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Can TechI N T E R N AT I O N A L
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18 Used & refurbished equipment Richard Piper takes a closer look at the pros and cons of new versus used or refurbished equipment
20 Metal decoration Carmon Madison, offset and metal decorating specialist at Pacesetter USA, looks at roller technology
22 Seaming Seaming can be a complex process, so how do you ensure that things continue to run as efficiently as possible? Evert van de Weg investigates
24 Seaming James Wilkinson, seaming business manager at CMB Engineering, gives us his top tips when it comes to the double seaming process
March 2014
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30 Inspection & testing systems Richard Piper talks to the experts in the field of inspection and testing, an area of vital importance to the industry
33 Ram technology Solving a costly lubrication problem has triggered unexpected productivity improvements, says Georg Bartosh, president of Intech Corporation
37 Handling & conveying Richard Piper speaks with Tom Spangenberg, business unit director of Fleetwood GoldcoWyard (FGWA), about developments in the field of handling and conveying
41 Buyers Guide
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38 Equipment News The latest machinery and equipment for the can line
39 New Products New cans and ends in the market place
40 Filling Focus Russ Phillips updates readers on the canned craft beer market in the US and reviews the best cans and beers
58 Candid Graham Fenton, chairman of The Can Makers, talks to Candid following his re-election
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12 Soft Drinks The soft drinks market is evolving in response to consumer demands for innovation, growing interest in health and sustainability concerns. Industry expert Helen Lewis reports
16 Beverage Cans: Taiwan and China Consumption of canned beverages in China has grown each year for more than a decade, as rising incomes and the growing market for beer and carbonated drinks has lifted demand for two-piece drinks packaging
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CanTech International March 2014 5
elcome to the March edition of CanTech
international magazine. With Metpack and
Interpack coming up fast, preparations are
underway here to ensure the CanTech stand is bigger and
better than ever before!
We have some exciting plans this year, so look out for
something a little different.
We are aware that a lot of you will be present at the
events, so please do send us your news and press releases
ahead of time for inclusion within our upcoming preview.
As always, we are very interested to hear your latest
updates and developments.
On to this issue, and we have an impressive line up for
you as always. Our cover story this time takes a look at
the canned drinks marketplace. Industry specialist Helen
Lewis looks at how the canned drinks market is evolving in
response to consumer demands for innovation, growing
interest in health and sustainability concerns.
She says: “Carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) in the US
have gone to pot and there are predictions that vol-
ume sales will fall by one per cent between 2013 and
2017. Beverage can producers such as Crown, however,
believe they have the innovative spark to bring life back
to the soft drinks market. Brands are crying out for support
to make their soft drinks stand out in a crowded market-
place, and packaging suppliers and designers are in a
prime position to meet this demand.” Turn to page 12 for
the full story.
Exciting things to come…
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James Peterson Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Affairs at
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Simon Jennings Owner and advisorof Nomis Consultancy
Robert Gary Executive VicePresident Global Solutions forStolle Machinery Company
Adrian Long Global Account Manager, CMB Engineering (retired)
Atit Bhatia Senior Vice Presidentat Hindustan Tin Works
Gordon Shade Chief ExecutiveOfficer of the European Metal
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On the technical side of things, we also have features
on inspection and testing and used and refurbished equip-
ment – the latter of which takes a look at the importance
of making the right decision when it comes to choosing
between new or used machinery.
There is a lot to consider before making a purchasing
decision and the experts in this field aim to bring you some
practical advice to help you spend your budgets wisely.
Can you afford to cut back on the very equipment that
enables you to make money? And is it the right thing to do
so? In an economic climate such as this, companies the
world over who are looking to replace machinery have a
tough decision to make – do they bite the bullet and buy
brand new, or do they look to the used and refurbished
market?Take a look at the full article from page 32 to find out
more. We also have a section looking at developments in
can seaming, starting on page 22, and regular columnist
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World News
Rexam invests in jointR&D venture
News and views from the metal packaging industry
Rexam PLC has announced it has taken an equity stake in Magna Parva Packaging (MP Packaging) to help develop new technologies for its beverage can making process. MP Packaging is part of Magna Parva, a UK based advanced engineering and research and development company.
Recognised by the UK Government for sustainable inno-vation in packaging, Magna Parva has built a significant intellectual property portfolio since its forma-tion in 2005. The joint venture will apparently enable Rexam to har-ness the specialist expertise gained in the company’s aerospace and defence sectors and apply this to the can making business.
The technology pipeline for MP Packaging is looking at disruptive technologies in metal forming to
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The North American Metal Packaging Alliance (NAMPA) has reported that there is significant new evidence to support the safety of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA).
The new peer reviewed study,
FDA research may support BPA safetyconducted by regulatory scien-tists at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), was accept-ed for March publication in the journal Toxicological Sciences. The study also helps to debunk the urban myth that low doses of BPA such as those that people might
be exposed through food pack-aging can cause a variety
of adverse health effects. Conducted by 12 scien-
tists with the FDA, and fund-ed by FDA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the study fed BPA to pregnant rats throughout gestation and to the offspring pups for an additional 90 day period. The pups that were exposed to relevant doses showed no signs of health effects.
FDA officials, speaking to Environmental Health News, stated: “The study reported no effects of BPA at any dose, except at the very highest levels, and is consistent with the FDA’s current position that BPA is safe at the very low amounts that occur in some foods.”
Dr John M Rost, NAMPA chair-man, added: “In yet anoth-er example of comprehensive research performed by experts at FDA, specifically to address con-cerns about health effects from low exposures to BPA, this latest work reinforces BPA’s safety.
“What these scientists found should hopefully dispel the myth that BPA causes obesity, dia-betes, heart disease and other health effects.”
Industry representatives, includ-ing Nespresso, Audi, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetra Pak, have put forward criteria for a global standard for sustainable aluminium production.
The standard is part of the IUCN-led Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), whose aim is to foster responsible environmental, social and governance perfor-mance throughout the entire alu-minium value chain.
70 criteria were proposed by representatives from 14 compa-nies that are part of the initiative and reviewed by delegates from 13 civil society organisations with expertise in issues relevant to the aluminium industry. The criteria are now open for public consultation.
“Bringing together so many different perspectives is an incred-ibly enriching experience,” said
Global standard forsustainability in aluminium
Giulia Carbone, deputy director of IUCN’s Global Business and Biodiversity Programme.
“This first proposal clearly shows that, despite different opinions, everybody agrees that there is the need to develop a common language to promote and further strengthen sustainability in the aluminium industry.” The standard will apply to all stages of alumini-um production and transformation and comment will be welcomed.
The ASI is currently supported by 14 companies, including aluminium primary producers and transformers (Aleris, Constellium, Hydro, Novelis and Rio Tinto Alcan), conver-tors (AMAG/Constantia Flexibles, Amcor Flexibles, Ball Corporation, Rexam and Tetra Pak) and com-mercial and consumer goods suppliers (Audi, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Nespresso).
The International Metal Decorators Association (IMDA) has announced that this year – for the first time – there will be a ‘Craft Cans’ category in its annual Quality Awards.
Each year the IMDA conducts a Quality Contest to recognise the skillful achievements of the metal decorating industry. Entries from around the globe are judged in a variety of categories, with the best entry given the Grand Award.
CraftCans.Com has partnered with the IMDA to roll out the first ever awards for craft can design. Entry is free and is open to all printed can designs from any craft brewery.
IMDA and CraftCans.Com announce Craft Can design contest
further drive lightweighting and reduce energy consumption dur-ing manufacture.
“We are delighted to partner with Rexam and are excited at the possibilities we can achieve together,” said Andrew Bowyer, commercial director of MP Packaging. “We are confident that by leveraging our experience from other design and manufacturing environments, our engineers can deliver game changing solutions.”
Dr Lisa Carroll, director of tech-nology at Rexam, added: “This move is fully in line with our stated objective to increase our focus on innovation. The new partnership will be a key element in our plans to ensure Rexam is at the forefront of can making and that we can support our customers in their need for cost effective, innovative and sustainable packaging.”
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World News
Vision Experts selects Henko as Asia sales partnerVision Experts has appointed Henko Incorporated as its new exclusive sales partner for its print inspection solutions for metal decorated sheets.
Henko conveniently reaches out to the Asia region with its Head Office in Singapore and offices in Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Shanghai and Bangkok. It provides services such as line system integration, equipment installation and commissioning, maintenance services and service calls.
Eddie Heng, owner of Henko, said: “We have been looking for a long time for a print inspection solution for our customers in the can making business. Vision Experts offers the best and most power-ful solution and already has great success in Europe and in the US. The VE 4000+ METAL inspection sys-tem is an important product for us.”
Ball Corporation has reported full-year 2013 net earnings attributable to the corporation of $406.8 mil-lion (including after tax charges of $82.8 million).
On a comparable basis, Ball’s full-year 2013 results were net earn-ings to the corporation of $489.6 million, compared to $483.0 million, in 2012.
“Though worldwide eco-nomic conditions have not changed materially, we have adapted well by effectivelymanaging our asset base, lever-aging our customer relationships to capture growth in key markets,
Ball 2013 results show improvement
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and implementing programmes to drive efficiencies and improve results,” said John Hayes, chair-man, president and chief execu-tive officer. “Speciality can growth in the Americas, improved cost management in our global pack-aging operations and solid pro-gramme execution in our aero-space operations led to results that exceeded our expectations.”
Fourth quarter 2013 net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation were $124.5 million on sales of $2.0 billion, compared to $60.6 million on sales of $2.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Hindustan Tin Works Q3 resultsHindustan Tin Works Ltd has report-ed its quarterly profit and revenue numbers, with a 67.2% jump in net profit before tax for the quarter ended 31st December 2013.
The company saw net sales of 79.69 cr. for the third quarter, compared to 61.40 cr. for the corresponding period last year – thereby showing an increase of 29.8%. This is the highest Q3 figure the company has achieved so far.
Pre-tax profits were up on the previous year by a massive 67.2%.
Paris packaging event a successThe 8th edition of the Aerosol & Dispensing Forum was held together with the 10th edition of PCD (Packaging of Perfume Cos-metics & Design) on 5-6 February 2014 at the Espace Champerret in Paris.
The event took stock of the lat-est advances in packaging in the areas of hygiene, beauty, health, food, technical products, decora-tion and much more.
Over 3,873 participants, includ-ing 220 corporate exhibitors, from 66 countries attended the event – an increase of 14% compared with the previous show.
INX and CTI announcecollaborationINX, a provider of inks for beer and beverage cans, and Chromatic Technologies (CTI), a manufac-turer of speciality inks such as ther-mochromic, photochromic, ‘Re-veal’ and security inks, are set to join forces.
The two companies will continue to be owned and operated independently and ne-gotiate separate long-term supply agreements. The announcement follows CTI’s launch of its ‘High Ve-locity Inks’ after three years of re-search and development.
Proposed changes to AkzoNobel’s Supervisory BoardThe Supervisory Board of Akzo-Nobel has announced proposed changes to its membership that will be discussed at the company’s Annual General Meeting of Share-holders on 29 April.
Antony Burgmans is to be put forward for re-appointment. Fol-lowing this the Supervisory Board intends to elect Mr Burgmans as chairman to succeed current chairman Karel Vuursteen.
Britvic UK has implement-ed Videojet’s new 1620 UHS, CLARiSOFT and CLARiNET software to increase production line speed by 30 metre/minute.
A long-time trusted partner of Videojet, Britvic UK looked to the next generation of machines at its Rugby manufacturing facility in order to meet the increasing pro-duction demands of the beverage industry.
The 1620 UHS is claims to be over 40% faster than its existing printers, allowing operators greater flexibility to run faster or print more content, increasing the line speed by 25% to 150 metre/minute and increasing the size of the print char-acter from 7x4 to 7x5 – all without compromising print quality.
Paul Ash, maintenance techni-cian at Britvic UK, commented: “We now choose to clean the printhead once a week, at a con-venient time when there is no pres-sure from the line being down.
Due to high print makeup and ink volumes, ink lasts three to four
days, maybe more. There is no mess. No problems.”
Once installed, the 1620 UHS printer coded in excess of 23 million codes at the soft drinks site, all produced without the printhead requiring a clean.
The integrated core consolidatesthe printer’s key ink system compo-nents into one part, enabling the 1620 UHS to perform up to 14,000 hours between planned mainte-nance or approximately 19 months for around the clock operations.
Britvic implements high speed printer
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World News
Coating line supplier KBA-MetalPrint and Sensory Analytics have announced that they will co- operate on coating quality management.
The SpecMetrix inline coating thickness measurement system is to be installed at KBA-MetalPrint coat-ing lines. It is hoped that this will ensure coating quality and allow them to operate more economically.
Continuous inline inspecting via a monitor will enable the operator to read film weights and check if the thickness falls outside the specified operating window.
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The winner of the British Aerosol Manufacturers’ (BAMA) Awards 2013 – Unilever – has announced that its winning product format is to be extended. It has proved successful not only in an industry award but, most importantly, with consumers.
The compressed aerosol can tech-nology, which caught the attention of the BAMA judging panel, making it the Aerosol of the Year 2013, is to be extended across its entire range of male deodorant brands.
BAMA concentrates much of its attention as a trade association on
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innovation and effort that makes for greater sustainability, whether this be recycling, material use or product efficiency.
Unilever, a member of BAMA, intro-duced its compressed technology in February 2013, with the simple con-sumer proposition ‘lasts as long with less packaging’. Unilever’s range of compact aerosols within the Sure, Dove and Vaseline brand ranges created 16 new products.
The launch of the range meant 50% less propellant gas and 25% less aluminium per can, 35% reduc-tion in transport emissions and
53% more products on a pallet. As a result of these changes, Unilever has low-ered its carbon footprint by 25% on average. The move has already saved around 77 tons of aluminium and 12 million compressed cans have been sold to date. The BAMA judges said it was “innovative and a superb example of sustainability”.
BAMA’s chief executive, Dr John Morris, said: “We congratulate Unilever on this further move towards even greater sustainability in the aerosol sector. It is exactly this kind of inno-vation that highlights the creativity of the aerosol industry and why they won the Aerosol of the Year.”
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the CSD crown. This size continued to grow faster than the category as a whole, up 21% on 2012. CSDs in the impulse sector showed the strongest performance, as on the go consumption continued to rise in popularity, up 3%.
Across the board, the rate of smaller pack growth overtook larger multipacks, with single can sales and four packs both up 7%.
In grocery multiples, where 87% of can sales were in multipacks, 10 packs continued to be the fastest growing pack size.
Graham Fenton, chairman of the UK Can Makers, commented, “I am delighted that the can mar-ket has topped 9.5bn. It shows that the drinks can remains a pack of choice for brewers and soft drink companies, retailers and consum-ers alike. It’s a real achievement in a year which has lacked the stimulus of big sporting events and saw the UK still suffering from tough econ- omic times.”
The Can Makers, the body repre-senting the UK manufacturers of beverage cans, has revealed a strong second half for 2013, boost-ing the UK drinks can market to over 9,590 million empty can deliveries for the whole of 2013, up 2.2% on 2012.
Within the beer and cider cate-gory, empty can deliveries were up by almost 5%, bringing the total to 4,440 million. According to Nielsen, though the lager and ale markets were relatively flat, the market for cider in cans increased by 11%. For cider, smaller can multipacks were particularly popular, with four packs increasing by 8%, accounting for over a quarter of the market.
Within the overall sector, the smaller sized cans, eg 33cl, increased by 10% and larger multi-packs also performed well.
The CSD market saw 5,149 million empty cans delivered, up margin-ally on 2012. According to Nielsen, 50cl cans, driven predominantly by energy drinks, remain the jewel in
UK beverage can market tops 9.5bn
Trac Measurement Systems Ltd (TMS) and Trac Americas Inc (TAI) will now operate as a stand-alone Measurement Group called Torus Group, ena-bling it to focus on further devel-opment of its measurement product and service offering.
The company’s main site, based in Telford in the UK, and the Denver Colorado site in the US are set for expansion to facil-itate planned growth. The work force across both sites
will be expanded, as will the TMS programme of new product introduction. Torus Group will also be embark-ing on a strategy of developing their global service and support organisation to provide extended local support in key areas.
The change will take effect as of 31 March 2014, when Trac Measurement Systems will become Torus Measurement Systems and Trac Americas will become Torus Americas.
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New facility for INX in the UKINX International UK officials are set to host an opening event at its new manufacturing facility in Heywood, England, on 16 April. The largest dedicated two-piece ink structure outside the United States reflects the company’s effort to accommodate expand-ed business in the beer and bev-erage can market throughout Europe and the Middle East. “This new facility, along with our site in
Charlotte, North Carolina, shows our long term commitment to the metal decorating industry and our customers globally. It has been an important part of our company’s business for over 50 years,” says Rick Clendenning, president and CEO of INX International Ink Co.
INX broke ground on the new complex in March 2012. At 40,000 square-feet, it is 75% larger than the building it replaces in Rochdale.
