely to affect cosmetics packaging as well because

due to a lack of harmonised European legislation in this

field, customers are likely to resort to the existing food

contact materials legislation.

In the field of printing inks the development of dig-

ital printing based on a computer-to-plate technology is

another objective of the aluminium aerosol can industry in

order to offer more individualised packaging, limited edi-

tion and special event cans. This technology is tailor-made

for small batch sizes where striking graphics and a unique

appearance are key.

Growth potential in growing economiesRecent heavy investments by big cosmetics companies in

growing markets such as South America, Middle America,

Russia and Asia show that there is considerable growth

potential for aluminium aerosol cans. Whereas in rela-

tively saturated markets such as Europe, the US or Japan

growth rates will be limited in the coming years, a booming

demand is expected in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia,

India and China) where per capita consumption of aero-

sol cans is still low. In Europe and North America between

10 and 11 aerosol cans are used per consumer per year.

In contrast to that the per capita consumption in markets

such as China, Brazil, Russia and India is between one and

two cans per year.

The poor consumption of aerosols in the BRIC countries

is not only a matter of lack of buying power of the majority

of consumers in these regions but also general consumer

habits. It is one of the major challenges of big cosmetic

companies to promote the use of aerosols in these markets

in order to make this type of packaging more popular with

consumers. We all know that this will not happen overnight.

However, it is worth trying so that consumers can ben-

efit from the convenience, aesthetics and environmental

advantages that aluminium aerosols provide. ❑

‘ ’As far as sustainability is concerned the industry will take up the challenge to further downgauge the container, to boost energy efficiency in the

production plants and help to improve therecycling of aluminium aerosol containers

Gregor Spengler

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The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (Apeal) held its recent Summit in Košice, Slovakia. Patricia Mobbs, Apeal communications manager, reports on the event

Steel Summit

There is a long tradition of steel making in Eastern

Slovakia. Since the first steel rolling was implanted

there in 1965, to the present day when US Steel Košice

has managed the integrated steel mill in Košice for over

10 years, steel production has profoundly changed the

history and character not only of Košice and its region, but

also of Slovakia.

The steel packaging industry has faced a challeng-

ing competitive environment over the last few years with

raw materials on the rise and steel prices under pressure.

Central Europe however presents potential for a packag-

ing material with the right environmental credentials. And

low recycling rates provide potential gains for sustain-

ability. It was in this light that representatives of the steel

industry, customers, national and local government came

together in September for a conference in Košice. The

conference entitled ‘Steel Packaging: Green Solutions in

Central Europe’ with a clear objective; that of working

together to ensure steel packaging’s long term viability as

a sustainable packaging solution for Central Europe.

“This Summit offers an excellent opportunity for steel pro-

ducers, steel packaging producers and all stakeholders, to

tackle pertinent issues in the Central European Region and

enhance the long term viability of this important industry,”

stated the president of US Steel Košice, David Rintoul, dur-

ing his opening speech. “The Summit offers all of us an

opportunity to improve the process of keeping Central

Europe green.”

The event was co-hosted by Apeal, the European

Association of Producers of Steel for Packaging. Created in

1986, Apeal represents four

major European steel pro-

ducers: Arcelor Mittal, Tata

Steel, Rasselstein GmbH and

US Steel Košice. Together,

these four manufacturers

account for 95 per cent of

Europe’s packaging steel.

That’s 4.8 million tonnes or

the equivalent of 42 billion

cans.

2011 has been a year of

change for Apeal. Since

becoming managing direc-

tor of Apeal at the start of

this year, Philip Buisseret has

supervised the implementation of a new team and a new

focus towards meeting industry challenges head on. One

defined key area of focus for this last year was the Central

European market, where the activities of the association

are somewhat less known than in Western Europe.

Growth and sustainabilityIt was the first time this kind of event has been organised

in Central Europe and it received the endorsement of the

Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic, represented by

Peter Ondrejka, general director of Strategy Section. The

audience also featured local government representatives

from the municipalities of Kosice, Presov and Kechnec. The

guest list was completed with representatives of compa-

nies from across Europe involved in producing, selling or

recycling steel packaging materials.

US Steel Košice vice president commercial, Robert Beltz,

showed the expectation of significant growth in the pack-

aging steel markets of the Slovak and Czech Republics,

Hungary and Poland, where per capita consumption of

tinplate was still only 5kg, compared with an EU average

of 11kg or US average of 15kg per capita.

Philip Buisseret from Apeal demonstrated the sustainable

benefits of steel for packaging, including the recycling

record of steel for packaging, the champion of Europe

compared with other materials. Recycling rates for steel

packaging in Central European countries remain relatively

low. While Slovakia equalled the EU average with 72 per

cent, the recycling rate for Hungary was 70 per cent, 48 for

Poland and 47 for the Czech Republic. Top rates for steel

packaging recycling in Europe are held by Belgium (98 per

cent), Germany (93) and the Netherlands (87).

Philip showed how the sustainability record of steel for

packaging is real and visible, not only through the clear

measurements of recycling rates but also through the life

cycle analysis. He took the opportunity to preview how

A core of steel

36

‘ ’Participants were reminded of the magnetic

nature of steel and the fact that products made of steel can be recycled infinitely

Pictured from left to right: Apeal members Patricia Mobbs, Philip Buisseret, Catherine Jung, Christian Puerschel and Julius Lang

The Summit took place in Košice, Slovakia

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Steel Summit

A core of steel new Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data shows that

between 2005 and 2008 the global warning poten-

tial for tinplate in Europe decreased by nine per

cent while its primary energy demand fell three per

cent. A complete data set will be available shortly

from Apeal.