As part of Nampak’s continuing strategy of expanding its African footprint, the company has acquired ownership of the Alucan beverage can plant in Agbara, Nigeria.
The plant has the capacity to manufacture one billion cans per annum and boasts the latest technology to supply Nigerian con-sumers with world-class beverage cans for beer and carbonated soft drinks. Nampak is the sole owner and operator of the recently com-pleted plant, which will initially operate under the name Alucan Packaging Ltd trading as Nampak Bevcan Nigeria.
André de Ruyter, incoming CEO of Nampak, said: “We are very proud of this acquisition, which plays a pivotal part in our African growth strategy. Working with our multinational customers, we are excited about part- icipating in the high economic growth rates experienced in Nigeria to satisfy increasing consumer demand for high- quality packaging products across the African continent”.
Nampak to expand within AfricaNampak currently has opera-
tions in 12 African countries, out-side of South Africa.
These operations have been generating revenue of almost $278m each year.
Alucan operates an eight colour, two-piece single aluminium bever-age can-making line in Agbara, Lagos, that serves the carbonated soft drinks, malt and beer industries in Nigeria.
The plant has the capacity to accommodate a second line, doubling its capacity to two billion cans per annum, once demand has grown as expected.
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Carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) in the US have gone
to pot and there are predictions that volume sales
will fall by one per cent between 2013 and 2017.
Beverage can producers such as Crown, however, believe
they have the innovative spark to bring life back to the soft
drinks market. Brands are crying out for support to make
their soft drinks stand out in a crowded marketplace, and
packaging suppliers and designers are in a prime position
to meet this demand.
Have CSDs lost their sparkle?The British Soft Drinks Association said in late 2013 that the
soft drinks industry needs to drive value to consumers by
staying relevant to them and to find new ways of delivering
value to keep costs down. This call for action and innova-
tion is not surprising considering some of the latest market
figures, which indicate that the hotly-anticipated shift in
consumer attitudes to premium drinks, juices, smoothies
and CSDs is now having a perceptible impact on value
and volume sales. According to Canadean, the UK car-
bonates bubble popped in 2012, recording a volume
decline for the first time in four years.
Euromonitor International predicts that CSD volume sales
in the US will fall by one per cent by 2017. Euromonitor also
projects that their long-term future is bleak given consumer
health concerns.
As part of its fourth-quarter earnings release, PepsiCo
announced that its Americas beverage volume declined
two per cent in the quarter and three per cent for the full
year. Dr Pepper Snapple revealed similar results: beverage
volume declined two per cent in the fourth quarter and
two per cent for the full year.
Soft Drinks
The soft drinks market is evolving in response to consumer demands for innovation,growing interest in health and sustainability concerns. Industry expert Helen Lewis reports
Has the bubble burst in soft drinks
and can cans save the day?
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Soft Drinks Soft Drinks
Could falling demand for 12oz cans be halted by innovation using natural sweeteners?Ball Packaging says falling US demand for standard-sized
12oz drinks cans is linked to the performance of soft drinks
and has questioned whether new natural sweeteners
in 2014 can halt the slide (such as the new 2B Sparkling
launched in early 2014 using Purefruit Natural Sweetener in
Rexam’s 12oz cans). The company’s full year 2013 results,
announced on 30 January 2014, revealed sales down
2.35 per cent at $8.5bn. John Hayes, CEO of Ball Packaging,
blamed CSDs for softness across Ball’s liquid consump-
tion business and questioned whether the soft drinks
industry can really strive to arrest these declines they’ve
been having.
Rich Grimley, president and CEO, Rexam BCNA, explains
how 2B’s choice of aluminium can packaging will benefit
its brand and business: “Our 12oz can draws attention on
store shelves by providing the best in colourful, reflective
graphics, as well as delivering superior recycling, filling,
distribution and retail display economics.”
Caroline Archer, marketing and key account director,
Crown Bevcan Europe & Middle East, believes that cans
offer brands the opportunity to both add value and stay
relevant in the market, whether that entails being able to
distinguish their products on increasingly busy retail shelves,
explore new innovations that offer an enhanced drinking
experience or continue to address consumer concerns
such as the demand for sustainability.
Promising future for premium beveragesIt seems Caroline is not alone in her positive outlook for the
future. In the US, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has waxed
lyrical about the company’s first endeavour into CSDs.
Q1 2014 sales of $4.2bn (+12 per cent year on year) have
been reported, with consolidated operating income up 29
per cent and growth in three core territories.
Discussing Starbucks’ in-store innovation, Schultz identi-
fied “premium, hand-crafted, cold-carbonated beverag-
es” as products that could drive food attachment as a key
area of interest and innovation for the multinational, after
successful tests in Atlanta, Austin, Japan and Singapore.
“This category is by far the fastest-growing segment
of the $140bn global carbon-
ation industry and results
of tests we conducted
in select US and Asian
markets last summer
exceeded our most
optimistic expectations,”
said Schultz.
There are opportuni-
ties for CSD brand
owners to follow this
pattern and build
on interest in pre-
mium, hand craft-
ed beverages.
The role of packaging in emerging markets’ drinks sec-
tors is becoming more important thanks to their growing
middle classes, who are attracted to brands and packag-
ing design when making purchase decisions.
What can the can providers do?Ever-changing consumer trends continue to impact the
beverage market and brands are looking to companies
like Crown, Rexam and Domino to provide innovative
new solutions that help address these needs and adapt to
market conditions.
According to Archer at Crown, one such innovation has
been the XO Reclosable end, designed to bring a new
level of convenience to consumers on the move. The new
beverage solution allows consumers to open and close
their favourite beverage cans as needed – easily and
intuitively – thanks to a unique two-step-operation. After
reclosing the tab, the consumer can be confident that it
will safely contain and preserve the beverage and its car-
bonation for future drinking freshness. What’s more, fillers
are able to run the XO Reclosable end on filling lines with
minimal adjustments, and the end can also be implement-
ed using standard seaming equipment, allowing brands to
integrate this next generation technology without signifi-
cant investment.
Archer reports demands for greater flexibility in terms
of package size on store shelves, and works closely with
brands to explore unique can sizes as a way to differen-
tiate their products and respond to different consumer
preferences. Archer says: “As consumers’ lives become
more hectic and fast-paced, for example, the introduction
of new slimmer cans offer beverage brands an eye-catch-
ing format to attract consumers looking for single-serve
beverages. Those same sizes also differentiate nutritional,
portion-controlled or low-calorie drinks.
“At the same time, we help brands explore packaging
drinks in larger can sizes – such as for energy drinks –
where the bigger can is an ideal option because it holds
multiple servings.”
“Over the past year we’ve noticed that a number of
companies working in the beverage sector are focusing
more on traceability and brand protection, as there are Caroline Archer, marketing and key account director,
Crown Bevcan Europe & Middle East
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more cases of counterfeit products being sold
by wholesale traders outside agreed distribu-
tion territories,” says Nick Plaister, CIJ product
director at Domino Printing Sciences. “Can
producers are aware of the potentially
damaging effects counterfeiting can have on
a brand’s image, which is why we are getting
more enquiries about our anti-counterfeit mark-
ing solutions that facilitate full traceability of our
clients’ products.
“Domino’s coding solutions play a versatile
role in the beverage sector, because not only
do they help businesses conform to tracea-
bility requirements and national standards,
but they also tie in with security and brand
management.”
Another trend Domino has noticed is that
the average number of characters printed
onto cans has increased signifi-
cantly. In the past, the expiry date
was the only code you would
find on beverage products, but
now customers are trying to fit in
more information, such as batch
numbers and traceability codes.
Rexam announced in February
2014 that it has taken an equity
stake in Magna Parva Packaging
(MP Packaging) to help devel-
op new technologies for its
beverage can making process.
MP Packaging is part of Magna
Parva, a UK based advanced
engineering and research and
development company.
The joint venture will enable
Rexam to harness the specialist
expertise gained in the company’s
aerospace and defence sectors
and apply this to the can making
business. The technology pipeline
for MP Packaging is looking at disrup-
tive technologies in metal forming to further drive
lightweighting and reduce energy consumption
during manufacture.
“We are delighted to partner with Rexam
and are excited at the possibilities we can achieve
together”, said Andrew Bowyer, commercial director
of MP Packaging. “We are confident that by leveraging
our experience from other design and manufacturing
environments, our engineers can deliver game changing
solutions.”
Dr Lisa Carroll, director of technology at Rexam, added:
“This move is fully in line with our stated objective to
increase our focus on innovation. The new partnership
will be a key element in our plans to ensure Rexam is at
the forefront of can making and that we can support
our customers in their need for cost effective, innovative
and sustainable packaging.” ❑
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Soft Drinks
A closer look at juices…Volume sales of not-from-concentrate (NFC) juices are
rising, while from-concentrate has fallen 6 per cent YOY
according to Kantar data – entirely due to a decline
in own label. UK consumers are snubbing from con-
centrate juices due to perceptions about health and
quality. Own label products are also suffering from an
image problem, with concerns from consumers that
quality is preferable to quantity when it comes to juice
drinks.
The juice market is synonymous with plastic/PET and
cartons in the UK, but there is growing interest in cans,
says Lawrence Mallinson, MD at James White Drinks. Big
Tom (spicy tomato juice) was introduced in a 15cl can
at the end of 2013 specifically for the airline industry.
Mallinson explains: “This is our first ever canned prod-
uct; we normally pack Big Tom in glass bottles (25cl
and 75cl) and we have other products packed in PET
and Tetra Pak (under the Beet It and James White
brands). The can is currently being supplied throughout
Scandinavia to SAS, Tuifly and Norwegian Airways, in
addition to some retail outlets.” In the UK, James White
Drinks will also be supplying EasyJet later this year.
The contract sees James White Drinks supplying at
least one million units annually to the airline industry.
“The deal enabled us to pack in 15cl mini cans for
the first time. This opens up the airline market for Big
Tom as well as offering us fantastic new opportunities
in the travel and hospitality world. Big Tom sales have
grown every single year for the past 15 years, but this
really gives the Big Tom brand a significant boost,” says
Mallinson.
The company will also launch its Big Tom Spiced
Tomato Juice in a 15cl can at Hotelypmia, for use in
hotel mini bars at the end of April 2014.
Gearing up for the summer, soft drinks producers will
be hoping to replicate the surge in sales witnessed by
bottled water brands during last year’s heat wave, and
cans can optimise their advantages. Cans, of course,
chill faster than other packaging materials, making
them the ideal format for on-the-go consumption in
the summer. Innovations such
as Ball Packaging Europe’s
new ink that only appears
in sunlight, allowing manu-
factures to include secret
messages on alumin-
ium cans, will also help
capture consumer atten-
tion during the summer
months.
Switching to cans and
using a smart ink or intelli-
gent packaging technolo-
gy to encourage shoppers
to take a product from a
shelf will be a smart move
for soft drinks brand owners
keen to buck the down-
ward trend and appeal to
an entirely new audience.
Domino has noticed that theaverage number of characters printed onto cans has increased significantly
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Great China Metal Industry owns three two-piece can
plants in China, Chiang explained, and holds an indirect
investment in a two-piece can plant in Nanjing, capital of
Jiangsu Province. Three of the beverage can factories are
installed with two two-piece can lines while the other plant
has a single line.
In addition, Great China operates two plants in China
making three-piece drinks cans and also owns a two-piece
can plant in Jinan, capital of Shandong Province.
In Chongqing city in western China, Great China is
joint owner of Chongqing United Can Co, a joint venture
plant set up with Toyo Seikan of Japan in 2008. This plant is
equipped with a reconditioned line capable of producing
1,200 cpm, that Toyo Seiken supplies from its Hokkaido
plant in northern Japan.
Chiang noted that the Chongqing plant produces
350ml two-piece cans in 211 and 413 sizes to fill with
carbonated drinks and beer. Chongqing United Can
supplies the expanding surrounding western China market
and clients in far-flung northwest China.
Local competitors include the Baoyi Steel two-piece
steel can plant, owned by Chinese steel company and
tinplate maker Baosteel, in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan
Province.
Most of the cans produced in Chongqing are filled with
carbonated beverages, with drinks companies in the area
including Pepsi Cola and Coca – Cola, along with many
No longer confined to major cities,
consumption of canned beverages is
growing in second and third tier cities, and
surrounding areas, as newer drinks such as energy
drinks and various teas gain rapidly in popularity.
This rapid increase in canned drinks consump-
tion has generated large investment in China’s
two-piece can manufacturing sector, as local
and foreign companies set up new plants to gain
market share.
Currently, more than 65 lines making two-piece
cans are estimated to be installed or are under
installation in China, most of them producing
aluminium beverage cans. With several new two-
piece can lines still to be commissioned, the number
of new lines installed during the past few years has already
created a production overcapacity that observers believe
could take some time to clear.
“For China, the drinks can market this past year has
been very competitive,” commented Chiang Ching-Yee,
chairman of Taiwan-headquartered Great China Metal
Industry Co Ltd. “There are a lot of beverage can suppli-
ers in China. Can makers are mostly local, state-backed
companies like Cofco, Baoyi and Beijing ORG; also, some
private companies are setting up two-piece can plants.
“In the past few years there have been a lot of bever-
age can plants built. China is now at overcapacity. We
don’t know what will happen, but China’s canned drinks
market is growing every year.”
Currently, two-piece can lines capable of producing an
estimated 50 billion cans a year are thought to be installed
across China, where actual beverage can demand is
thought to be about 25 billion cans annually.
Beer and carbonated drinks are the main beverages
currently being filled in aluminium cans, while special herb-
al teas are increasing being filled, including Wang Lao Kai,
which was originally filled in three-piece format.
“Everyone hopes it will take two or three years for the
current 25 billion drinks can per year market to increase to
50 billion, as the can making equipment is already there,”
Chiang said. “To grow from 50 billion to 100 billion two-
piece cans a year, one forecast asserts that it could take
10 years.”
Beverage Cans: Taiwan and China
Consumption of canned beverages in China has grown each year for more thana decade, as rising incomes and the growing market for beer and carbonated drinks
has lifted demand for two-piece drinks packaging. David Hayes reports
China anticipates strong growth
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Chiang Ching-Yee, chairman of Great China
Metal Industry Co Ltd
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Beverage Cans: Taiwan and China Beverage Cans: Taiwan and China
small Chinese breweries.
Great China’s Hwadong United Can
Co plant was the first can plant the com-
pany helped establish in China. Chiang
explained the Hwadong plant is, in fact,
privately owned by the founding family
of Great China Metal Industry Co Ltd.
Opened in 1991 the plant is installed
with two two-piece can lines, with the
combined capacity to produce one bil-
lion cans per year.
“Some of our plants supply customers a
long way off, but usually they are within a
500km to 600km radius,” Chiang said.
The wholly-owned Shanghai United Can
Co plant is Great China’s other mainland
two-piece production facility. Opened in the
mid-1990s, the plant is equipped to produce 1.6
billion cans per year.
The factory is installed with a single front end line with two back ends to
produce 330ml cans. In addition, the plant is equipped with a front end
and a single back end that produces 500ml beer cans.
“In China, most two-piece cans used are 330ml and 500ml; but a lot of
PET bottles are used in China – it’s a headache this trend to PET bottles,”
Chiang commented. “Some of our cans are eight-colour for tea drinks,
while beer cans are simpler designs. Our Jinan plant produces eight-
colour cans.
“The beer can market is still growing in China,” he continued.
“Currently the beer can to beer bottle ratio is still low, but it is changing
now. Transportation in China is very expensive and with glass bottles you
must recycle them.
“The government says glass bottles have a two year life, but it’s expen-
sive to return them for re-use. Also, it’s more expensive to transport bottled
beer to customers, as aluminium cans are lighter weight.”
Apart from China, Great China also owns a factory in Ho Chi Minh City
in Vietnam that manufactures can ends. The plant is equipped with two
end-making machines – one producing 200 diameter ends, the other
making 401 and 502 diameter ends.
“The can ends are mostly for the Vietnamese market; some are shipped
to Southeast Asian countries, back to Taiwan or to Japan,” Chiang said.
Meanwhile, competition for Taiwan’s two-piece can market remains
tough, as consumption of canned beverages has remained flat for the
past few years.
Four can makers produce two-piece beverage cans in Taiwan, where
a total of seven aluminium can lines are in operation.
Three of the lines are owned by Great China, which supplies about one
third of Taiwan’s current 1.5 billion cans per year two-piece market.
The company’s Miaoli plant is installed with three two-piece can lines, a
DRD steel can line and machinery to make PET bottle closures.
The firm’s Taipei factory is equipped with three soldering lines and other
facilities to produce three-piece cans in various sizes and shapes, while
the Taoyuan plant produces can ends and PET bottles.
Great China’s high speed 1,600 cpm line is used to make 350ml two-
piece cans, while the Miaoli plant’s 1,200 cpm line is used to produce
250ml stubby cans. The company’s other two-piece line is slower and runs
at 500 cpm, mainly making 500ml cans.