Representatives of Apeal’s four member compa-

nies had an animated debate on the advantages

of steel both in terms of packaging performance

and in terms of environmental benefit. They reit-

erated the importance of recycling steel, for the

industry and for the environment, and reinforced

the importance of effective collection streams.

Participants were reminded of the magnetic

nature of steel and the fact that products made

of steel can be recycled infinitely. As a magnetic

material, steel is easy to separate from other waste.

With a high energy recycling process there is no

extra energy required for recycling and no nega-

tive effect with food contact, therefore no limits

to recycling steel unlike other competing materi-

als, no effect on foods’ or beverages’ quality or

taste. Participants also learnt how recycling steel

makes immense savings in raw material use and

emissions.

Recycling ratesJohn Clinton, Crown Europe senior vice president

sourcing, represented Metal Packaging Europe

(MPE), the industry body that includes both

steel and aluminium producers as well as can

makers. Clinton highlighted the permanent nature

of steel as a material and its infinite recyclability.

He reminded the audience how metal remains

a permanently available resource, unlike other

packaging materials which cannot be infinitely

recycled without loss of quality and remarked how

downcycling still enjoys the same legal status as the

recycling of steel.

As for metal as a green solution, Clinton came

with a clear message for the audience; “No short

term gain for long term pain,” urging the policy-

makers and decision makers in the audience not to

sacrifice tomorrow for today. “If sustainability is the

goal then metal should be the preferred packag-

ing,” he noted.

In its 2004 directive on packaging, the European

Union sets a target of 50 per cent for the recycling

of metals (steel and aluminium). 70 per cent of

metals are recycled already and MPE has com-

mitted to a more ambitious target – an 80 per

cent recycling rate of metal packaging in the

European Union by 2020. And zero landfill of metal

packaging too.

EducationThere was a clear consensus from all participants

on the need to educate today and motivate the

consumer to secure the position of steel packag-

ing for future generations. It is vital to set targets at

the European Union level and pass the necessary

legislation in the knowledge that national, and

even local requirements for waste collection may

differ. However the motivation of citizens them-

selves, particularly outside the home, to return steel

scrap back to the producers is a valuable part of

the cycle.

The producers are already playing their part. As

such, the Apeal members each gave examples

of local, community and national initiatives they

have undertaken that demonstrate how the steel

for packaging industry is a responsible industry,

involved in local recycling amongst other society

issues.

Regarding legislation, there was a recurrent call

from both customers and policy-makers for simpler

environmental legislation. Both commented that,

as differences between countries diminish due to

enforcement of EU legislation, so legal requirements

should be more consistent with single set of rules for

Europe. This is a position supported by Apeal.

Raising awarenessIt was of immense interest to all how Kosice is pre-

paring for a year in the spotlight as the European

Capital of Culture 2013. Progress is already under-

way on a series of projects aimed at increasing

environmental awareness.

Said Philip Buisseret after the event, “Apeal

has received positive reactions from the countries

involved from both customers and media. Our

customers appreciated our interest in the Central

European countries and market.”

Apeal will continue to increase awareness of

recycling in Central Europe through a number of

projects over 2012. In the meantime, Apeal con-

tinues to develop as the knowledge centre of steel

for packaging in Europe, informing all stakehold-

ers of the unique qualities of steel for packaging

and ensuring that steel’s sustainability message

is heard. ❑

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New powder coating system from Frei Swiss company Frei AG has developed a new 360° pow-der coating system for aerosol cans, tubes and cartridges.

The high-precision, dust-free powder coating technology is designed to protect the inside of monobloc aerosol cans, tubes and cartridges as well as drawn steel food cans.

Rising costs for lacquers con-taining solvents and stricter legal regulations to reduce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) will cause can and tube manufacturers to invest in new technologies.

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New PowderDry system from PaxtonPaxton Products has launched a new PowerDry system in response to widespread efforts to lower energy costs through reduced compressed air usage.

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New Products

Irn-Bru with a kickScottish consumers can now enjoy Irn-Bru with a kick after the launch of the soft drink’s first ever limited edition flavour in cans and bottles.

Fiery Irn-Bru will be available for just 10 weeks and features a shot of secret fiery ingredients that give it a kick.

Fans can look forward to the Irn-Bru taste they know and love – with the excitement and inten-sity of some added fire. The cans have been produced by Rexam and were designed by an agen-cy called Keen & Able.

Former AG Barr chairman

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Irn-Bru is available across Scotland in 330ml cans and bottles.

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The Underberg Group, best known for its digestif bitters, has brought Sangrita Picante to market.

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Ball Packaging Europe’s 15cl drinks can is being used for a spicy soft drink sold on Airberlin’s German domestic flights.

Sangrita Picante is made from aromatic tomatoes, fruity citrus concentrate and hot spices – and is best served chilled. Ball’s slim can is light, unbreakable and easy to transport, the ideal choice for on-flight catering.

“Being non-alcoholic, Sangrita not only excels as a spicy pick-me-up, but as an ingredient in cocktails and even for pepping

Small can for spicy airline drinks

New Harvest soups from Campbell’sCampbell Soup Company has introduced four new flavours to Campbell’s Select Harvest range. The soups in cans are inspired by unique, local cuisines from some of the most flavourful regions in the US. These soups represent four of the nearly three dozen new products Campbell is introducing in its US Soup and Simple Meals business.