The beverage can industry in China is strong indeed, and as long
as demand continues to rise, Great China Can Co Ltd will seemingly
continue to move along with it as demand dictates. ❑
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inspected and returned to original or better specifica-
tions, according to Michael Reinert, engineer manager at
the firm.
“The bodymaker is then built to the customers’ speci-
fications for the products or product range to be manu-
factured. The remanufacture includes all new or reman-
ufactured components and guarding, which improve the
safety and housekeeping of the factory. The benefits are
machines built to unique customer specifications at a cost
saving of about 25 per cent.”
Reinert’s views on remanufactured versus new equip-
ment are also interesting to note. He said: “New includes
hidden costs for training and inventory of replacement
maintenance components. Remanufactured machines
can be configured to be familiar for the maintenance and
operation of the bodymaker. Building the remanufactured
bodymaker with familiar components reduces the train-
ing associated with some new machine purchases, and
when proper remanufacturing of a bodymaker is done, it
includes a warranty that is very similar to new.”
It seems, then, that the used or refurbished route is cer-
tainly attractive in terms of capital outlay. However, you
do have to question whether the savings outweigh the
benefits of buying a brand new machine.
In the long runAccording to Gary Alexander, president of CFM, some-
times it is better to buy new machinery, but not always.
He says that the final decision is generally related to local
labour costs and that lead times for delivery for used
equipment are generally shorter than for new machinery.
“Where technology has not changed in a long time and
a fully rebuilt used machine is of the same specifications
as the new machine being considered, but the price is less
than half of the cost of new, yet warranty is identical to
new, in this case, why would you buy new?”
Derrick Straka, regional sales director at KBA Metalprint,
says that compared to used machines, new equipment
is sometimes worth the investment. “Used machines can
outphased control systems that cannot be purchased as
spare parts anymore, and have no guarantee on function-
ality (eg printing quality), etc. Refurbished machines on the
other hand are a good alternative to new machines when
The phrase ‘in the current climate’ is often associated
with so-called hard times. You rarely hear this when
economies are booming, that’s for sure, and so it
has come to be associated with periods of time when
belt-tightening is the order of the day.
However, can you afford to cut back on the very
equipment that enables you to make money? And is it
the right thing to do so? In an economic climate such as
this, companies the world over who are looking to replace
machinery have a tough decision to make – do they bite
the bullet and buy brand new, or do they look to the used
and refurbished market?
The outlayAs with so many things in business, it comes down to
money. It is a fact that used and refurbished equipment is
far more cost effective than buying new, and is therefore
something to consider carefully.
Mark Lietz, of AMJ Industries Inc, said: “The most com-
mon benefit of buying used or refurbished machinery is
the ability to realise desired production outputs from a
machine that costs a fraction of new.”
This is a good point. Used or refurbished doesn’t neces-
sarily mean decreased production or quality, and that is a
factor that is well worth taking into account.
OKL, as an example, uses the description of remanu-
factured, not refurbished, when it comes to bodymakers.
The company does not sell used bodymakers unless
they are completely remanufactured. The machines are
dismantled to the frame and all critical dimensions are
Used & Refurbished Equipment
Richard Piper takes a closer look at the pros and cons of new versus used or refurbished equipment
Out with the old?
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Properly rebuilt machines can often offer identical output compared to new
machines at 70 per cent of the cost’‘
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Used & Refurbished Equipment Used & Refurbished Equipment
budget restrictions apply.”
It really depends on your individual operation as
to what level of investment you need to consider.
For example, if you have members of staff who
are technical experts, they may be qualified and
experienced enough to maintain and repair a used
machine. If you do not have access to such skilled
staff, perhaps a refurbished, rebuilt or brand new
piece of kit would be better suited to your business.
False economies?So, are used and refurbished machines to be con-
sidered a false economy in the long run, and would
it simply be more beneficial to buy from new?Lietz thinks that in terms of used machines the
argument could be made, but he would say that
the answer to this is quite subjective, because if a
can maker has the wherewithal to properly service
and maintain a used machine, the return on said
machine could be quite good.
“If the false economy question is raised to a
refurbished or, more appropriately, a totally rebuilt
machine, then the simple answer would be ‘no.’
Properly rebuilt machines can often offer identical
output compared to new machines at 70 per cent
of the cost. This is not always the case, as sometimes
the desired output and efficiency of a machine is
not possible with a rebuilt machine as the technol-
ogy is too new, but when the desired output and
efficiency can be achieved with a rebuilt machine,
the can maker is better served, economically, by
pursuing the rebuilt option.”
Alexander points to a different consideration.
“Sometimes it is a false economy to buy used or
refurbished machines. However, most times it saves
a great deal of capital dollars to incorporate used
machines. A good example of when it is a better
investment buying used over new is when the buyer
has a low cost of labour.”
Performance vs. priceWhen considering purchasing equipment it is very
important to manage your expectations before
you commit to buy. While used and refurbished
machines may offer savings on capital investment,
ask yourself whether they are truly fit for purpose
in their current incarnation and whether the per-
formance will be exactly what you need it to be.
Technologies, as we know, move very quickly, and
a new machine may offer far better results with
regard to output and productivity because of a
technological advance that a used or refurbished
one does not have. Whether you expect this or not
is something you will have to decide upon.
Reinert, of OKL, says: “The buyer of remanu-
factured equipment should define the expecta-
tion before the purchase is made. When properly
remanufactured, the performance should meet the
expectations of the customer.”
If risk of performance is an issue, a rebuilt machine with warranty
may offset your concerns ’‘Lietz, of AMJ, adds that performance is always
to be questioned where used equipment is con-
cerned. “That is why sales are often made with
terms: ‘as is.’ As with any transaction, risk mitigation
is a critical point. When a can maker buys a used
machine they assume some risk, and in return for
that assumption of risk they are rewarded with a
substantially lower price than new. If the risk of per-
formance is a big concern for a can maker, then
a rebuilt machine, with warranty, can obviously
offset this risk, especially by guaranteeing that the
machine will run.”
Things to bear in mindBuying equipment is one of the biggest outlays you
will face, without a doubt. Be sure of what you need
to achieve before you sign on the line and you will
seldom go far wrong.
Alexander has some solid advice on what you
should consider. He says: “Always inspect used
machinery before purchase and know the reputa-
tion of the used machinery dealer with which you
are doing business.
“Be specific about the scope of the refurbish-
ment, if any, to be performed. There any many
definitions of refurbished. Make certain your
definition of the term agrees with the dealer’s
definition of the term.”
Straka agrees, advising that potential buyers
should seek out the most reputable second hand
dealers possible, or indeed go directly to the man-
ufacturers themselves. This way you are giving your-
self the best possible chance of satisfaction.
When it comes down to it, it’s common sense that
will prevail. If you weigh up your options, look at the
numbers and make a truly considered purchase,
how far wrong could you go? ❑
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to swell and misting. High-speed rollers require minimal
drag while turning through the nip points. Less pressure
means less heat, swell and misting. Since the rubber com-
pound is responsible for physically transferring ink to the
plate, the durometer of the rubber compound will impede
or enhance the ink transfer at the nip.
In addition, the rubber compound can affect the
amount of pressure required to set a given nip width.
Higher durometer rollers, on one hand, require more
energy to create a nip but create heat and impede the ink
flow through the decorator. Rollers with a lower durometer,
on the other hand, require less energy to create a proper
nip setting. Less energy creates less mechanical pressure.
Bottom line: the amount of energy depends upon the
durometer of the compound.
CoresThe heart of a roller is the core. Core material and con-
centricity will determine the quality of a roller. For a roller
to be concentric, all parts of that roller must be made and
kept true to the centre. The original centre is machined into
the core when it is manufactured; the rubber is applied
and built to the same centre, ensuring the concentricity
of the core to the rubber. Cores should be concentric
within .001in TIR (total indicated run out), or the decorator
will experience detrimental machine harmonics by
generating heat. Unlike a tyre that needs balancing, cores
cannot be balanced to correct the issue. Rollers that are
not concentric are considered defective.
Tolerance of the bearing bore can be a huge issue. The
tolerance must be kept close to ensure that the bearings
do not spin within the bore. When bearings spin within
the bore, the spun bearing generates heat exponentially
within the decorator. Heat can affect the rubber and ink
performance, resulting in other production issues. If you
look at the end of your roller and see that the core has
been “pinged” or glued, the bearing will likely spin within
the bore.
Bearing bore and heat retention can be equally
affected by the quality of the core material. Steel and
aluminium have different thermal expansion, which affects
the bearing pressed into the bore. This difference causes
the steel bearing race to stay closer to size, while the
aluminium expands and the bearing spins within the bore,
and introduces heat to the ink train.
Removing bearings from aluminium cores and
Over the course of three decades, I have
been exposed to a variety of machines
within the offset market, which includes
the metal decorating/packaging market. It is
always exciting to see the creativity of the offset
industry. Somehow the industry consistently figures
out a way to convey a message on a substrate, and in
the case of the metal decorating packaging market, that
message is printed on non-absorbent substrates such as
aluminium and steel.
Printing on metal brings challenges that traditional offset
rarely sees. The speeds in the two-piece market are only
matched by web presses of traditional offset. While the
two-piece speeds are similar to those of traditional offset
web presses, the two-piece market does not enjoy some
all of the benefits of traditional offset. The speeds, coupled
with added difficulties, mean that metal decoration is
more challenging and expensive.
Although all offset printing has in common is rollers, how
a roller is produced and how it is mechanically set will
ultimately dictate the efficiency of the ink transfer. The ink
roller train must efficiently transfer ink to the printing plate,
and herein lies the greatest challenge for the two-piece
decorator market.
Nip settingsWhat is a nip? A nip is the pressure between two rollers that
are pressed against each other. Some call the nip setting
parallel and some call it a ‘stripe’, but the width measured
between the two rollers is technically known as the nip. The
purpose in setting a nip is to achieve efficient ink transfer
with the least amount of mechanical pressure possible. If
the nip is set too wide, the ink will not transfer to the plate
efficiently. If the nip is set too narrow, you get poor ink
transfer and ink slinging. The nip width also has a pressure
load measurement associated with its width.
Greater widths require greater pressure loads and heat,
which in turn affect the ink transfer within the decorator.
Proper nip settings define ink transfer efficiencies and
affect the heat generated at the nip points. Therefore, if
a decorator has excessive misting or heat, the nip setting
should be investigated to define the cause.
Rubber compoundDecorators are known for the mechanical pressures that
they endure. Pressure also creates heat, which in turn leads
Metal decorating
On a roll...
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Othe metal decorating/packaging market. It is
always exciting to see the creativity of the offset
industry. Somehow the industry consistently figures
out a way to convey a message on a substrate, and in
the case of the metal decorating packaging market, that
On a Carmon Madison, offset and metal decorating specialist at Pacesetter USA,
looks at roller technology
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Metal decorating Metal decorating
replacing them only worsens the problem. Aluminium,
which is extruded, has a .30in tolerance that can
lead to unbalanced rollers and detrimental machine
harmonics. Great care must be taken to ensure
uniformity of aluminium. In contrast, steel has a .001in
tolerance for drawn over mandrel, making it ideal for
concentric rollers, effectively mitigating the heat build
up related to poor harmonics. If your rollers’ temp-
eratures are higher than 105°F, then begin the process of
examining the cause. The material can contribute to the
issues that you may be experiencing.
BearingsBearing selection is crucial for the best performance on
decorators. Speeds, heat and loads must be considered
to identify the proper bearings to be used on a decorator.
Seek a consistent bearing with good dimensional
tolerances and running accuracy. Consistency of dimen-
sional tolerance and running accuracy depend on high
quality steel and low contamination content in the steel
metallurgy.
Leading bearing manufacturers use high quality 52100
bearing steel because it holds form and yields the most
value for the challenging applications associated with the
metal decorating industry. Clean steel with low oxygen
content and few inclusions increases bearing life under
difficult applications such as two-piece decoration. With
the high speed and extreme load demands of metal
decorating applications, proper bearing choice will lower
operating temperature and provide more consistent
production. Bearings must accommodate load pressures
in two-piece decorators while reducing heat friction and
wear in the bearing. A high quality bearing
will more than pay for itself by providing
lower temperatures and longer run times.
ConclusionThe backbone of any decorator is
the roller train. Rollers are treated as a
consumable commodity and subsequently
are overlooked. A decorator roller should run
reasonably cool at high speeds provided that
the rubber, core and bearings are designed for the task.
Because decorators run at very high speeds some misting is
expected. Lower pressures and temperatures, however, can
minimise misting.
High quality bearings and setting a minimal nip pressure
will lower temperatures within the decorator and infrared
thermometers will give you solid temperature readings
while running. If you are seeing temperatures within the
roller train that exceed 110°-115°F, start the process of
identifying the problem.
Understanding the dynamics of the rollers within the
ink train will allow operators to troubleshoot issues more
quickly and accurately, leading to increased productivity.
for the operator. ❑
consumable commodity and subsequently
are overlooked. A decorator roller should run
reasonably cool at high speeds provided that
the rubber, core and bearings are designed for the task.
wear in the bearing. A high quality bearing
will more than pay for itself by providing
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demand for maximum hygiene. A hygienic stainless steel
construction is one of the most important measures to
make sure a seamer is clean today. The demands to keep
seamers hygienic are very tough. The machines must be
able to cope with aggressive foams, which arise now and
then, as well as having to withstand hot and cold water
and all kinds of fluids.
“It is important to keep not only the outside but also
the inside of the seamer hygienic. We sterilise the ends
before the machine seams them onto the cans. We still
do that by using steam and that limits us to a capaci-
ty of 1,000 ends per minute. We are intensively looking
for alternative ways to sterilise the ends in order to
raise the speed, and a promising path is UV sterilisation.
We are working on that development together with
outside partners.”
State-of-the-art seamersBased on the requirements of can makers and can fillers
worldwide, important changes have been made over the
last few years to the design of new seamers. By using a
modular design for as many parts as possible, the machine
parts become interchangeable to a high extent.
A cleaning-in-place option has become the standard
and the installation of automatic recirculating oil lubrica-
tion and filtration systems has become a must for many
seamer types, as has the presence of motorised height
adjustment.
In order to defend the claim for metal cans as the most
sustainable, competitive consumer packaging option,
there is a constant pressure to down-gauge cans and
ends. This has important consequences for the seaming
process and suppliers of seamers have become heavily
involved in the search for lighter seam constructions like the
so-called mini-seams etc.
An important aspect suppliers of seamers have to
remember is to back up their equipment worldwide with
the quick supply of spare parts and a good service organi-
sation for emergencies. This implies the availability of expe-
rienced field service engineers in various parts of the world
for installation, emergency service and troubleshooting. ❑
Challenge: to keep the double-seam the safest and
most efficient closure of all
Despite the process having been used for many
years, double-seaming is still seen as a rather complex pro-
cess, to produce a hermetic seal that typically comprises
five thicknesses of metal and, in some areas of the seam,
three thicknesses of lining compound. Nevertheless, the
double-seam is the safest and most efficient closure of all
for food and beverages.
Much work has gone into resolving the many technical
issues involved in double-seaming over the years, be it
the avoidance of scuffing of the external coatings on
the ends, finding the right abrasion-resistant coatings, like
titanium, ceramics for seamer tooling and countless other
problems. But there are always new challenges coming
up. One challenge is to maintain the advantages of the
double-seaming process while can fillers look for ways to
reduce costs by using lighter cans, and at the same time
change over regularly to a variety of other can sizes.
There is always a need to further optimise can seamers
in various aspects. In the area of seaming technology for
higher speeds, there are a number of pioneers such as
Continental Can Company, Metal Box, Angelus, Ferrum
and FMC.
For more special can types and sizes, like paint cans,
cans for chemical products, special food cans like olive
oil cans etc, there are a number of producers of special
seaming machines, like Lanico in Germany, Imeta in Italy,
Sargiani in Italy, Sommetrade in Spain and many more.
A range of improvements in seamersThe flexibility customers want from seamers comes from
their requirement to obtain maximum efficiency. Paul
Kearney vice president of PneumaticScaleAngelus, said:
‘’Not all filling lines are dedicated to one
single can size and more and more can
sizes are coming up as a consequence
of the ongoing differentiation in the con-
sumer market. Changing a somewhat
older can seamer can take hours and
hours, even for an experienced engineer,
and this leads to greater
costs. By introducing max-
imum modularity in the
seamer design you can obtain a
greater degree of interchange-
ability, and as a result a com-
plete changeover now takes
less than 1.5 hours.
“Second on the list of requirements was the
Seaming
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seaming, this over-tightening replicates itself in the form
of “seam bumps”; in beverage seaming, this occurs in the
form of micro-pinholes within the aluminium container top
wall, where the chuck wall impression is at its greatest.
Food cans – the challenge of seam bumpsA seam bump is defined as a localised increase in the
seam thickness of 0.1mm or more than the average thick-
ness of the unaffected area. There are actually a number
of known causes for this, which include cans being filled
right to the brim, variables in head space, high product fill
temperatures, too high a compound film weight, and also
compound placement and distribution. For the purposes
of this article, however, we intend to focus on four known
causes related specifically to the double seam:
• Overly-tight first and second operation double seams;
• Long bodyhooks and high bodyhook butting
percentages;
• Short seam lengths;
• The seamer and the seamer tooling themselves.
Let’s take a look at addressing each of these individually.
• Overly-tight first and second operation double seams
It is imperative that the correct material gauges, thickness
of both the can body flange and the end curl (which must
include the lacquer thickness) is used to calculate the
theoretical thickness of both first and second operation
seams. (For the purposes of this discussion, we will assume
that the theoretical seam thickness has been confirmed
by extensive product trials before being finalised for com-
mercial use.)
During the set-up stage for any double seamer it is
imperative that the seamer technician ensures that the
nominal targets for both the first and second operation
double seam thickness are correctly implemented. These
settings must be maintained at all times – through regular
assessment of the finished seam, the measurement of the
first operation double seam and also a subsequent physi-
cal strip-down. This will allow the technician to evaluate the
coverhook in terms of both thickness and wrinkle shape,
confirming whether or not the first operation wrinkle is
either sharp or pointed, which should be avoided.
An overly tight second operation double seam
The metal container was first used to preserve food in
1810, when Peter Durand adapted Nicholas Appert’s
original glass container developed in 1795. It took until
the end of the 19th century before there was a further step
change in metal packaging for food preservation, when
Max Ams developed the three-piece sanitary food can.
The process for closing cans has since remained virtually
unchanged over the last 114 years. The can features a
“flange” of specified length formed into the open section
of the cylindrical container body, while the metal “end”
or “lid” features a “seaming panel/curl” that is filled with
a seal compound. These two components are then fold-
ed together via a process called “double seaming.” The
goal has similarly remained the same: ensuring that both
the internal and external parameters of the seam meet
the target specifications so as to provide a hermetically
sealed container. In the case of food cans, this prevents
microscopic organisms entering and spoiling the product,
while for beverage cans the seam prevents the leakage of
internal gasses, affecting carbonation and shelf life.
The effects of down-gaugingWhile the seaming process may have remained unchanged
over the years, other developments in packaging are now
beginning to have an impact. Most notable is package
lightweighting and the down-gauging of the thickness of
can wall and the end or cover. In the case of food can-
ning, this has required can makers to move from the tradi-
tional “SR” (Single Reduced) type materials to harder and
thinner “DR” (Double Reduced) type materials. In the case
of beverage components as well, ever thinner materials
are being used, both for the can body and the aluminium
beverage end.
Food and beverage packaging may be two sepa-
rate industries, but this reduction of material thickness
has a common knock-on effect for both in terms of the
challenges companies face to provide a hermitically
sealed container that resists micro-organism attack and
micro-gas leakage. In the case of food and beverage
applications alike, this knock-on effect is the over-tight-
ening of both the first and the second operation
double seam. Or, to put it another way, setting both seam
thickness parameters at – or below – the specified target
recommended by the can maker. In the case of food
Seaming
James Wilkinson, seaming business manager at CMB Engineering,gives us his top tips when it comes to the double seaming process
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generates excessive load on the components that will
result in “spring back.” When this is associated with a
seam bump, it creates possible leakage points at the
edges, where the bump has caused the seam to spring
away from the can body in a localised area, resulting
in a path through the double seam. This can lead to
microorganisms passing through the double seam
during the sterilisation process, resulting in serious
product contamination.
• Longbodyhooksandhighbodyhookbutting
percentages
Excessive bodyhook length is detrimental to the integ-
rity of the double seam. When crowded into the
finished double seam, bodyhooks that are too long
can fold back on themselves, resulting in a defect
called “R-ing.” This in itself is a form of seam bump
and in much the same way creates possible leakage
entry points for microorganisms during the sterilisation
process.
•Shortseamlengths
This issue is not always associated with a loose second
operation seam thickness, but rather has more to
do with either setting the second operation too high
above the seaming chuck lip or with using a first oper-
ation profile that is too small. The concern here is that
we are crowding the double seam parameters, which
can in turn contribute to seam bumps.
•Seamerandseamertooling
In terms of the seamer itself, it is thought that the
diameter of the seaming shank may be a contributing
factor in the formation of seam bumps. It is felt that
seaming shank diameters above 38.1mm are too rigid,
preventing torsional flex, especially when seaming
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overly tight double seams. Trials have been conducted
with a shank diameter of 36mm and the results have
indicated an improvement, although it did not elimi-
nate the seam bumps altogether.
As for seamer tooling, it is important to ensure that
the first operation profile is of the correct dimensions
to be able to accommodate the amount of material
available for seaming or fibre length within the end
curl. Once this is determined, it is then vital that the
second operation profile be able to accommodate
the completed first operation double seam. Moving
from the historical use of the “pear” shaped second
operation profile to a “box” shaped second operation
profile, in conjunction with an optimum first opera-
tion profile, also has a positive effect on seam bump
control.
There is also evidence that raising the second oper-
ation profile well above the chuck lip can reduce – but
not eliminate – the risk of seam bumps. The concern
with this practice is that due to the higher than normal
roll profile height, the point of contact between the
profile exit radius and the curl is in a different position,
which can lead to accelerated wear of the seaming
roll profile. We have seen this wear reduce the seaming
roll profile life from the original 25-30 million closures per
seaming roll down to approximately 17-21 million.
In conjunction with our material partners, at CMB
Engineering we are able to implement a material pro-
cess that addresses tooling life in conjunction with DR
gauged plate for food canning.
Beverage cans – handling micro-pinholes Looking at the aluminium beverage can and the con-
tinued drive to down-gauge materials, as mentioned
above, can makers need to be mindful of a hidden
defect, namely micro-pinholes within the double seam.
This defect, while serious, also occurs very erratically,
with the primary cause being the first operation double
seam thickness having been set either at the minimum
specification or even below that. If the first operation is
overly tight, then the seam height will be very small as
the curl is now being forced into a very confined area
between the profile and the seaming chuck lip. This in
turn produces a first operation wrinkle that has a high
frequency and high amplitude. In this condition the first
operation wrinkle no longer has a rounded form, but
rather is pointed and sharp.
Possible leakage path through raised edges of the bumps especially during sterilisation
Local bump & sprung seam
Worn first operation profile exit angle due to excessive roll height setting above the chuck lip
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The damage is done when the second operation roller
comes in to complete the cycle. As the second oper-
ation profile starts to iron out the first operation double
seam, these sharp or pointed wrinkles “bite” into the top
wall of the can body and, depending on the sharpness,
they have the potential to puncture through the top wall
material. These punctures are extremely small and are not
visible with the naked eye.
As this puncture is so small, there is no product leakage
evident post-seaming and the can is able to pass through
both inline product filling and pressure testing. However,
over time – and aided by the effects of road transport and
retail handling – the internal product gasses begin to leak
out, leaving the previously carbonated beverage flat and
the can soft to the touch. It is worth noting, however, that
the extremely small size of the micro-pinholes only allows
for the leakage of gas molecules and not liquid sugars or
other products.
So how can these sharp wrinkles be controlled? It is
typically as simple as ensuring that the optimum first oper-
ation seaming roll profile is specified. Once this has been
established, it is imperative that the first operation seam
be set as close as possible to the nominal seam thickness
specification determined by the can maker. This allows
for the formation of wrinkles that are ideal in terms of
frequency and amplitude. The same also applies to the
second operation double seam – ensure that it is set to
the optimum tightness, which can best be confirmed by
making certain that the seam length/height is well within
its specification range and verging on the nominal seam
length/height target.
It is important to remember that a second operation
double seam is tight enough when the first operation
wrinkles are completely “ironed” out. Anything more than
that will only result in over-stressing the base materials, as
well as the seamer tooling, especially the chuck lip section.
Over squeezing of the seam is not necessary and is in fact
a poor practice.
Final thoughts to considerIn terms of controlling seam bumps in three-piece or two-
piece food cans and micro-gas leakage in beverage cans,
CMB Engineering is an advocate of performing a regular
physical analysis of the seamer settings, with particular focus
being placed on the setting of the first operation seaming
rolls and the analysis of the resultant seam. This would entail
both a physical strip-down of the first operation seam
and also determining the form or shape of the achieved
wrinkle. This should be combined with visual inspection
of the seaming chuck impression within the can body for
any of the tell-tale signs of wrinkles that are too sharp and
could puncture the can body top wall. This is especially
prudent with aluminium can bodies.
To eliminate these issues, we would also advocate that
both can fillers and can makers work closely with special-
ists. The right partner should be able to offer both a strong
understanding of the flow of metals within the double
seam and considerable experience establishing the opti-
mum geometry of both the seaming chuck and seaming
roll profiles. ❑
Localised bodywall impressions caused by sharp
first Operation wrinkles
Magnified view of puncture caused by a sharp first
operation wrinkle
1st op wrinkle “biting” into the can body top wall
Completed double seam section showing cover hook “biting” into the can bodytop wall
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manufacturers of two-piece beverage and food contain-
ers to more precisely measure and map applied coating
weights of over-varnish, inside sprays and wash coats.
“These exclusive new SpecMetrix ACS offerings can
significantly increase container coating quality while dras-
tically reducing coating costs at beverage and food
container manufacturing plants,” commented Greg Frisby,
industry manager, Specmetrix Systems, at Sensory Analytics.
A colourful approachAt Applied Vision, colour has always been the company’s
mission. CEO Amir Novini now sees the advances his com-
pany made early on in colour inspection being adopted
throughout the industry.
“There has been greater understanding of our concept
of using colour as more than a ‘rogue can/label sorter.’
By accepting a holistic colour approach, customers are
utilising its advantages in a much broader way than ever,”
he said.
With their colour philosophy backing their principles of
proper inspection, the company is working on many excit-
ing new developments in 2014, accoring to Novini.
“These will focus on using colour in new ways, including
new filtering methods and even creating new geometries
of illumination.”
There is a consumer-driven demand on manufacturers
for higher quality and lower cost in Novini’s opinion, and
with this increased pressure, he and his customers must
be more accepting of automation and new inspection
technology.
“With the importance of branding at the forefront of
the customers’ mind, we must meet ever-higher quality
standards in the most efficient way possible to reinforce
the brand.”
Challenging timesBesides becoming more versatile to keep up with changes
in packaging sizes and shapes, inspection equipment is
getting faster, more accurate and more automated.
Marcks comments that new advancements are pro-
viding greater process control with the utilisation of SPC
(statistical process control).
When it comes to inspection and testing, you
have to get it right first time. Any substandard
products that reach consumers have the poten-
tial to damage the reputation of your clients, so eternal
vigilance is of the essence.
With advances in technology, this is far easier to achieve
than ever before and the market shows no sign of slowing
down when it comes to moving forward.
The continued movement to completely remove opera-
tor influence from the testing process is one advancement
brought to light by Maura Marcks, marketing manager at
CMC Kuhnke.
“Customers are moving away from manual gauges,
where the operator has an influence on the test results, to
our fully-automated and semi-automated gauges, which
are completely operator independent and thus are far
more accurate. Customers are increasingly more stringent
in their R&R (repeatability and reproducibility) require-
ments for this reason, which is why we offer a gauge guar-
antee; in conjunction with the customer, a standard for the
gauge is agreed upon and confirmed with extensive R&R
testing prior to shipment.
“In double seam inspection, another important trend
is towards non-destructive
testing, as found with our
SEAMscan XTS. Using patent
pending technology, the
machine uses low-power,
non-destructive X-rays to look
deep inside the double seam
without cutting the can and
preserving the can for further
testing or sale.”
Of course, there are many
different areas to consider
when it comes to inspection
and testing. When it comes
to coatings, new two-piece
coating thickness measure-
ment and process control solu-
tions from Sensory Analytics
are apparently enabling
Inspection & Testing Systems
On closerinspection…
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Inspection & Testing Systems Inspection & Testing Systems
She sees the challenges as a question of keeping up with
the industry, saying: “As customers continue to develop
new cans, reduce material thicknesses and develop new
processes, it is imperative that we maintain an understand-
ing of the issues that they face and ensure that we provide
them with the best tools.
“Can makers will never stop searching for greater effi-
ciencies and ways to add value to their customers. As
packaging evolves, our job is to make sure our tools evolve
at the same rate.”
At Sensory, Frisby comments that the biggest challenge
in their field of expertise is that many plant teams in the
industry don’t yet realise that the long-established and less
accurate film weight methods in use at their plants have
not been effective for optimising can quality or improving
coating processes.
“This actually causes them significant waste and added
costs to plant operations each year. New tools can pay
for themselves through cost-savings almost straight away,”
he said.
The environment factorReducing environmental damage is always high on the
agenda for carbon-conscious businesses, and there are
many things that can be done in order to make things
happen in a greener and ultimately more environmentally
friendly way.
Frisby remarks that a reduction in waste streams, includ-
ing less product spoilage, reduced solvent emissions and
oven dwell times, would help manufacturers reduce their
environmental footprints. “This remains a high priority for
Sensory and all of our valued SpecMetrix system custom-
ers,” he said.
At Applied Vision they are also taking steps towards
reducing their impact on the environment. “We make sure
all Applied Vision products comply with current CE and
RoHS standards to ensure safety in the field and decrease
harm to the environment,” says Novini. “Our latest initiative
was to install lead-free soldering stations in our facility.
“We are also making great strides in solid state lighting,
with brighter LEDs and systems that use less power.”
In an ideal worldIt’s something we all wish for sometimes, to be able to think
of exactly what’s needed and have it instigated in a flash.
So what do the experts wish they could make happen
ahead of time with regard to inspection and testing?
For Novini, he sees an advantage to removing the
human element to a certain extent.
“We would create a machine that needs no human
interaction for adjustment. Imagine a machine that can
determine the difference between defects and nor-
mal process variation. Finding this ‘chaos
amongst order’ is the goal of any vision
system.”
Frisby envisages a transition of the
metal packaging industry to monitor
coating application using actual
thickness standards in lieu of longstanding
and less accurate film weight standards
as the number one wish for the industry.
He said: “Global manufacturers could
share one new, uniform and more
precise standard unit for measure-
ment and QA teams would be free
from time-consuming dependence on
unnecessary calibration standards.
“Less time would be wasted and more
money would be saved.”
The world of inspection and testing it
seems is moving on in leaps and bounds.
From coatings to colours and everything
in between, to keep up with advances is
to work smarter, more efficiently and will
ultimately lead to increased customer
satisfaction all along the supply chain. ❑
Can makers will never stop searching for greater efficiencies and ways to add value to their customers. As packaging
evolves, our job is to make sure our tools evolve at the same rate’
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lubrication. Upon further examination we learned that the
traditional ram design suffers from three problems in the
field. For one, it requires an aggressive lubrication regiment
to function properly and to counter the ram and cam
wear. For another, it allows the pin to lift and twist in the
barrel, causing premature wear that extends all the way
back to the can. Lastly, the traditional design limits the
operating speed of the necker.
By focusing on lubrication elimination, we addressed
all three problems with a new ram design that serves as a
drop-in replacement for the traditional ram. Here’s how.
Defining the problem: excess wear and expensive lubricationOne of the chief problems with the traditional design was
its propensity to wear out prematurely, despite lubrication.
This lifecycle issue came as no surprise, given that these
machines run around the clock and typically produce
between 2,000 and 3,000 cans per minute.
Can making equipment is nothing if not specialised.
Yet the subsystems found on these machines offer
a number of design lessons that can be applied
more broadly by any engineer working to improve the per-
formance and reliability of high-speed equipment.
Consider, for example, the cam-driven ram actuators
found on a can line’s necking stations. Mounted on a rotat-
ing turret and moving at speeds of up to 250 strokes per
minute, these rams push the round can shell onto a series
of shaping dies that gradually reduce the diameter of the
can to form its neck.
Traditionally, these rams have consisted of a round
moving pin that translates axially within a barrel-like steel
housing, with a machined keyway to keep the pin from
rotating. The ram was driven directly via a pair of metal
cam followers that mount on the rear end of the pin and
engage a stationary cam.
Having solved other lubrication issues on the necker, we
were asked to examine the possibility of eliminating ram
Ram technology
Solving a costly lubrication problem has triggered unexpected productivity improvements,says Georg Bartosh, president of Intech Corporation
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Redesign improves high-speed can
making machines
Speciality Alupro
making machines
The physical properties of polymer cam followers allowed us to simplify the design of high speed rams: The polymer cam followers can mount with a fixed centre distance. The previous design required
a pivoting ram end with a heavy flat spring to press the cam followers to the cam
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Ram technology
We began our work by analysing the source of the wear
and found that much of it came from an obvious source
– metal-on-metal contact between the pin and barrel, as
well as between the cam followers and drive cams. In the
traditional ram design, the absence of a lubricant would
lead to failures in a very short period of time.