The new, regionally-inspired varieties capture the essence

of some of the country’s most popular culinary traditions, rep-resenting three of the top 10 cui-sines found on American menus: New England, the Southwest and New Orleans. The four new Select Harvest varieties include: Southwest-Style Potato, Cheese & Green Chilies soup; Creole-Style Chicken with Red Beans & Rice soup; Southwest-Style White Chicken Chili Soup; Light New England-Style Braised Beef Pot

For further information visitwww.campbellsoupcompany.com

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360º Powder Coating for Aerosol Cans and Tubes

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

Aerosol Manufacturing Equipment

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 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 Anilox Cleaning Systems

Flexo Concepts100 Armstrong Rd, Suite 103PlymouthMA 02360, USATel: +1 508 830 9506Fax: +1508 830 0277E-mail: [email protected]: www.flexoconcepts.com

Anilox Coating Systems

Anilox Metering TechnologyUnit NM10, The New Mill,George Street, MilnsbridgeHuddersfieldHD3 4JD, UKTel: +44 1484 652 680Fax: + 44 1484 652 228E-mails: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]: www.aniloxmt.com

ANILOX SUPPLIES/ ANILOX WORLDWIDE

Sole Suppliers of Hayneswood Coating SystemsAmericas and AsiaSteve [email protected]: +1 831 464 3445 Fax +1-831 464 3445UK and EuropeDeborah [email protected]: +44 161 620 5337 Fax +44 161 621 5974

Bailing Machines

Sargiani SpAVia Farnesiana 8429100 PiacenzaItalyTel: +39 0523 615 250Fax: +39 0523 593 938E-mail: [email protected]: www.sargiani.com

Base Reforming Machines

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

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

Beading Units

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

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

Ruey I Machinery Co Ltd No 173 Sec 1 Kong Pu RoadWu Chi DistrictTaichung 435Taiwan Tel: +886 4 2639 7261-2 Fax: +886 4 2639 7263E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.rueyi.com.tw

Body Makers D+I

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

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

Codi Manufacturing Inc.14352 W 44th AvenueGoldenCO 80401, USATel: +1 303 277 1542Fax: +1 303 271 3894E-mail: [email protected]: www.codimfg.com

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


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To advertise, contact Victoria Deakins on +44 1474 532202. Fax: +44 1474 532203Email: [email protected] Buyers guide

XETERA (Thailand) Co Ltd1/8, TFD Industrial Estate, Moo 5Tambon Thasa-anAmphur, Bang Pakong,Chacheongsao Province 24130Thailand Tel: +66 38 578 512-4Fax: +66 38 578 520E-mail: [email protected]

Can Decorating Equipment

Intercan Group Ltd38 Burners Lane, Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes , MK11 3HB, UKTel: +44 1908 270041Fax: +44 1908 270043E-mail: [email protected]: www.intercan.co.uk

Can & Double Seam Testing 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

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

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

Can Line Control Systems

KON-TEK Automation405 Street N:8 PınarbaiIzmir, TurkeyTel: +90 232 479 10 10 pbxFax: +90 232 479 91 91E-mail: [email protected]: www.kontekotomasyon.com.tr

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 Machines and Complete Lines

Lin Der Sheng Can Making Machinery

Co LtdNo.135, Puu-ne street, Yen-her LiChang Hua City, Taiwan, ROCTel: +886 4 7118143Fax: +886 4 7116487Web: http:/can-making.comE-mail: [email protected]

Sargiani SpAVia Farnesiana 8429100 Piacenza, ItalyTel: +39 0523 615 250Fax: +39 0523 593 938E-mail: [email protected]: www.sargiani.com

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

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

Stuurman BVPO Box 35 1520 AA WormerveerThe NetherlandsTel: +31 75 6283551Fax: +31 75 6286037E-mail: [email protected]: www.stuurmanbv.com

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

Can Seamer Manufacturer

Varin Food Machinery Co Ltd57/22 Moo 5, Soi Thamsiri,Bangna-Trad Rd KM 26 T BangsaothongA Bangsaothong, Samutprakarn 10540ThailandTel: +662 708 5522Fax: +662 708 5528E-mail: [email protected]: www.varinfood.com

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

Bonfiglioli Engineering SpAVia Rondona 3344049 Vigarano PieveFerrara, ItalyTel: +39 0532 715 631Fax: +39 0532 715 625E-mail: [email protected]: www.bonfiglioliengineering.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 K/SSødalsparken 118220 Brabrand, DenmarkTel +45 86 26 5677Fax +45 86 26 5678E-mail: [email protected]: www.innoscan.dk

SenconNorth, Central & South America Tel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected], Middle East, AsiaTel: +44 1905 827800 Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected] (3-Piece)English, Español Tel: +34 937 54 95 26Français Tel: +33 1 76 64 12 87Deutsch Tel: +49 30 87333-3807Fax: +34 937 54 96 87E-mail: [email protected] (3-Piece)English Tel: +63 2 696 6965Fax: +63 2 696 6159E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com



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Email: [email protected] guide Can Testing Equipment

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

Versatile Technology2 Industrial AvenueNotting HillVictoria 3168, AustraliaTel: +61 3 9548 8983Fax: +61 3 9548 8958E-mail: [email protected]: www.versatiletechnology.com.au

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

Can Tooling Services

Seal Precision Co Ltd57/33 Moo 5, Soi ThamsiriBangna-Trad Rd KM 26, T BangsaothongA Bangsaothong, Samutprakarn 10540, ThailandTel: +662 708 5585Fax: +662 708 5755E-mail: [email protected]: www.varinfood.com