A less obvious source of wear emerged when we con-
ducted a finite element analysis (FEA) of the ram. We simu-
lated not only the forces needed to extrude the can neck
but also the related centrifugal and acceleration forces.
What we found was that the ram was deflecting upwards
and twisting. This deflection significantly increased the
effects of the metal-on-metal wear throughout the ram
assembly. In particular, the centrifugal and acceleration
forces contributed to the wear on the leading edge of the
ram body and on its keyway, resulting in a telltale “pleating
defect” on the can neck.
With all the metal-on-metal contact associated with
traditional ram designs, ongoing lubrication of both the
ram itself and its cam followers had been a necessity. In
fact, these machines typically have automated lubrication
systems, which are costly to install and run.
The solution: better materials, less weightThe answer to the wear problem involved a change in the
ram’s materials and pin geometry. By moving to an alu-
minium ram and square pin, we reduced the ram weight
by 60 per cent for an equal reduction in centrifugal and
pin acceleration forces. The square shape also guides the
pin better during the extrusion cycle and distributes forces
evenly over a larger area, further diminishing the potential
for wear.
Even if we did nothing else, the weight reduction would
have extended the wear life of the ram, as well as its drive
cam and metal cam followers. Yet, as long as the ram had
any metal-on-metal contact – especially between its cam
follower and the drive cam – we could not fully achieve
our goal of creating a lubrication-free system.
Getting rid of the lubrication altogether required a
replacement of the original ram’s metal components, with
self-lubricating polymers wherever possible. For example,
we swapped out the ram’s metal cam followers with cam
followers made from a self-lubricating polymer. The poly-
mer cam followers simply cannot wear the much harder
surface of the drive cams (see sidebar opposite). We
additionally introduced a self-lubricating polymer liner to
the interior of the ram, which contributed to even bigger
reductions in friction and wear.
Selecting the right polymers for both the cam follower
and sleeve job turned out to be a crucial part of the design
solution. However, it’s easier said than done, since most
such materials do not have the strength of metals. And
it is important to note that data sheets for self-lubricating
polymers do not accurately reflect changes in mechanical
properties under operating conditions.
We based our materials selection process on a thorough
understanding of the forces involved, which we had from
our FEA work. We also had to perform additional engi-
neering calculations that allowed us to predict how the
Increased speed, less vibrationWhile the square ram was created to reduce wear and eliminate lubrication,
its design also lead to some important secondary benefits:
Speed In can making, line speed equals profit. And the traditional round ram design imposed
a speed limit on the necking operation. Made from steel with steel cam followers, these
rams typically weighed in at 14lbs total, with a pin that weighed 8lbs. Operating these
heavy rams at high speeds triggered high centrifugal forces that accelerated wear. So
machine speeds would be dialled down from their design specifications to keep the
rams from wearing out prematurely.
To lift that speed limit, we cut the ram weight by more than half to 5.2lbs. The mov-
ing mass represented by the pin and cam followers dropped to 3lb. We achieved this
weight reduction by crafting the ram components from aircraft aluminium and poly-
mers, rather than steel. The total weight reduction of rotating mass on a 10-stage line is
nearly one metric ton.
The move to lightweight material has resulted in significant cycle time increases.
Based on the reports from the plants now using our square ram design, necker cycle
times have increased on average by 12 to 15 per cent on older machines. On new
neckers, the square ram has enabled operation at or near the design speeds.Energy Savings By cutting nearly one metric ton of mass that would otherwise have to be accelerated
and decelerated, the square ram has lowered necker energy consumption signifi-
cantly. In some cases, energy costs have dropped by 25 per cent.Less Shock and Vibration The square ram’s use of lightweight materials has the added benefit of reducing
shock and vibration, which usually represents an important speed constraint in rotating
machines. In particular, the polymers used on the ram’s cam followers provide a signifi-
cant amount of mechanical damping – with the damping properties of the polymers
peaking near the operating temperatures of a necker.
The square ram with polymer cam followers eliminates 720 lubrication points and nearly one metric ton of moving mass from the necker
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Ram technology
The square ram design is a case in point:
• Because the rams last up to two to four years longer,
they reduce the cost and downtime associated with ram
replacement
• They have eliminated cam wear and the high cost
associated with replacing worn cams
• They have eliminated sizable lubrication costs, which can
be as high as $6,000 per year for a necker – exclusive of the
capital cost for an automated lubrication system
• They have improved yields by reducing the pleating
defect
• They have resulted in secondary cost benefits related
to line speed and energy consumption (see sidebar, p34).
The total cost reduction associated with the square rams
has already resulted in their adoption by can making oper-
ations around the globe. ❑
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Polymers eliminate cam wearfor maximum savings
The square rams could not do their job without a cam
to propel them. And in fact, the biggest value of the
square ram design is that it extends the ram life and
eliminates cam wear completely. Some measure of
protection comes from the fact that the lightweight
square ram operates at lower forces than traditional
round rams. However, an even more important con-
tribution to cam longevity comes from a clever use of
materials.
As part of the ram redesign, we replaced metal
cam followers with proprietary cam followers made
from a self-lubricating polymer. Because the polymer
cam followers will not produce wear on the much
harder cam surfaces, the use of polymers completely
eliminates chief wear mechanism behind cam failure.
While the cost of replacing a ram is not insignificant, it
pales in comparison to the cost of replacing the necker
cams. The cams themselves are precision ground and
expensive. Then there’s the downtime and labour costs
to replace the cams.
Taken together, these factors mean that the typical
cam change can cost tens of thousands of dollars—
only to be repeated every few years.
FEA results on ram deflectionFinite element analysis revealed high stress areas where the cam followers mount on
the tail pin. Later design iterations reduced these stresses by beefing up the transition
between the pin’s full cross section and the thinner tail
Traditional round ram design (pictured above) consists of all metal components. As the square ram design has evolved, one of the key improvements has been the replacement of metal
cam followers with plastic cam followers. This design improvement produced significant cost benefits— by protecting cams from wear and eliminating the need for lubrication
The square ram design is a case in point:
Traditional round ram design (pictured above) consists of all metal components. As the square ram design has evolved, one of the key improvements has been the replacement of metal
cam followers with plastic cam followers. This design improvement produced significant cost benefits— by protecting cams from wear and eliminating the need for lubrication
self-lubricating materials would behave over time under
the actual operating conditions. That’s often easier said
than done. Fortunately, we have developed proprietary
material models over the years that allowed us to make
those calculations with high reliability.
The result of the materials and geometry changes has
been impressive. Reductions in forces, friction and wear
have at least doubled the life of a typical ram, and the
wear-induced pleating defect has dropped from three per
cent to less than one per cent in high speed lines.
More important, given our original design intent, the
revamped ram completely eliminated the need to lubri-
cate the ram body and its two cam followers – each of
which required its own lubrication port. With a total of
240 rams on a typical 10 stage necker, the improved ram
design gets rid of 720 lubrication points from the machine.
It also makes the expensive automatic lubrication system
unnecessary.
The payoffWith industrial machines, improvements to a seemingly
minor component can often have an outsize payback.
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element replaced by machinery. In airports, for example,
many of the border control processes are now fully auto-
mated. However, there remains an element of human
interaction, as machines, for now, cannot cover every
necessary task.
So is it the same in the field of handlingand conveying?“The human element will always be important and must
be considered in every development and
new technology,” says Spangenburg.
“Production lines, new technology and
controls are becoming more sophisticated
and we have to also consider that as we
design. How line operators, maintenance
team members and engineers interact and
operate machines and conveyor systems is
critical to long term performance.”
At FGWA, the latest development is the
new Washer Infeed Air Table. The intro-
duction of harder to handle can sizes has
apparently proven traditional mechanical
conveyance washer infeeds to be ineffec-
tive, and the company has developed a
mist-free air conveyor that will present a
continuous upright and undamaged pack
of cans to the washer.
“In our multiple installations we have elim-
inated manning and scrap and increased
line efficiencies,” said Spangenburg. ❑
As demand increases and machinery enables can
manufacturers to produce extraordinary volumes
of product over very short periods of time, so
handling and conveying systems must develop to cope
with these advances.
There have been a number of breakthrough technolog-
ical feats achieved over the years, and many areas have
been developed.
“Conveying systems have to be much more adaptable
and flexible to handle the wider variety of can diameters,
heights, weights and high demands for speed and effi-
ciency,” says Spangenburg. “As lightweight handling has
become more prevalent, soft-handling technologies have
become a requirement.”
FleetwoodGoldcoWyard considers itself an inno-
vator when it comes to conveying and handling,
Spangenburg said.
“Primarily, developments are undertaken to respond
to client needs, new containers or gaps in technology in
the market. The development of high speed single fillers,
adjustable top covers, adjustable tunnel track and our
new washer infeed are all great examples of this.”
As technologies have come so far with regard to
handling and conveying, can they go any further? The
answer, seemingly, is that they must – particularly when it
comes to adjustability, speed and efficiency.
“As our clients change and improve their products, we
will need to stay proactive by developing the right technol-
ogy to meet the challenge,” said Spangenburg.
In many industries we are increasingly seeing the human
Handling & Conveying
Richard Piper speaks with Tom Spangenberg, business unit director – Lynchburg Division – from FleetwoodGoldcoWyard (FGWA), about developments in the field of handling and conveying
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Well handled
Speciality Alupro
“The Washer Infeed Air Table pro-
vides an ideal way to transport a wide
variety of products, including today’s
ultralight containers in can manufactur-
ing, without damaging the product. As a
result of its one-of-a-kind bidirectional air
flow system, the patented air jet pattern
within the Air Table allows gentle and
stable handling while still meeting
production needs.
“Capable of achieving speeds in
excess of 4,000 cans per minute, the
Washer Infeed Air Table easily adapts
to different products and environments
by tailoring deck plate configurations,
air pressures, or both. Each blower zone
has its own pressure gauge and filter and
the pressure in each zone can be adjust-
ed either manually or automatically,
depending on the application.”
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New Equipment
Krones has founded Evoguard GmbH to operate its valve technology business on a stand-alone basis. Evoguard GmbH is located in Nittenau, Germany, and is owned 100% by Krones AG.
The company started its busi-ness operations in Nittenau at the beginning of February.
Krones began to develop its own series of innovative valves, that are optimally matched to the needs of the food and bev-erage industry, as well as the dairy sector, under the name of Evoguard several years ago.
The company is now able to offer a complete, cutting-edge product range to the food, bev-erage and dairy industries that is also ideally suited to both the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors.
Evoguard valves are pro
Metalprint chooses Vision Experts
Italian-based Metalprint has invested in three print inspec-tion systems from Vision Experts, which have been integrated into its metal sheet decoration lines. Metalprint supplies dec-orated metal sheets for two-piece and three-piece cans.
The VE 4000+ Metal inspec-tion systems were retrofitted on a six-colour KBA Metal star 2 and two two-colour
Mailänder printing lines. The line-scan camera systems check the decorated metal sheets for any kind of print flaws and colour variations. Hickeys, spots, scum-ming, colour changes, scratch-es and many other imperfec-tions are detected and alarmed by the vision system.
Managing director Francesco Gualteroni said: “Vision Experts was our first choice. We have studied the market and decid-ed on the supplier with the highest specialisation in metal decoration. Furthermore, the good references of Vision Experts did convince us.”
said Markus Röver of Schuler’s Highspeed Technology division. He believes that the process developed by Schuler will have a major impact on the man-ufacturing of aerosol cans: “It would radically change the current production process.”
Aerosol cans are mainly pro-duced on impact extrusion presses, which only process pure aluminium. The ICON V-Drive enables the use of up to 100% recycled aluminium.
Lanico will be presenting a range of stainless can seam-ing machines at this year’s Interpack, including the auto-matic model V110SVA50T. It is designed for low volume production and laboratory applications, and is stainless and splashproof. The machine can operate as a stand-alone unit or in combination with a filling machine.
By means of four seaming rollers, production speeds of up to 3,000 cans per hour can be achieved. The machine also has a working range from 45 up to 250mm in height and from 56 up to 113mm in diameter. The
Seaming system from Lanico
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Krones transfers its valve technology business tonew subsidiary
seaming rollers are mounted and preset on a special lever system, and when a diameter change is carried out the whole lever system is exchanged to avoid the length of set-up time involved.
The frequency-controlled motor drive ensures a smooth start-up and the cans and ends are fed automatically. The machine can be controlled via touch panel. For processing oxygen-sensitive products it can also be equipped with a gas injection system.
For further information visitwww.krones.com
The topic of lightweight prod-ucts is of growing interest to the packaging and consumer goods industries: for example, the less an aluminium aerosol can weighs, the lower the mate-rial and transportation costs will be. The aerosol can produced by Schuler’s ICON V-Drive vertical drawing and ironing press weighs around 20% less than conventional containers. Following a proof-of-concept project recently completed, the prototype is now undergoing in-depth tests by a well-known manufacturer in the consumer goods industry.
“We have proven that the new technology works and offers considerable advantages over conventional processes,”
Lighter, more stable metal packaging
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New Products
Denver-based Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project and Boulder-based Upslope Brewing Company have unveiled the first instalment of Crooked Stave’s Ferus Fluxus series – Wild Belgian Pale Ale.
Batches of the Wild Belgian Pale Ale have been aging separately at both Upslope’s North Boulder brewery at Lee Hill and Crooked Stave’s Barrel Cellar for the last
Crooked Stave and Upslope unveil product of collaboration
nine months, and will be available in two different package options. Crooked Stave’s version will be packaged in its standard 375ml bottle, while Upslope’s version of Ferus Fluxus will be packaged in Ball Corporation’s 19.2oz Royal Pint can.
“This collaboration was a great opportunity to reunite with my friends at Upslope and make a unique beer,” says Crooked Stave’s head of sales and former Upslope employee Kyle Krebsbach.
“I have always thought our yeast would pair well with Upslope’s Belgian Style Pale Ale. Tasting the beer, I loved the crisp floral and citrus flavours, followed with a nice tart and earthy finish.”
Heinz is introducing a brand new pack design across its entire pasta portfolio in the UK, in a bid to drive new consumers to the category.
Featuring a plump juicy tomato, the label brings to life how a whole tomato is squeezed into every por-tion, providing ‘one of your five-a-day’, while additional illustrations outline how each can contains no preservatives, is low in sugar and naturally low in fat.
The label refresh, which launches from 31 January, promotes Heinz Pasta, and in particular its famous,
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Woodchuck Hard Cider in 16oz cansWoodchuck Hard Cider introduced 12oz cans of its Amber cider in 2012 using a Cask automated canning system.
The package has seen 42% growth over the last year, and consumers have called for a larg-er format can. In response, the Vermont, USA-based cidery is set to introduce a 16oz can to the mar-ket. Woodchuck Hard Cider has added a second Cask automat-ed canning system to help handle volume for both can formats.
“The Amber can has been a great success for us. It allows for our cider to be available no matter the circumstance,” says Woodchuck president and CEO Bret Williams. The new 16-ounce cans will be available in the coming weeks.
2B “Healthy Bubbles” in Rexam 12 oz cansConsumers now have a great new
option for a healthy, low calorie
carbonated drink. 2B Sparkling,
the first beverage to use Purefruit
natural sweetener, has launched in
Rexam 12oz cans.
Purefruit originates from the
monk fruit. For centuries, Buddhist
monks have cultivated the small
fruit and treasured it for its sweet-
ness, which comes from unique,
naturally occurring antioxidants.
The result is apparently a delicious
sweet taste, but without the calo-
ries of sugar. It is available in Vanilla,
Chocolate and Lemon Ice.
This product was originally devel-
oped and is approved as an
option for the school beverage
programme for the New York City
Department of Education, which
has established stringent standards
for what can be served to its stu-
dents in hopes of improving health
and wellness. 2B Sparkling meets
and exceeds these standards and
has been providing healthy “bub-
bles” to these students via 2,500
vending machines.
The company recently decided
to expand its distribution and bring
its one-of-kind beverages to the
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price.
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iconic Spaghetti Hoops variety, as the preferred option for busy con-sumers looking to create smiles at meal times.
The redesign also encompass-es the long-time consumer favour-ite Pasta Meals, with the view to unlocking consumption barriers and reiterating their status as a convenient proposition for consum-ers looking for a nutritious and tasty meal time option.
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Filling Focus
Another year in the world of
American craft beer is off to a
racing start, with the canning seg-
ment continuing to barrel ahead
with no signs of hitting the brakes
anytime soon. So far this year
we’ve seen an iconic brand intro-
duced in a new canned package,
a long awaited announcement
about a new canned offering and
some substantial growth reports
from last year.
Events celebrating Beer Can
Appreciation Day
January 24 was the 49th anni-
versary of the first canned beer
sales in America. To celebrate,
a number of events took place
at breweries and bars across the
country. Perhaps most
noteworthy was an
event that took place
in Richmond, Virginia,
the home of those first
canned beer sales. That
is where Hardywood Park
Craft Brewery teamed
up with Old Dominion
Mobile Canning to offer
consumers a chance to
buy cans of Hardywood
Cream Ale and The Great Return
IPA on the same day they were
canned. Talk about fresh!
Mobile Canning Systems LLC
announces figures for 2013
Colorado-based Mobile Canning
Systems LLC finished 2013 with 11
affiliate canning outfits. Together
they provided service to 57 brew-
eries across the United States
to package 101 different labels
– totaling an astounding 2.6 mil-
lion cans of beer. Co-founder Pat
Hartman projects that the number
could surpass 10 million cans this
year, given that a number of the
affiliates came in after the start
of last year and four new affiliates
will be up and running this April.
The Alchemist opens new brew-
ery offering new canned beer
The Alchemist, of Waterbury,
Vermont, has announced that it
will be opening a new brewery
and retail space, as well as adding
a second canned offering to its
lineup. The brewery has received
national acclaim for its current
offering, Heady Topper – a bold,
hoppy American Double IPA. The
new offering will be called
Focal Banger and will be an
unfiltered IPA brewed with
Mosaic and Citra hops.
Sierra Nevada’s iconic
Pale Ale now in pint cans
Sierra Nevada Brewing
Company has begun pack-
aging its flagship Pale Ale in
4-packs of 16oz cans. The
12oz can packaging of its
Pale Ale, sold in 12-packs, ranked
#18 on the top selling 50 craft
beer packages of 2013 and was
the only non-glass package on
the list. The brewery also packages
Torpedo Extra IPA in 16oz cans.
Oskar Blues posts big gains
A new brewery on the East Coast
has helped Oskar Blues Brewery
continue its distribution expansion,
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Le Mort Vivant (the living dead) is a Biére de Garde, a French-style of beer with similarities to a Belgian saison. There are subtle spicy notes, along with some fla-vours of anise and light fruits and a dry finish. The artwork of a skel-eton wearing a gas mask on the can represents the rebirth, or res-urrection, of French brewing after World Wars I and II. It was also at this time that the Biére de Garde became popular. Southern Star Brewing Company was the first craft brewery in the state of Texas to can their beers.
Le Mort VivantSouthern Star Brewing CompanyConroe, Texas
Canned craft beer cornerRuss Phillips is the founder of www.CraftCans.com. This month, he updates on the various
developments in the diverse American craft brewery marketplace
CraftCans.Com’sCan of theMonth
as well as production numbers. The
Colorado-based brewery – often
attributed as being the nation’s
original canning craft brewery –
recently announced that it had
achieved 37% growth in 2013. This
represents the brewery’s ninth
consecutive year of double-digit
growth.
Super Bowl champs have not one,
but two canned craft beers
Seattle and Denver are two
cities well known for their craft
beer, but perhaps it was the fact
that Seattle had two canned craft
beers brewed in support of their
beloved Seahawks that gave it
the needed edge to win this year’s
big game. Hilliard’s Beer Company
brews and cans its ‘12th Can’,
while Dick’s Brewing Company
out of Centralia, Washington,
cans their 12 Man Pale Ale. Both
beers pay homage to the team’s
tradition of honouring their fans,
collectively known as the “12th
Man”. The Seahawks beat the
Denver Broncos by 43 points to 8.
Denver’s Black Shirt Brewing
releases “The Red Ale Project” cans
Black Shirt Brewing’s Red Ale
Project features a variety of beer
styles that are all red ales using a
similar malt bill at their heart. The
Denver brewery has so far released
four canned beers, all of which are
variations of red ales, and include
a Colorado Red Ale, Red IPA, Red
Saison and Red Porter. ❑
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360º Powder Coating System for Aerosol Cans and Flexible Tubes
Frei AGHofenstrasse 18CH-9300 Wittenbach, SwitzerlandTel: +41 71 292 3434Fax: +41 71 292 3400E-mail: [email protected]: www.frei-ag.com
Aerosol Manufacturing Equipment
Gebrüder Leonhardt GMBH & CO KGBlema KircheisErdmann-Kircheis-Strasse 13-15D-08280 Aue, Germany Tel: +49 3771 278 227Fax: +49 3771 278 241E-mail: [email protected]: www. blema.de
Germann + Frei AGMartinsbruggstrasse 92CH-9016 St. Gallen, SwitzerlandTel: +41 71 282 16 40Fax: +41 71 282 16 50E-mail: [email protected]: www.germannfrei.ch
Lanico Maschinenbau Otto Niemsch GmbHPO Box 3065D-38020 BraunschweigGermanyTel: +49 531 809 060Fax: +49 531 809 0627E-mail: [email protected]: www.lanico.de
Schuler Pressen GmbH Bahnhofstrasse 4173033 GöppingenGermanyTel: +49 7161 66 548Fax: +49 7161 66 659E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.schulergroup.comContact: Michael Marschall
Shin-I Machinery Works Co Ltd No 43 Chung Cheng St Chingshui Taichung, Taiwan ROC Tel: +886 4 2623 8181 Fax: +886 4 2623 2129 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.shinican.com
Air Compressors
Pneumofore SpAVia N. Bruno 3410098 Rivoli, ItalyTel: +39 011 950 40 30Fax: +39 011 950 40 40E-mail: [email protected]: www.pneumofore.com
Anilox Coating Systems
John M. Travis Ltd578 Overlook DriveLancaster, OH 43130, USATel: +1 740 974 5075Fax: +1 830 438 5782 E-mail: [email protected] Coast Office – North America & Latin America John M. Travis Ltd27031 Trinity HtsSan Antonio, TX 78261, USATel: + 1 740 407 0685Fax: +1 830 438 5782E-mail: [email protected]: www.travisltd.com
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 24502-4203, USATel: +1 434 239 0358Fax: +1 434 239 1964E-mail: [email protected]: www.belvac.com
CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfield Road, ShipleyWest Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmbecanmaking.com
Beading Units
CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfield Road, ShipleyWest Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201Web: www.cmbecanmaking.com
Germann + Frei AGMartinsbruggstrasse 92CH-9016 St. Gallen, SwitzerlandTel: +41 71 282 16 40Fax: +41 71 282 16 50E-mail: [email protected]: www.germannfrei.ch
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.cmbecanmaking.com
OKL Can Line Inc11235 Sebring DriveCincinnati, OH 45240, USATel: +1 513 825 1655Fax: +1 513 825 1948E-mail: [email protected]: www.oklcan.com
Schuler Pressen GmbH Bahnhofstrasse 4173033 GöppingenGermanyTel: +49 7161 66 548Fax: +49 7161 66 659E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.schulergroup.comContact: Michael Marschall
Stolle Machinery Company, LLC6949 S. Potomac StreetCentennial, CO 80112, USATel: +1 303 708 9044Fax: +1 303 708 9045E-mail: [email protected]: www. stollemachinery.com
Bodymaker Spares & Repairs
OKL Can Line Inc11235 Sebring DriveCincinnati, OH 45240, USATel: +1 513 825 1655Fax: +1 513 825 1948E-mail: [email protected]: www.oklcan.com
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
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Can Conveyors/Conveying
FleetwoodGoldcoWyard1305 Lakeview DriveRomeoville, IL 60446 , USATel: +1 630 759 6800Fax: +1 630 759 2299E-mail: [email protected]: www.fgwa.com
Can Decorating Equipment
Intercan Group Ltd38 Burners Lane, Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes , MK11 3HB, UKTel +44 1908 566015Fax +44 1908 560638E-mail: [email protected]: www.intercan.co.uk
Stolle Machinery Company, LLC6949 S. Potomac StreetCentennial, CO 80112, USATel: +1 303 708 9044Fax: +1 303 708 9045E-mail: [email protected]: www. stollemachinery.com
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
Apex Tool Works Inc3200 Tollview Drive, Rolling MeadowsIL 60008, USATel: +1 847 394 5810Fax: +1 847 394 2739E-mail: [email protected]: www.apextool.com
Amador Varas SAc/Montalegre 3208915 Badalona, Barcelona, SpainTel: +34 933 952 954Fax: +34 933 954 904E-mail: [email protected]: www.amador-varas.com
Can Line Control Systems
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
Gebrüder Leonhardt GMBH & CO KGBlema KircheisErdmann-Kircheis-Strasse 13-15D-08280 Aue, GermanyTel: +49 3771 278 227Fax: +49 3771 278 241E-mail: [email protected]: www. blema.de
Mall + Herlan GmbHWöschbacher Strasse 33D-76327 Pfinztal, GermanyTel: +49 721 946 01 0Fax: +49 721 946 0199E-mail: [email protected]: www.mall-herlan.com
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
Soudronic AGIndustriestrasse 35CH-8962 Bergdietikon, SwitzerlandTel: +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 Hallwil, SwitzerlandTel: +41 62 777 44 40Fax: +41 62 777 44 41E-mail: [email protected]: www.swisscan.net
Can Testing Equipment
BA.SCO srlVia Borgognone 910090 Trana (Torino), ItalyTel: +39 0119 33620Fax: +39 0119 355 763E-mail: [email protected]: www.basco-testers.com
Bonfiglioli Engineering SrlVia Rondona 3344049 Vigarano Pieve, Ferrara, 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 A/SSødalsparken 118220 Brabrand, DenmarkTel +45 86 26 5677Fax +45 86 26 5678E-mail: [email protected]: www.innoscan.dk
SenconNorth, Central & South America Sencon Incorporated6385 W 74th StreetBedford Park, IL 60638, USATel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected] Europe, Middle East, Asia Sencon (UK) LtdStonebridge Cross Business ParkDroitwich WR9 0LW, UKTel: +44 1905 827800Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com
Sensory AnalyticsThe Sensory Building4413 West Market StreetGreensboro, NC 27407, USATel: +1 336 315 6090Fax: +1 336 315 6030E-mail: [email protected]: www.specmetrix.com
Torus Measurement Systems Limited (The new name for Trac Measurement Systems)Nedge Hill Science ParkTelford, TF3 3AJ, UKTel: +44 (0) 1952 210020Fax: +44 (0) 1952 299804 Email: [email protected]: www.torus-group.com
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Can Testing Equipment
Versatile Technology35 Cleeland RoadOakleigh South, Victoria 3167, AustraliaTel: +61 3 9548 8983Fax: +61 3 9548 8958E-mail: [email protected]: www.versatiletechnology.com.auSales and Customer Support, Europe : Tim BulmanTel: +44 7530 465 680E-mail : [email protected]
Wilco AGRigackerstr 11CH-5610 Wohlen, SwitzerlandTel +41 56 618 4343Fax +41 56 618 4344E-mail: [email protected]: www.wilco.com
Can Tooling Services
Elizabeth Carbide Components200 Monastery Drive Latrobe, PA 15650, USATel: +1 724 539 3574 Fax: +1 724 537 4732E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]: www.ecarbco.com
H&T Tool Design GmbH & Co. KG Am Meilenstein 8 -19 34431 Marsberg, Germany Tel:+49 2991 980 100 Fax:+49 2991 980 5100 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ht-tooldesign.com
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.cmbecanmaking.com
Can Washer Holdown Mats & Belts
Ashworth Bros, Inc 450 Armour DaleWinchester, VA 22601, USA Tel: +1 540 662 3494Fax: +1 540 662 3150E-mail: [email protected]: www.ashworth.com
Can Washers/Ovens
Worldwide Headquarters:International Thermal Systems LLC4697 W Greenfield AvenueMilwaukee, WI 53214, USATel: +1 414 672 7700Fax: +1 414 672 8800E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.itsllcusa.comEuropean Office:International Thermal Systems Ltd11 Ham Common, RichmondLondon TW10 7JB, UKTel: +44 7900 191 352E-mail: [email protected] Office:ITS Industrial Thermal 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
Capping Machines
Sommetrade SLParque Tecnologico de Zamudio -Edificio 30148170 Zamudio (Vizcaya), SpainTel: +34 94 431 8611Fax: +34 94 431 8200E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sommetrade.com
Cap Making Machines
Alfons Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGFangdieckstraße 6722547 Hamburg, GermanyTel: +49 40 833910Fax: +49 40 83391220Web: www.alfons-haar.deE-mail: [email protected] Haar Inc150 Advanced DriveSpringboro, Ohio 45066, USATel: +1 937 560 2031Fax: +1 937 560 2032E-mail: [email protected] Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGSingapore Representative Office (RO)11C Jalan Arif, Singapore Tel: +65 9833 2083Fax: +65 6399 2646E-mail: [email protected]
Apex Tool Works Inc3200 Tollview DriveRolling MeadowsIL 60008, USATel: +1 847 394 5810Fax: +1 847 394 2739E-mail: [email protected]: www.apextool.com
Cantec GmbH & Co KGHelenenstrasse 149D-45143 EssenGermanyTel: +49 201 633 1461Fax: +49 201 633 1239E-mail: [email protected]: www.cantec.com
Cap Making Machines
Gebrüder Leonhardt GMBH & CO KGBlema KircheisErdmann-Kircheis-Strasse 13-15D-08280 Aue, Germany Tel: +49 3771 278 227Fax: +49 3771 278 241E-mail: [email protected]: www. blema.de
Rainer Naroska Engineering GmbHIm Hengstfeld 19 32657 Lemgo, GermanyTel: +49 5261 6606 0Fax: +49 5261 6606 30E-mail: [email protected]: www.naroska.com
Carbide & Ceramic Tooling for Ends
Elizabeth Carbide Components200 Monastery DriveLatrobe, PA 15650, USATel: +1 724 539 3574 Fax: +1 724 537 4732E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]: www.ecarbco.com
Carbide Tooling for 3-piece
Elizabeth Carbide Components200 Monastery Drive, LatrobePA 15650, USATel: +1 724 539 3574 Fax: +1 724 537 4732E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]: www.ecarbco.com
Ceramic Can & End Tooling
Wallram GmbHSchuermannstrasse 4045136 Essen, GermanyTel: +49 201 89 63 660Fax: +49 201 89 63 630E-mail: [email protected]: www.wallram.com
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Ceramic Tooling for 3-piece
Elizabeth Carbide Components200 Monastery Drive, LatrobePA 15650, USATel: +1 724 539 3574 Fax: +1 724 537 4732E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]: www.ecarbco.com
Coating Machines
Crabtree of Gateshead LtdKingsway, Team Valley Trading Estate, GatesheadTyne & Wear NE11 0SU, UKTel: +44 191 487 5071Fax: +44 191 487 3997E-mail: [email protected]: www.crabpress.co.uk
Fuji Kilai Kogyo Co Ltd2-7-1 Iida, Hachihonmatsu,Higashihiroshima-shiHiroshima Pref 739-0146 , JapanMetal Decorating Machinery DivMetal Decorating Sales DeptTel: +81 82 428 2455Fax: +81 82 428 8912E-mail: [email protected]: www.fujikikai.co.jp
Hebenstreit Metal Decorating GmbHGottlieb-Daimler-Strasse 15/274385 PleidelsheimGermanyTel: +49 7144 88980-0Fax: +49 7144 88980-50E-mail: [email protected]: www.hebenstreit-gmbh.de
Inghor Avda J L Goyoaga 32 3º Dpto.30648950 ErandioSpainTel: +34 944 411 012 / 313Fax: +34 944 411 066E-mail: [email protected]: www.inghor.es
KBA-MetalPrint GmbHWernerstr. 119-129D-70435 Stuttgart, GermanyTel: +49 711 69971-0Fax: +49 711 69971-670E-mail: [email protected]: www.kba-metalprint.de
Miotto Este spaVia Talamoni, 4I-20861 Brugherio (MB), ItalyTel: +39 0392 878 284Fax: +39 0398 84 594E-mail: [email protected]: www.miottoeste.it
TEC TECHNOLOGY GMBH Carl-Benz-Str.1274366 Kirchhein/NeckarGermanyTel: +49 (0) 7143 961 7280 Fax.: +49 (0) 7143 961 7281E-mail: [email protected]: www.tec-technology.de
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