Can Trimmers

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

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

Cincinnati Industrial Machinery4600 N Mason-Montgomery RoadMason, OH 45040, USATF Phone: (800) 677-0076Tel: +1 513 923 5601Fax: +1 513 923 5694E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cinind.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 HamburgGermanyTel: +49 40 833910Fax: +49 40 83391220Web: www.alfons-haar.deE-mail: [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 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

Bortolin Kemo SpACorso Lino Zanussi 34/b33080 Porcia (PN)ItalyTel: +39 0434 922 010Fax: +39 0434 921 733E-mail: [email protected]: www.bortolinkemo.com

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

Rainer Naroska Engineering GmbHIm Hengstfeld 19 32657 LemgoGermanyTel: +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 SpringsCO 80916, USATel: +1 719 355 2600Fax: +1 719 596 3019Operation Manager: Mike SimonsonE-mail: [email protected] [email protected]: www.liebpt.com

Wallram GmbHSchuermannstrasse 4045136 EssenGermanyTel: +49 201 89 63 660Fax: +49 201 89 63 630E-mail: [email protected]: www.wallram.de



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Buyers guide Coating Machines

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

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

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

Lance Machinery Co LtdNo 640-1, Sec 2, Jhanghe RdHemei TownshipChanghua County 508, TaiwanTel: +886 4 736 1632Fax: +886 4 736 1693E-mail: [email protected]: www.lancecoater.com

Miotto Este spaVia Talamoni, 420861 Brugherio talyTel: +39 0392 878 284Fax: +39 0398 84 594E-mail: [email protected]: www.miottoeste.it

Coating Machines Bottom Rim

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

Coatings, Lacquers, Varnishes Coatings, Lacquers, Varnishes

AkzoNobel Packaging CoatingsASIA PACIFICTel: +86 21 5774 5700 Ext. 3280Fax: +86 21 3352 8503E-mail: [email protected]: +33 232 96 43 03Fax: +33 2 35 78 38 20E-mail: [email protected] AMERICATel: +1 440 297 5603Fax: +1 440 297 5549E-mail: [email protected] AMERICA: Akzo Nobel LtdaAv.dos Estados, 482609220-900 Santo Andre - SP Brazil Tel: +55 11 4463 9052Fax: +55 11 4463 9053E-mail: [email protected]

Internorm Kunststofftechnik GmbHRobert-Bosch-Str 549401 DammeGermanyTel: +49 5491 9691-0Fax: +49 5491 9691-10E-mail: [email protected]: www.internorm.de

Schekolin AGIndustriestrasse 3FL 9487 Gamprin-BendernPrincipality of LiechtensteinTel. +423 375 75 75Fax +423 375 75 76E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.schekolin.com

North America: The Valspar Corporation Packaging Coatings Group2001 Tracy StreetPittsburgh, PA 15233, USATel: +1 412 766 9300Fax: +1 412 766 4517Web: www.valsparpackaging.comE-mail: [email protected] America: The ValsparCorporation LtdaEstrada dos Casa, 5050Bairro AlvarengaSão Bernardo do CampoSP 09840-900, BrazilTel: +55 11 4358 9224Fax: +55 11 4358 9228Europe: The Valspar (Switzerland) Corporation AGIndustriesstrasse 9, CH-8627Gruningen, SwitzerlandTel: +41 44 936 7777Fax: +41 44 936 7778Asia: The Valspar (Singapore) Corporation Pte Ltd6 Tuas Avenue 8639221 SingaporeTel: +65 6862 0261Fax: +65 6862 0186

Coil Handling Systems

ASC Machine Tools Inc900 N Fancher RoadSpokane, WA 99212, USATel: +1 509 534 6600Fax: +1 509 536 7658E-mail: [email protected]: www.ascmt.com

Hengli CNC Technology Co, Ltd9 Huishan Road, Mogan Mountain Economic Development Zone, Deqing, Zhejiang Province, China 313200Tel: +86 572 8832016+86 572 8832000Fax: +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

Complete Can Lines (Three-Piece)

Gebrüder Leonhardt GmbH & Co KGBlema KircheisErdmann-Kircheis-Strasse 13-15D-08280 Aue, GermanyTel: +49 3771 278 221Fax: +49 3771 278 241E-mail: [email protected]: www.blema.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








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

Complete Can Making Lines (Three-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 Can Lines (Two-Piece)

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]

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


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

Complete Can Making Lines (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


Gebruder Leonhardt GmbH & Co KGBlema KircheisErdmann-Kircheis-Strasse 13-15D-08280 Aue, GermanyTel: +49 3771 278 221Fax: +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


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

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

Compound Driers


Container Presses

HEILBRONN Container Presses LtdWannenäckerstr 3674078 Heilbronn, GermanyTel.: +49 7131 296 82Fax: +49 7131 296 64E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.heilbronn-container.com

Container 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 Drive, ColumbiaMD 21044, USATel: +1 410 531 4000Tel: +1 800 638 6014



Buyers guideTo advertise, contact Victoria Deakins on +44 1474 532202. Fax: +44 1474 532203Email: [email protected]

Grace Davison Materials & Packaging Technologies62 Whittemore Ave, CambridgeMA 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 403.00

www.grace.com

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

Goudsmit Magnetic Systems B.V.PO Box 18, Petunialaan 19NL-5580 AA Waalre, The NetherlandsTel: +31 40221 3283Fax: +31 40221 7325E-mail: [email protected]: www.goudsmit-magnetics.nl