World HeadquartersW. R. Grace & Co. - Conn7500 Grace DriveColumbiaMD 21044, USATel: +1 410 531 4000Tel: +1 800 638 6014Grace Materials & Packaging Technologies62 Whittemore AveCambridge, MA 02140, USATel: +1 617 498 4987
Latin America Grace Brazil LtdaRua Albion, 229-10 Andor CJ101Lapa, Sao PauloAP/Brasil 05077-130Tel: +55 113649 2704Asia Pacific W.R. Grace (Hong Kong) Ltd1010 Huai Hai ZhongShanghai 200031, ChinaTel: +86 2154678EuropeGrace GmbH & Co. KGIn der Hollerecke 167547 Worms, GermanyTel: +49 6241 403.00www.grace.com
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 GroupWaterfront Corporate Park2000 Georgetown DriveSewickley, PA 15143, USATel: +1 724 940 3110Fax: +1 412 774 2189Web: www.valsparpackaging.comE-mail: [email protected] America: The Valspar Corporation LtdaEstrada dos Casa, 5050 - Portao B09840-900 São Bernardo do Campo - SP - BrasilTel: +55 11 4358 9224Fax: +55 11 4358 9228Asia: Valspar (Shanghai) Management Co Ltd No 5 Bld, Shibei Industry ParkNo 168 Jiang Chang San RoadZha Bei DistrictShanghai 200436, ChinaTel: +86 21 6056 0999Fax: +86 21 6056 0992Europe: The Valspar (Switzerland) Corporation AGRosengartenstrasse 25CH-8608 Bubikon, SwitzerlandTelephone: +41 55 253 15 15Fax: +41 55 253 15 16
Coil Handling Systems
Hengli CNC Technology Co, Ltd9 Huishan Road, Mogan Mountain Economic Development Zone, Deqing, Zhejiang ProvinceChina 313200Tel: +86 572 8832016+86 572 8832000Fax: +86 572 8832222E-mail: [email protected]: www.zjhlcnc.com
LITTELL, LLC 1211 Tower RoadSchaumburgIL 60173, USATel: +1 630 622 4700Fax: +1 630 622 4747E-mail: [email protected]: www.littell.com
Nidec Minster Corporation240 West Fifth StreetMinsterOH 45865-0120 U.S.A.Tel: +1 419 628 2331Fax: +1 419 628 4224E-mail: [email protected]: www.minster.com
Complete Can Lines (Three-Piece)
Cantec GmbH & Co KGHelenenstrasse 149D-45143 EssenGermanyTel: +49 201 633 1461Fax: +49 201 633 1239E-mail: [email protected]: www.cantec.com
Lanico Maschinenbau Otto Niemsch GmbHPO Box 3065D-38020 BraunschweigGermanyTel: +49 531 809 060Fax: +49 531 809 0627E-mail: [email protected]: www.lanico.de
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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
D-08280 Aue
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 AvenueStockton, CA 95205, USATel: +1 209 469 7384Fax: +1 209 469 4826E-mail: [email protected]: www.canmaking.net
Complete Can Lines (Two-Piece)
Alfons Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGFangdieckstraße 6722547 HamburgGermanyTel: +49 40 833910Fax: +49 40 83391220Web: www.alfons-haar.deE-mail: [email protected]
Alfons 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]
Cantec GmbH & Co KGHelenenstrasse 149D-45143 Essen, GermanyTel: +49 201 633 1461Fax: +49 201 633 1239E-mail: [email protected]: www.cantec.com
Rainer Naroska Engineering GmbHIm Hengstfeld 19 32657 Lemgo, GermanyTel: +49 5261 6606 0Fax: +49 5261 6606 30E-mail: [email protected]: www.naroska.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
Alfons Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGFangdieckstraße 67, 22547 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 11C Jalan Arif, Singapore Tel: +65 9833 2083Fax: +65 6399 2646E-mail: [email protected]
Cantec GmbH & Co KGHelenenstrasse 149D-45143 EssenGermanyTel: +49 201 633 1461Fax: +49 201 633 1239E-mail: [email protected]: www.cantec.com
Gebrüder Leonhardt GMBH & CO KGBlema KircheisErdmann-Kircheis-Strasse 13-15D-08280 Aue, Germany Tel: +49 3771 278 227Fax: +49 3771 278 241E-mail: [email protected]: www. blema.de
Rainer Naroska Engineering GmbHIm Hengstfeld 19 32657 Lemgo, GermanyTel: +49 5261 6606 0Fax: +49 5261 6606 30E-mail: [email protected]: www.naroska.com
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 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 AvenueStocktonCA 95205, USATel: +1 209 469 7384Fax: +1 209 469 4826E-mail: [email protected]: www.canmaking.net
Compound Driers
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]
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Stolle Machinery Company, LLC6949 S. Potomac StreetCentennialCO 80112, USATel: +1 303 708 9044Fax: +1 303 708 9045E-mail: [email protected]: www. stollemachinery.com
Container Presses
HEILBRONN Container Presses LtdWannenäckerstr 3474078 HeilbronnGermanyTel.: +49 7131 296 82Fax: +49 7131 296 64E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.heilbronn-container.com
Nidec Minster Corporation240 West Fifth StreetMinsterOH 45865-0120 U.S.A.Tel: +1 419 628 2331Fax: +1 419 628 4224E-mail: [email protected]: www.minster.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 DriveRomeovilleIL 60446, USATel: +1 630 759 6800Fax: +1 630 759 2299E-mail: [email protected]: www.fgwa.com
Conveyors: Plastic Belting & Chain
Ashworth Bros, Inc 450 Armour DaleWinchester, VA 22601, USA Tel: +1 540 662 3494Fax: +1 540 662 3150E-mail: [email protected]: www.ashworth.com
Cupping Presses
TG Can International Ltd ?36 Burners Lane Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes MK11 3HB, UKTel: +44 1908 561444 Fax: +44 1908 307519E-mail: [email protected] TG Can Technology (USA) IncSuite 200 470 Olde Worthington Road Westerville, OH 43082, USA Tel: +1 614 410 6672Fax: +1 614 410 6673E-mail: [email protected] & SOUTH EAST ASIA:Hacotec Systems SDN BHDBlock 6-7-8 Queens AvenueJalan Bayam55100 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaTel: +6 039205 6998Fax: +6 039205 6998Cell: +6 012278 8692E-mail: [email protected]: Thomas WongJAPAN:Press Technologies IncUrban SK Bldg 3F6027-2 Okusawa, Setagaya-kuTokyo 158-0083, JapanTel: +81 3 3703 4138E-mail: [email protected]: Yukio Kameishi
Cupping Systems
Schuler Pressen GmbH Bahnhofstrasse 4173033 GöppingenGermanyTel: +49 7161 66 548Fax: +49 7161 66 659E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.schulergroup.comContact: Michael Marschall
Stolle Machinery Company, LLC6949 S. Potomac StreetCentennialCO 80112, USATel: +1 303 708 9044Fax: +1 303 708 9045E-mail: [email protected]: www. stollemachinery.com
TG Can International Ltd ?36 Burners Lane Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes MK11 3HB, UKTel: +44 1908 561444 Fax: +44 1908 307519E-mail: [email protected] TG Can Technology (USA) IncSuite 200 470 Olde Worthington Road Westerville, OH 43082, USA Tel: +1 614 410 6672Fax: +1 614 410 6673E-mail: [email protected] & SOUTH EAST ASIA:Hacotec Systems SDN BHDBlock 6-7-8 Queens AvenueJalan Bayam55100 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaTel: +6 039205 6998Fax: +6 039205 6998Cell: +6 012278 8692E-mail: [email protected]: Thomas WongJAPAN:Press Technologies IncUrban SK Bldg 3F6027-2 Okusawa, Setagaya-kuTokyo 158-0083, JapanTel: +81 3 3703 4138E-mail: [email protected]: Yukio Kameishi
Curler Tooling
Apex Tool Works Inc3200 Tollview DriveRolling MeadowsIL 60008, USATel: +1 847 394 5810 Fax: +1 847 394 2739E-mail: [email protected]: www.apextool.com
D&I Can Making Systems
Schuler Pressen GmbH Bahnhofstrasse 4173033 GöppingenGermanyTel: +49 7161 66 548Fax: +49 7161 66 659E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.schulergroup.comContact: Michael Marschall
D&I Can Tooling
LPT – Lieb Precision Tool, Inc1819 South Murray Blvd.Colorado Springs, CO 80916, USATel: +1 719 355 2600Fax: +1 719 596 3019E-mail: [email protected]: www.liebpt.com
Wallram GmbHSchuermannstrasse 4045136 EssenGermanyTel: +49 201 89 63 660Fax: +49 201 89 63 630E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.wallram.com
D&I Cup Tooling
H&T Tool Design GmbH & Co. KG Am Meilenstein 8 -19 34431 MarsbergGermany Tel:+49 2991 980 100 Fax:+49 2991 980 5100 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ht-tooldesign.com
Wallram GmbHSchuermannstrasse 4045136 EssenGermanyTel: +49 201 89 63 660Fax: +49 201 89 63 630E-mail: [email protected]: www.wallram.com
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Decorators for 2-piece Beverage
UnimaQ LtdUnit 6, Bridge Road North Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham LL13 9PN, UKTel: +44 1978 669922Fax: +44 1978 669920Mobile: (+44) 7720 468 309E-mail: [email protected]: www.unimaq.co.uk
Demi Water Plants
CIE Srl Compagnia Italiana EcologiaVia I° Maggio, 20-2220070 San Zenone al Lambro (MI) ItalyTel: +39 02 9810470Fax: +39 02 98175079E-mail: [email protected]: www.cieeng.com
Design Engineering & Installation
Canserv FZ-LLC Suite 1503, 15th FloorGrosvenor Business TowerTecom C, Al-BarshaDubaiUnited Arab EmiratesTel: +971 (4) 424 7225Fax: + 971 (4) 424 7226E-mail: [email protected]: www.canserv.com
Domers/Bottom Formers
Pride Engineering, Inc9401 73rd Avenue North, Suite 200MinneapolisMN 55428, USAE-mail: [email protected]: www.pridecan.com
Domers & Dome Stations
CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfield Road, ShipleyWest Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmbecanmaking.com
Double Sheet Detection
Prime Controls, Inc.World Headquarters:4528 Gateway CircleDayton, OH 45440-1712, USATel: +1 937 435 8659Fax: +1 937 435 2091E-mail: [email protected]: www.primecontrols.com
SenconNorth, Central & South America Sencon Incorporated6385 W 74th StreetBedford Park, IL 60638, USATel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected], Middle East, Asia Sencon (UK) LtdStonebridge Cross Business ParkDroitwich WR9 0LW, UKTel: +44 1905 827800Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com
DRD Can Making Equipment
Rainer Naroska Engineering GmbHIm Hengstfeld 19 32657 LemgoGermanyTel: +49 5261 6606 0Fax: +49 5261 6606 30E-mail: [email protected]: www.naroska.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
Stolle Machinery Company, LLC6949 S. Potomac StreetCentennialCO 80112, USATel: +1 303 708 9044Fax: +1 303 708 9045E-mail: [email protected]: www. stollemachinery.com
Drying Ovens
Hebenstreit Metal Decorating GmbHGottlieb-Daimler-Strasse 15/274385 PleidelsheimGermanyTel: +49 7144 88980-0Fax: +49 7144 88980-50E-mail: [email protected]: www.hebenstreit-gmbh.de
Industrias Peñalver SLPol. Industrial El TapiadoC/ Albaricoque s/nMolina de Segura30500 Murcia, SpainTel: + 34 968 38 90 88Fax: + 34 968 38 90 19E-mail: [email protected]: www.penalver.com
Inghor Avda J L Goyoaga 32 3º Dpto.30648950 ErandioSpainTel: +34 944 411 012 / 313Fax: +34 944 411 066E-mail: [email protected]: www.inghor.es
KBA-MetalPrint GmbHWernerstr. 119-129D-70435 Stuttgart, GermanyTel: +49 71169971-0Fax: +49 711 69971-670E-mail: [email protected]: www.kba-metalprint.de
Miotto Este spaVia Talamoni, 4I-20861 Brugherio (MB)ItalyTel: +39 0392 878 284Fax: +39 0398 84594E-mail: [email protected]: www.miottoeste.it
sellacan Industrieofen GmbHDaimlerstr 12D-32791 LagrGermanyTel: +49 5232 69900Fax: +49 5232 699028E-mail: [email protected]: www.sellacan.de
Easy Open End Manufacturing Machinery
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, OH 45066, USATel: +1 937 560 2031Fax: +1 937 560 2032E-mail: [email protected] Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGSingapore Representative Office 11C Jalan Arif, Singapore Tel: +65 9833 2083Fax: +65 6399 2646E-mail: [email protected]
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DRT Mfg. Co.618 Greenmount BlvdDayton, OH 45419, USATel: +1 937 298 7391Fax: +1 937 298 7190E-mail: [email protected]: www.drtmfgco.com
GM TechnologiesHeadquartersVia Molinelle 113 80045 Pompei (NA), Italy Factory: Zona PIP – via Orto di Cioglia 83045 Calitri (AV), Italy Tel: +39 081 850 34 14 +39 081 388 30 893 Fax: +39 081 365 24 73 E-mail : [email protected] Web: www.gmtechs.it
Stolle Machinery Company, LLC6949 S. Potomac StreetCentennial, CO 80112, USATel: +1 303 708 9044Fax: +1 303 708 9045E-mail: [email protected]: www. stollemachinery.com
Easy Open Ends
DivFood – A Division of Nampak Products Ltd25 Richard Carte RoadMobeni, Kwazulu-Natal, South AfricaTel: +27 31 450 5874Fax: +27 31 450 5882E-mail: sajid.madhanlala@ za.nampak.comWeb: www.nampak.com
MIVISA Envases SAUPoligono Industrial Los Pinos30565 Las Torres de CotillasMurcia, SpainTel:+34 968 364400Fax: +34 968 364442E-mail: [email protected]: www.mivisa.com
Easy Open End Repair Coat System
Industrias Peñalver SLPol. Industrial El TapiadoC/ Albaricoque s/n Molina de Segura, 30500 Murcia, SpainTel: + 34 968 38 90 88Fax: + 34 968 38 90 19E-mail: [email protected]: www.penalver.com
sellacan Industrieofen GmbHDaimlerstr 12D-32791 Lage, GermanyTel: +49 5232 69900Fax: +49 5232 699028E-mail: [email protected]: www.sellacan.de
Easy Open End Testing Equipment
Bonfiglioli Engineering SrlVia Rondona 3344049 Vigarano PieveFerrara, ItalyTel: +39 0532 715 631Fax: +39 0532 715 625E-mail: [email protected]: www.bonfiglioliengineering.com
InnoScan A/SSødalsparken 118220 BrabrandDenmarkTel +45 86 26 5677Fax +45 86 26 5678E-mail: [email protected]: www.innoscan.dk
Prime Controls, Inc.World Headquarters:4528 Gateway CircleDaytonOhio 45440-1712, USATel: +1 937 435 8659Fax: +1 937 435 2091E-mail: [email protected]: www.primecontrols.com
SenconNorth, Central & South America Sencon Incorporated6385 W 74th StreetBedford Park, IL 60638, USATel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected] Europe, Middle East, Asia Sencon (UK) LtdStonebridge Cross Business ParkDroitwich WR9 0LW, UKTel: +44 1905 827800Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com
Easy Open & Peel-off Membrane Ends
Parliament International LtdCervantes House5-9 Headstone Road, HarrowMiddlesex HA1 1PD, UKTel: +44 20 8861 3505Fax: +44 20 8861 2025E-mail: [email protected]: www.parliament-group.co.uk
End Compound Liners
CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfield Road, ShipleyW Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmbecanmaking.com
Custom Machining Corporation2090 West College AvenueEnglewood, CO 80110, USATel: +1 303 762 0333Fax: +1 303 762 0338E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmc1.net
End Conversion Systems
TG Can International Ltd 36 Burners Lane Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes MK11 3HB, UKTel: +44 1908 561444 Fax: +44 1908 307519E-mail: [email protected] TG Can Technology (USA) IncSuite 200 470 Olde Worthington Road Westerville, OH 43082, USA Tel: +1 614 410 6672Fax: +1 614 410 6673E-mail: [email protected] & SOUTH EAST ASIA:Hacotec Systems SDN BHDBlock 6-7-8 Queens AvenueJalan Bayam55100 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaTel: +6 039205 6998Fax: +6 039205 6998Cell: +6 012278 8692E-mail: [email protected]: Thomas WongJAPAN:Press Technologies IncUrban SK Bldg 3F6027-2 Okusawa, Setagaya-kuTokyo 158-0083, JapanTel: +81 3 3703 4138E-mail: [email protected]: Yukio Kameishi
End Line Balancers & Balancer Trays
FleetwoodGoldcoWyard1305 Lakeview DriveRomeovilleIL 60446, USATel: +1 630 759 6800Fax: +1 630 759 2299E-mail: [email protected]: www.fgwa.com
End Roll Palletizers & Depalletizers
FleetwoodGoldcoWyard1305 Lakeview DriveRomeovilleIL 60446, USATel: +1 630 759 6800Fax: +1 630 759 2299E-mail: [email protected]: www.fgwa.com
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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
End Testing Equipment