Conveyors: Plastic Belting & Chain


Copper Welding Wire

Sims CopperP2123 Precinct 2, Jalan FZ1-P2Port Klang Free Zone/KS 42920 Pulau IndahSelangor, Malaysia Tel: +603 6205 4588Fax: +603 6205 4688 Mobile: +6016 550 0844 / +6016 710 0844 E-mail: [email protected]: www.simscopper.com

Curler 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

D&I Canmaking Systems

Schuler Pressen GmbH Bahnhofstrasse 4173033 Göppingen, GermanyTel: +49 7161 66 540Fax: +49 7161 66 659E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.schulergroup.com

D&I Can Tooling

QUALITY &RELIABILITY

International Container SupplyCustomer Service – USA7333 Paragon Road, St 100Centerville, OH 45459, USATel: +1 937 291 0228Fax: +1 937 291 0236E-mail: [email protected]: www.icscangroup.netCustomer Service – China Tel: +86 137 05 288211E-mail: [email protected] Service – MexicoTel: +52 5555 779087E-mail: [email protected] Service – ThailandTel: +66 86 558 3033E-mail: [email protected]


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

D&I Cup Tooling



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

Decorators for 2-piece Beverage

UnimaQ LtdUnit 2, Pinfold LaneLlay South Industrial EstateLlay, Wrexham LL12 0PX, UKTel: +44 1978 855 558Fax: +44 1978 855 573Mobile: (+44) 7720 468 309E-mail: [email protected]: www.unimaq.co.uk

Design Engineering & Installation

NDH GroupGrosvenor Business TowerTECOM C, 15th Floor, Office # 1503, Dubai, United Arab Emirates PO Box 450477, Dubai, UAETel: +971 4 4347225Fax: +971 4 4347226E-mail : [email protected]: www.ndhgroup.com

Domers/Bottom Formers

Pride Engineering, Inc9401 73rd Avenue North, Suite 200Minneapolis, MN 55428, USAE-mail: [email protected]: www.pridecan.com

Domers & Dome Stations


Double Sheet Detection

SenconNorth, Central & South America Tel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected], Middle East, AsiaTel: +44 1905 827800 Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected]






Double Sheet Detection

Europe (3-Piece)English, Español Tel: +34 937 54 95 26Français Tel: +33 1 76 64 12 87Deutsch Tel: +49 30 87333-3807Fax: +34 937 54 96 87E-mail: [email protected] (3-Piece)English Tel: +63 2 696 6965Fax: +63 2 696 6159E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com

DRD Can Making Equipment


DRD Can Making Equipment

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

Drying Ovens


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, 420861 Brugherio, ItalyTel: +39 0392 878 284Fax: +39 0398 84594E-mail: [email protected]: www.miottoeste.it

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

Easy Open End Manufacturing Machinery


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

Easy Open Ends

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

Global Ends SAPoligono Industrial de CeutiC /Rio Mundo 3E-30562 Ceuti (Murcia), SpainTel: +34 968 687 840Fax: +34 968 687 684E-mail: [email protected]: www.globalends.com

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

Easy Open End Repair Coat System

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

Easy Open End Testing Equipment


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


Easy Open & Peel-off Membrane Ends

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

End Bags, Kraft

Stonehouse Paper & Bag Mills LtdLower MillsStonehouseGlos GL10 2BD, UKTel: +44 1453 822173Fax: +44 1453 822174E-mail: [email protected]



To advertise, contact Victoria Deakins on +44 1474 532202. Fax: +44 1474 532203Email: [email protected] Buyers guide End Compound Liners

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

World HeadquartersW. R. Grace & Co. - Conn7500 Grace DriveColumbia, MD 21044, USATel: +1 410 531 4000Tel: +1 800 638 6014Grace Davison Materials & Packaging Technologies62 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 403.00

www.grace.com

End Line Balancers & Balancer Trays

Clevertech Industrial AutomationVia Brodolini 18/A42020 Cadelbosco (RE), ItalyTel: +39 0522 911 330Fax: +39 0522 911 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.clevertech.it


End Roll Palletizers & Depalletizers



End & Tab Conversion Tooling

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

Adena Tool Corporation4201 Little York RoadDayton, OH 45414, USATel: +1 937 890 8428Fax: +1 937 890 0723E-mail: [email protected]: www.adenatool.com


International Container SupplyCustomer Service – USA7333 Paragon Road, St 100Centerville, OH 45459, USATel: +1 937 291 0228Fax: +1 937 291 0236E-mail: [email protected]: www.icscangroup.net

Customer Service – China Tel: +86 137 05 288211E-mail: [email protected] Service – MexicoTel: +52 5555 779087E-mail: [email protected] Service – ThailandTel: +66 86 558 3033E-mail: [email protected]

Micromec SrlVia Palermo 3720090 Assago (MI), ItalyTel: +39 02 488 8611Fax: +39 02 488 86133E-mail: [email protected]: www.micromec.com

End Testing Equipment


End Testing Equipment


Ovec Systems Ltd5 Brown Street, CoatbridgeNorth Lanarkshire ML5 4ASScotlandTel: +44 1236 710680Fax: +44 1236 710747E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ovec.co.uk


End Wrapping/Unwrapping


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

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

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






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



Ruey I Machinery Co Ltd No 173 Sec 1 Kong Pu RoadWu Chi DistrictTaichung 435, Taiwan Tel: +886 4 2639 7261-2 Fax: +886 4 2639 7263E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.rueyi.com.tw

General Machining

T&G Engineering CoUnit 1, 14 Camphill Industrial EstateCamphill Road, West Byfleet,Surrey KT14 6EW, UKTel: +44 1932 353 228Fax: +44 1932 349 692Mobile: +44 0 7951 156 870E-mail : [email protected] : www.tgengineering.co.uk

Induction Curing & Drying Systems

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/TeckGermanyTel: +49 7021 5790Fax: +49 7021 417 60E-mail: [email protected]: www.sprimag.de

Inside Spray Control


Inside/Outside Spray Machines


Sprimag Spritzmaschinenbau GmbH & Co KGHenriettenstrasse 9073230 Kirchheim/TeckGermanyTel: +49 7021 5790Fax: +49 7021 417 60E-mail: [email protected]: www.sprimag.de

Inspection Systems

ALTEK Company89 Commercial Boulevard PO Box 1128TorringtonCT 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 Hamburg, GermanyTel: +49 40 6898 870Fax: +49 40 6898 8729E-mail: [email protected]: www.ibea.de


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


Leak Detection






Wilco AGRigackerstr 11CH-5610 WohlenSwitzerlandTel: + 41 56 618 4343Fax: +41 56 618 4344E-mail: [email protected]: www.wilco.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 Road , LynchburgVA 24502-4203, USATel: +1 434 239 0358Fax: +1 434 239 1964E-mail: [email protected]: www.belvac.com



Line Installation & Maintenance

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

Lubrication Technology

Chemtool IncorporatedContainer Technology Group8200 Ridgefield Road, PO Box 538Crystal Lake, IL 60039-0538, USACall Today! Bob Mack or Mike WintersTel: +1 815 459 1250Fax: +1 815 459 1955E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.chemtool.com/ctg

Lug Cap Manufacturing Lines





Sargiani SpAVia Farnesiana 8429100 Piacenza,ItalyTel: +39 0523 615 250Fax: +39 0523 593 938E-mail: [email protected]: www.sargiani.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

Magnetic Decorator Cylinders

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: [email protected]: www.tdwright.com






Metal Decorating Equipment


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

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 Stuttgart, GermanyTel: +49 71169971-0Fax: +49 711 69971-670E-mail: [email protected]: www.kba-metalprint.de

Miotto Este spaVia Talamoni, 420861 Brugherio, ItalyTel: +39 0392 878 284Fax: +39 0398 84 594E-mail: [email protected]: www.miottoeste.it

Metal Decorating - Delta Dampening Systems

Epic Products International Corporation2801 E. Randol Mill RoadArlington, Texas 76011, USATel: +1 817 640 3037Fax: +1 817 633 3085E-mail: [email protected]: www.epicproducts.com

Metal Decorating Equipment (Hoe Printing Press)

Perm Machine & Tool CoPO Box 6609660 Industrial DriveSt John, Indiana 46373, USATel: +1 219 365 5000Fax: +1 219 365 4847E-mail: [email protected]: www.permmachine.com

Metal Decorating Inks

DIC Coatings – SpainPoligono Ind El Campillo II, Parcela 548500 Gallarta Vizcaya, SpainTel: +34 946 361 999Fax: +34 946 363 451E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.diccoatings.comDIC Coatings – UKUnit 10, Hermes RoadGillmoss Industrial EstateLiverpool L11 0ED, UKTel: +44 151 548 1134Fax: +44 151 548 0649E-mail: [email protected] Graphics CorporationDIC Building7-20, Nihonbashi 3-chomeChuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8233, JapanTel: +81 3 5203 7788Fax: +81 3 3278 0684E-mail: dic-chemicoat@ mc.dic.co.jpWeb: www.dic.co.jpSun Chemical Zao, RussiaAeroportovskaya Street 14140150, BykovoRamenski Area, Moscow Region, RussiaTel: +7 495 933 13 03Fax: +7 495 933 13 09Sun Chemical do Brasil LtdaAvda Justino de Maio, 140Guarulhos, Sao Paulo 07222-000, BrazilTel: +55 11 6462 2500Fax: +55 11 6462 2527

Sun Chemical Mexico SA de CVAlce Blanco No 20 Esq Calle 9 Col. Sta María Nativitas53370 Naucalpan de Juárez, Edo. De México, MéxicoTel: +55 5333 2200Fax: +55 5373 4705PT DIC GraphicsJL. Rawagelam III Blok II L. Kav 8-9Kawasan Ind. Pulogadung Jakarta13012 IndonesiaTel: +62 21 461 3525Fax: +62 21 461 3524DIC Graphics (Thailand) Co LtdWijan, 159 Sammit Bldg., 21 Soi Asok, Sukhumvit 21 RdNorth Klong Toei, WattanaBangkok 10110, ThailandTel: +66 2 260 6630 7Fax: +66 2 260 6641 2 Shanghai DIC Ink Co Ltd (Shanghai DIC)3888 HuMing Road201108 Shanghai, ChinaTel: +86 21 64890888Fax: +86 21 6489 0688

INK Maloberti S.r.l.via Torino 1120032 Cormano (MI), ItalyTel: +39 02 6630 2772Fax: +39 02 6630 2096E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.inkmaloberti.it

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


Wallram GmbHSchuermannstrasse 4045136 EssenGermanyTel: +49 201 89 63 660Fax: +49 201 89 63 630E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.wallram.de

Necking Machines

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, W Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.canlinespares.com


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




Buyers guide Oven Loggers


Palletizing Equipment

Goudsmit Magnetic Systems B.V.PO Box 18, Petunialaan 19NL-5580 AA WaalreThe NetherlandsTel: +31 40221 3283Fax: +31 40221 7325E-mail: [email protected]: www.goudsmit-magnetics.nl

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


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

Goudsmit Magnetic Systems B.V.PO Box 18, Petunialaan 19NL-5580 AA WaalreThe NetherlandsTel: +31 40221 3283Fax: +31 40221 7325E-mail: [email protected]: www.goudsmit-magnetics.nl

Parting Machines

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

Peelable Membrane Ends

O. KLEINER AG - Flexible PackagingSchützenmattweg 26CH-5610 Wohlen, SwitzerlandTel.: +41 56 618 47 00Fax: +41 56 618 47 01E-mail: [email protected]: www.okleiner.chWeb: www.canpeel.com

Peelable Membrane Ends Machinery



Peel Off Aluminium Membrane 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


Peel Off Membranes

Amcor Flexibles Singen GmbHAlusingen-Platz 178221 SingenGermanyTel: +49 7731 80 4E-mail: [email protected]: www.amcor.com

Photopolymer Printing Plates

7OGUNSeven-Ogun International670 Lakeview Plaza Blvd, Suite KWorthington, Ohio 43085, USATel:+1 614 888 8939Fax: +1 614 888 8938 E-mail: [email protected]: www.sevenogun.com

Production Assistance & Maintenance

NDH GroupGrosvenor Business TowerTECOM C, 15th Floor, Office # 1503, DubaiUnited Arab Emirates PO Box 450477Dubai, UAETel: +971 4 4347225Fax: +971 4 4347226E-mail : [email protected]: www.ndhgroup.com

Refurbished Equipment

World HeadquartersW. R. Grace & Co. - Conn7500 Grace DriveColumbia, MD 21044, USATel: +1 410 531 4000Tel: +1 800 638 6014Grace Davison Materials & Packaging Technologies62 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 403.00

www.grace.com







Scores & Embossing Tooling


International Container SupplyCustomer Service – USA7333 Paragon Road, St 100Centervillem OH 45459, USATel: +1 937 291 0228Fax: +1 937 291 0236E-mail: [email protected]: www.icscangroup.netCustomer Service – China Tel: +86 137 05 288211E-mail: [email protected] Service – MexicoTel: +52 5555 779087E-mail: [email protected] Service – ThailandTel: +66 86 558 3033E-mail: [email protected]

Micromec SrlVia Palermo 3720090 Assago (MI)ItalyTel: +39 02 488 8611Fax: +39 02 488 86133E-mail: [email protected]: www.micromec.com

Scroll Dies

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


Micromec SrlVia Palermo 3720090 Assago (MI), ItalyTel: +39 02 488 8611Fax: +39 02 488 86133E-mail: [email protected]: www.micromec.com

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

Scroll Shears/Press Automation


Sealing Compounds

World HeadquartersW. R. Grace & Co. - Conn7500 Grace DriveColumbia, MD 21044, USATel: +1 410 531 4000Tel: +1 800 638 6014Grace Davison Materials & Packaging Technologies62 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 2154678

EuropeGrace GmbH & Co. KGIn der Hollerecke 167547 Worms, GermanyTel: +49 6241 403.00

WAKOL FORECO SRLVia Kennedy 7520010 Marcallo con CasoneMilan, ItalyTel: +39 02 976 1939Fax: +39 02 972 53021E-mail: [email protected]: www.wakolforeco.it

Seaming Chucks & Rolls


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

Seaming Machines

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


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

Seam Protection Systems and Curers for Welded Cans

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

Sensor Technology


Shaping

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




Sheet Coating Control


Sheet Feed Presses




Sankyo America IncPO Box 4338, 10655 State Route 47SidneyOH 45365-4338, USATel: +1 937 498 4901Fax: +1 937 498 4338E-mail: [email protected]: www.sankyoamerica.com

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

Sheeting Lines

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

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

Shell Tooling

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



Slitter Equipment

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

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

Stretch Forming Machines


Thermal Oxidizers

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


Training & Commissioning

NDH GroupGrosvenor Business TowerTECOM C, 15th Floor, Office # 1503, Dubai, United Arab Emirates PO Box 450477 , Dubai, UAETel: +971 4 4347225Fax: +971 4 4347226E-mail : [email protected]: www.ndhgroup.com

Turnkey Can Making Lines







Turnkey Can Making Lines

Soudronic AGIndustriestrasse 35CH-8962 Bergdietikon, SwitzerlandTel: +41 44 743 66 66 Fax: +41 44 743 66 999E-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

Turnkey Project Management

NDH GroupGrosvenor Business TowerTECOM C, 15th Floor, Office # 1503, Dubai, United Arab Emirates PO Box 450477, Dubai, UAETel: +971 4 4347225Fax: +971 4 4347226E-mail : [email protected]: www.ndhgroup.com

Twist Off Caps


Two- and Three-Piece Printing Blankets

7OGUN Seven-Ogun International670 Lakeview Plaza Blvd, Suite KWorthington, Ohio 43085, USATel:+1 614 888 8939Fax: +1 614 888 8938 E-mail: [email protected]: www.sevenogun.com

Used/Refurbished End Equipment

Stuurman BVPO Box 35, 1520 AA WormerveerThe NetherlandsTel: +31 75 6283551Fax: +31 75 6286037E-mail: [email protected]: www.stuurmanbv.com

Used/Refurbished Equipment

Can Making Solutions SLCorredera San Marcos 37 3oB23700 Linares (Jaén), SpainTel: +34 953 606 375Fax: +34 953 691 857 E-mail: [email protected]: www.canmakingsolutions.com

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

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

Stuurman BVPO Box 35, 1520 AA Wormerveer,The NetherlandsTel: +31 75 6283551Fax: +31 75 6286037E-mail: [email protected]: www.stuurmanbv.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


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 420861 Brugherio, ItalyTel: +39 0392 878 284Fax: +39 0398 84 594E-mail: [email protected]: www.miottoeste.it

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

UV Curing Equipment

GEW (EC) LimitedKings Mill Lane, South NutfieldRedhill, Surrey RH1 5NB, UKTel: +44 1737 824 500Fax: +44 1737 823 822E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.gewuv.com


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


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

UnimaQ LtdUnit 2, Pinfold LaneLlay South Industrial EstateLlayWrexham LL12 0PX, UKTel: +44 1978 855 558Fax: +44 1978 855 573Mobile: (+44) 7720 468 309E-mail: [email protected]: www.unimaq.co.uk

Vacuum Pumps & Vacuum Systems

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


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Wagner Coater Parts

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

Washer Mats & Belts


Washers for Cans


Cincinnati Industrial Machinery4600 N Mason-Montgomery RoadMason, OH 45040, USATF Phone: (800) 677-0076Tel: +1 513 923 5601Fax: +1 513 923 5694E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cinind.com

VMI Holland BVGelriaweg 16, 8161 RK EpeThe 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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International Container SupplyCustomer Service – USA7333 Paragon Road, St 100CentervilleOH 45459, USATel: +1 937 291 0228Fax: +1 937 291 0236E-mail: [email protected]: www.icscangroup.netCustomer Service – China Tel: +86 137 05 288211E-mail: [email protected] Service – MexicoTel: +52 5555 779087E-mail: [email protected] Service – ThailandTel: +66 8 6 558 3033E-mail: [email protected]

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

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Perm Machine & Tool CoPO Box 6609660 Industrial DriveSt JohnIndiana 46373, USATel: +1 219 365 5000Fax: +1 219 365 4847E-mail: [email protected]: www.permmachine.com


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Fast Drinks is a unique company that is producing self-

heating containers for hot drinks specially designed

to be filled and heat-treatment processed after

heating module assembly.

The company’s headquarters are based in Venta de

Baños (Palencia), Spain. We also have a production facility

in Villarejo de Órbigo (León) and a technical and develop-

ment department in Barcelona, where I am based.

We launched a project for developing a new self-heat-

ing can for hot drinks in 2005. After carrying out a study that

looked at previous attempts, we focused on trying to make

the process easier.

The markets that we mainly focus on include con-

venience, mass events, emergency needs, humanitarian

assistance, etc.

Experience and challengesComing from a background in food and packaging in

Gallina Blanca I started Fast Drinks as co-founder and

partner in 2005. I did this alongside enterprising friends who

had backgrounds in private

label instant coffee production

in Spain.

They had an idea for self-

heating cafe latte and I

have developed, patented,

designed and started up our

own production facilities.

Once we are growing as a

business I’m preparing for a

big scale launch. I also plan to

design facilities that will allow

for easy installation worldwide,

anytime, anywhere.

All other creative projects

I’ll keep inside my magic hat.

I believe that the metal pack-

aging industry has to improve

to be competitive against

other packaging types. The industry must continue to think

of ways to diminish environmental impact. Innovating for

new applications is also key, and this is something which

we are doing.

During the recession we have suffered less than other

sectors because we have no real competitors in this spe-

cial market segment. We offer a product which is unique

and provides a solution for thousands of people who love

having a hot drink ready whenever and wherever they

want.

Key customersWe have recently launched other applications from origi-

nals (cappuccino, chocolate, consommé, tea and cof-

fee), like mushroom, tomato or oriental chicken soups in

Holland. We are also set to launch Hot Wine with special

recipes in Germany and other Northern European coun-

tries. Germany seems to be particularly keen on new ideas

and developments.

Self-heating has a long history of applications in differ-

ent technologies. But for those related to Calcium Oxide

as our technology is, we can point to past experiences of

Ontech in the US, Thermotics for Nescafé in the UK or Kita

Sangyo in Japan.

Heating is as simple as joining water and Calcium Oxide

but knowing how to take advantage of this heat, well

that’s our job!

We are especially interested in working with big compa-

nies to explore if they could add a self-heating application

to their product portfolio.

Branching outUp until now, we have reached 20 countries. These include

Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Japan, Bulgaria, Turkey,

Russia, Guatemala, Cyprus and Egypt. The actual core of

our business is in France, Germany, UK and United Arab

Emirates.

We are continuously improving our quality standards

while growing and fighting to be better and faster.

During Metpack there was a lot of talk about the impor-

tance of innovation and technological advancements

within the industry. Although our intelligent can design

didn’t win the award for the best innovation I believe that

it’s a great example of an innovative and new application

in the metal packaging industry.

We are proud of being specially focused self-heating

technology can manufacturers, as we think there is a big

future.

The world is moving to “on the go” consumption and our

2GO can is perfect for that. This company is open to B2B

projects all around the world. ❑

Industry Interview

Candid (adj.truthful and straightforward; frank)

Santi Canela, partner and technologymanager, Fast Drinks

If you would like to be

featured in the Candid

column, or you know

someone who would,

please contact

Alec Peachey.

Email:

[email protected]

Tel: +44 1474 532 202


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