CMC-KUHNKE, Inc1060 BroadwayAlbany, NY 12204, USATel: +1 518 694 3310Fax: +1 518 694 3311E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmc-kuhnke.comCMC-KUHNKE, GmbHColditzstr. 34-36, Bau 18D-12099 Berlin, GermanyTel: +49 30 2300 660Fax: +49 30 2300 6666E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmc-kuhnke.com
InnoScan A/SSødalsparken 118220 Brabrand, DenmarkTel +45 86 26 5677Fax +45 86 26 5678E-mail: [email protected]: www.innoscan.dk
SenconNorth, Central & South America Sencon Incorporated6385 W 74th StreetBedford Park, IL 60638, USATel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected] Europe, Middle East, Asia Sencon (UK) LtdStonebridge Cross Business ParkDroitwich WR9 0LW, UKTel: +44 1905 827800Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com
Sensory AnalyticsThe Sensory Building4413 West Market StreetGreensboro, NC 27407, USATel: +1 336 315 6090Fax: +1 336 315 6030E-mail: [email protected]: www.specmetrix.com
Versatile Technology 35 Cleeland RoadOakleigh South, Victoria 3167, AustraliaTel: +61 3 9548 8983Fax: +61 3 9548 8958E-mail: [email protected]: www.versatiletechnology.com.auSales and Customer Support, Europe : Tim BulmanTel: +44 7530 465 680E-mail : [email protected]
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
Stolle Europe33 Peterfield RdKingstown Industrial EstateCarlisle, Cumbria CA3 OEY, UKTel: +44 1228 818 125Fax: +44 1228 514 720E-mail: [email protected]: www. stollemachinery.com
Film Weight Control
Sensory AnalyticsThe Sensory Building4413 West Market StreetGreensboro, NC 27407, USATel: +1 336 315 6090Fax: +1 336 315 6030E-mail: [email protected]: www.specmetrix.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
Germann + Frei AGMartinsbruggstrasse 92CH-9016 St. Gallen, SwitzerlandTel: +41 71 282 16 40Fax: +41 71 282 16 50E-mail: [email protected]: www.germannfrei.ch
Lanico Maschinenbau Otto Niemsch GmbHPO Box 3065D-38020 BraunschweigGermanyTel: +49 531 809 060Fax: +49 531 809 0627E-mail: [email protected]: www.lanico.de
Gas & Induction Curers for Three-piece Can Lines
Frei AGHofenstrasse 18CH-9300 WittenbachSwitzerlandTel: +41 71 292 3434Fax: +41 71 292 3400E-mail: [email protected]: www.frei-ag.com
GS&T S.r.l.Metal Packaging Machinery By Emilio MussinoVia Grange Palmero, 234 10091 Alpignano (Torino), ItalyTel : +39 011 9665880Fax: +39 011 9665888 E-mail: [email protected]@gstmachinery.itWeb: www.gstmachinery.it
Induction Curing & Drying Systems
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
Inside Spray Control
SenconNorth, Central & South America Sencon Incorporated6385 W 74th StreetBedford Park, IL 60638, USATel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected] Europe, Middle East, Asia Sencon (UK) LtdStonebridge Cross Business ParkDroitwich WR9 0LW, UKTel: +44 1905 827800Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com
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Inside Spray Control
Sensory AnalyticsThe Sensory Building4413 West Market StreetGreensboroNC 27407, USATel: +1 336 315 6090Fax: +1 336 315 6030E-mail: [email protected]: www.specmetrix.com
Inside Spray Machines
Stolle Machinery Company, LLC6949 S. Potomac StreetCentennialCO 80112, USATel: +1 303 708 9044Fax: +1 303 708 9045E-mail: [email protected]: www. stollemachinery.com
Inside/Outside Spray Machines
CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfield RoadShipley, West Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmbecanmaking.com
Inspection Systems
ALTEK Company89 Commercial Boulevard PO Box 1128, TorringtonCT 06790 , USATel: +1 860 482 7628Fax: +1 860 496 0255E-mail: [email protected]: www.altekcompany.com
Applied Vision Corporation2020 Vision LaneAkron, OH 44223, USATel: +1 330 926 2222Fax: +1 330 926 2250E-mail: [email protected]: www.appliedvision.com
Belvac Production Machinery Inc237 Graves Mill Road Lynchburg, VA 24502-4203, USATel: +1 434 239 0358Fax: +1 434 239 1964E-mail: [email protected]: www.belvac.com
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
ibea GmbHKleine Bahnstrasse 8D-22525 HamburgGermanyTel: +49 40 6898 870Fax: +49 40 6898 8729E-mail: [email protected]: www.ibea.de
InnoScan A/SSødalsparken 118220 Brabrand, DenmarkTel +45 86 26 5677Fax +45 86 26 5678E-mail: [email protected]: www.innoscan.dk
Pressco Technology Inc29200 Aurora RoadClevelandOH 44139, USATel: +1 440 498 2600Fax: +1 440 498 2615E-mail: [email protected]: www.pressco.com
SenconNorth, Central & South America Sencon Incorporated6385 W 74th StreetBedford Park, IL 60638, USATel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected] Europe, Middle East, Asia Sencon (UK) LtdStonebridge Cross Business ParkDroitwich WR9 0LW, UKTel: +44 1905 827800Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com
Sensory AnalyticsThe Sensory Building4413 West Market StreetGreensboroNC 27407, USATel: +1 336 315 6090Fax: +1 336 315 6030E-mail: [email protected]: www.specmetrix.com
Versatile Technology35 Cleeland RoadOakleigh South, Victoria 3167, AustraliaTel: +61 3 9548 8983Fax: +61 3 9548 8958E-mail: [email protected]: www.versatiletechnology.com.auSales and Customer Support, Europe : Tim BulmanTel: +44 7530 465 680E-mail : [email protected]
Layer Pads
Kartonfabrik Porstendorf GmbH Fabrikstrasse 107778 PorstendorfGermanyTel: +49 36427 874214Fax: +49 36427 874101E-mail: [email protected]: www.kartonfabrik.de
Leak Detection
Bonfiglioli Engineering SrlVia Rondona 3344049 Vigarano PieveFerrara, ItalyTel: +39 0532 715 631Fax: +39 0532 715 625E-mail: [email protected]: www.bonfiglioliengineering.com
InnoScan A/SSødalsparken 118220 Brabrand, DenmarkTel +45 86 26 5677Fax +45 86 26 5678E-mail: [email protected]: www.innoscan.dk
Prime Controls, Inc.World Headquarters:4528 Gateway CircleDayton,Ohio 45440-1712, USATel: +1 937 435 8659Fax: +1 937 435 2091E-mail: [email protected]: www.primecontrols.com
Leak Testers
ibea GmbHKleine Bahnstrasse 8D-22525 HamburgGermanyTel: +49 40 6898 870Fax: +49 40 6898 8729E-mail: [email protected]: www.ibea.de
InnoScan A/SSødalsparken 118220 Brabrand, DenmarkTel +45 86 26 5677Fax +45 86 26 5678E-mail: [email protected]: www.innoscan.dk
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SenconNorth, Central & South America Sencon Incorporated6385 W 74th StreetBedford Park, IL 60638, USATel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected] Europe, Middle East, Asia Sencon (UK) LtdStonebridge Cross Business ParkDroitwich WR9 0LW, UKTel: +44 1905 827800Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com
Light Testers
Belvac Production Machinery Inc237 Graves Mill RoadLynchburgVA 24502-4203, USATel: +1 434 239 0358Fax: +1 434 239 1964E-mail: [email protected]: www.belvac.com
InnoScan A/SSødalsparken 118220 Brabrand, DenmarkTel +45 86 26 5677Fax +45 86 26 5678E-mail: [email protected]: www.innoscan.dk
SenconNorth, Central & South America Sencon Incorporated6385 W 74th StreetBedford Park, IL 60638, USATel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected], Middle East, Asia Sencon (UK) LtdStonebridge Cross Business ParkDroitwich WR9 0LW, UKTel: +44 1905 827800Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com
Stolle Machinery Company, LLC6949 S. Potomac StreetCentennial, CO 80112, USATel: +1 303 708 9044Fax: +1 303 708 9045E-mail: [email protected]: www. stollemachinery.com
Line Installation & Maintenance
LITTELL, LLC1211 Tower RoadSchaumburgIL 60173, USATel: +1 630 622 4700Fax: +1 630 622 4747E-mail: [email protected]: www.littell.com
Liners for Non-Round Ends
Industrias Peñalver SLPol. Industrial El TapiadoC/ Albaricoque s/n Molina de Segura30500 Murcia, SpainTel: + 34 968 38 90 88Fax: + 34 968 38 90 19E-mail: [email protected]: www.penalver.com
Lubrication Technology
Unist, Inc.4134 36th St SEGrand Rapids, MI 41592, USATel: +1 616 949 0853Fax: +1 616 949 9503E-mail: [email protected]: www.unist.com
Lug Cap Manufacturing Lines
Alfons Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGFangdieckstraße 6722547 Hamburg, GermanyTel: +49 40 833910Fax: +49 40 83391220Web: www.alfons-haar.deE-mail: [email protected]
Alfons Haar Inc150 Advanced DriveSpringboro, Ohio 45066, USATel: +1 937 560 2031Fax: +1 937 560 2032E-mail: [email protected] Haar Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KGSingapore Representative Office (RO)11C Jalan Arif, Singapore Tel: +65 9833 2083Fax: +65 6399 2646E-mail: [email protected]
Apex Tool Works Inc3200 Tollview DriveRolling MeadowsIL 60008, USATel: +1 847 394 5810 Fax: +1 847 394 2739E-mail: [email protected]: www.apextool.com
Lug Cap Manufacturing Lines
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
Sargiani SpAVia Farnesiana 8429100 PiacenzaItalyTel: +39 0523 615 250Fax: +39 0523 593 938E-mail: [email protected]: www.sargiani.com
Lug Cap Manufacturing Lines
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 Accessories
TEC TECHNOLOGY GMBH Carl-Benz-Str.1274366 Kirchhein/Neckar, GermanyTel: +49 (0) 7143 961 7280 Fax.: +49 (0) 7143 961 7281E-mail: gerd.molzahn@ tec-technology.deWeb: www.tec-technology.de
Metal Decorating Equipment
CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfield Road, ShipleyWest Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmbecanmaking.com
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Metal Decorating Equipment
Crabtree of Gateshead LtdKingsway, Team Valley Trading EstateGateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE11 0SU, UKTel: +44 191 487 5071Fax: +44 191 487 3997E-mail: [email protected]: www.crabpress.co.uk
Fuji Kilai Kogyo Co Ltd2-7-1 Iida, Hachihonmatsu,Higashihiroshima-shiHiroshima Pref 739-0146 JapanMetal Decorating Machinery DivMetal Decorating Sales DeptTel: +81 82 428 2455Fax: +81 82 428 8912E-mail: [email protected]: www.fujikikai.co.jp
Hebenstreit Metal Decorating GmbHGottlieb-Daimler-Strasse 15/274385 PleidelsheimGermanyTel: +49 7144 88980-0Fax: +49 7144 88980-50E-mail: [email protected]: www.hebenstreit-gmbh.de
KBA-MetalPrint GmbHWernerstr. 119-129D-70435 StuttgartGermanyTel: +49 71169971-0Fax: +49 711 69971-670E-mail: [email protected]: www.kba-metalprint.de
Miotto Este spaVia Talamoni, 4I-20861 Brugherio (MB), ItalyTel: +39 0392 878 284Fax: +39 0398 84 594E-mail: [email protected]: www.miottoeste.it
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]: perm_machineWeb: www.permmachine.com
Metal Decorating Inks & Coatings
INX International Ink Co. 10820 Withers Cove Park DriveCharlotte, NC 28278, USA Tel: +1 704 372 2080Fax: +1 704 372 2087E-mail: [email protected]: www.inxinternational.com
Necker Tooling
H&T Tool Design GmbH & Co. KG Am Meilenstein 8 -19 34431 Marsberg, Germany Tel:+49 2991 980 100 Fax:+49 2991 980 5100 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ht-tooldesign.com
LPT – Lieb Precision Tool, Inc1819 South Murray Blvd.Colorado Springs, CO 80916, USATel: +1 719 355 2600Fax: +1 719 596 3019E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.liebpt.com
Wallram GmbHSchuermannstrasse 4045136 EssenGermanyTel: +49 201 89 63 660Fax: +49 201 89 63 630E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.wallram.com
Necking Machines
Belvac Production Machinery Inc237 Graves Mill RoadLynchburgVA 24502-4203, USATel: +1 434 239 0358Fax: +1 434 239 1964E-mail: [email protected]: www.belvac.com
CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfield Road, Shipley, W Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmbecanmaking.com
Germann + Frei AGMartinsbruggstrasse 92CH-9016 St. GallenSwitzerlandTel: +41 71 282 16 40Fax: +41 71 282 16 50E-mail: [email protected]: www.germannfrei.ch
Lanico Maschinenbau Otto Niemsch GmbHPO Box 3065D-38020 BraunschweigGermanyTel: +49 531 809 060Fax: +49 531 809 0627E-mail: [email protected]: www.lanico.de
Mall + Herlan GmbHWöschbacher Strasse 33D-76327 PfinztalGermanyTel: +49 721 946 01 0Fax: +49 721 946 0199E-mail: [email protected]: www.mall-herlan.com
Oven Loggers
SenconNorth, Central & South America Sencon Incorporated6385 W 74th StreetBedford Park, IL 60638, USATel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected], Middle East, Asia Sencon (UK) LtdStonebridge Cross Business ParkDroitwich WR9 0LW, UKTel: +44 1905 827800Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com
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
Parting Machines
Germann + Frei AGMartinsbruggstrasse 92CH-9016 St. GallenSwitzerlandTel: +41 71 282 16 40Fax: +41 71 282 16 50E-mail: [email protected]: www.germannfrei.ch
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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.klimaneutrale- verpackungsfolien.ch Web: www.canpeel.com
Peelable Membrane Ends Machinery
Gebrüder Leonhardt GMBH & CO KGBlema KircheisErdmann-Kircheis-Strasse 13-15D-08280 Aue, Germany Tel: +49 3771 278 227Fax: +49 3771 278 241E-mail: [email protected]: www. blema.de
Soudronic AGIndustriestrasse 35CH-8962 Bergdietikon, SwitzerlandTel: +41 44 743 66 66 Fax: +41 44 743 66 99E-mail: [email protected]: www.soudronic.com
Rainer Naroska Engineering GmbHIm Hengstfeld 19 32657 Lemgo, GermanyTel: +49 5261 6606 0Fax: +49 5261 6606 30E-mail: [email protected]: www.naroska.com
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
MIVISA Envases SAUPoligono Industrial Los Pinos30565 Las Torres de CotillasMurcia, SpainTel:+34 968 364400Fax: +34 968 364442E-mail: [email protected]: www.mivisa.com
Peel Off Membranes
Amcor Flexibles Singen GmbHAlusingen-Platz 178221 Singen, GermanyTel: +49 7731 80 4E-mail: [email protected]: www.amcor.com
Powder Seam Coating System for Three-piece Can Lines
Frei AGHofenstrasse 18CH-9300 Wittenbach, SwitzerlandTel: +41 71 292 3434Fax: +41 71 292 3400E-mail: [email protected]: www.frei-ag.com
Production Assistance & Maintenance
Canserv FZ-LLC Suite 1503, 15th FloorGrosvenor Business TowerTecom C, Al-BarshaDubai, United Arab EmiratesTel: +971 (4) 424 7225Fax: + 971 (4) 424 7226E-mail: [email protected]: www.canserv.com
Rectangular & Pails Can Lines (Auto)
Shinyi Can-Making Machinery Industry Co LtdNo 4 First Alley, East Side of Jianyang Daping Industrial Zone,Lianxia Town,Chenghai DistrictShantou 515834, ChinaTel: +86 754 85171098Fax: +86 754 85167423Mobile:+86 18823900423E-mail: [email protected]: www.shinyi-cn.com
Refurbished Equipment
World HeadquartersW. R. Grace & Co. - Conn7500 Grace DriveColumbia, MD 21044, USATel: +1 410 531 4000Tel: +1 800 638 6014Grace Materials & Packaging Technologies62 Whittemore AveCambridge, MA 02140, USATel: +1 617 498 4987Latin America Grace Brazil LtdaRua Albion, 229-10 Andor CJ101Lapa, Sao PauloAP/Brasil 05077-130Tel: +55 113649 2704Asia Pacific W.R. Grace (Hong Kong) Ltd1010 Huai Hai ZhongShanghai 200031, ChinaTel: +86 2154678EuropeGrace GmbH & Co. KGIn der Hollerecke 167547 Worms, GermanyTel: +49 6241 403.00www.grace.com
OKL Can Line Inc11235 Sebring DriveCincinnatiOH 45240, USATel: +1 513 825 1655Fax: +1 513 825 1948E-mail: [email protected]: www.oklcan.com
Amador Varas SAc/Montalegre 3208915 BadalonaBarcelona, SpainTel: +34 933 952 954Fax: +34 933 954 904E-mail: [email protected]: www.amador-varas.com
Scroll Dies
Apex Tool Works Inc3200 Tollview DriveRolling MeadowsIL 60008, USATel: +1 847 394 5810 Fax: +1 847 394 2739E-mail: [email protected]: www.apextool.com
Hengli CNC Technology Co, Ltd9 Huishan Road, Mogan Mountain Economic Development ZoneDeqingZhejiang ProvinceChina 313200Tel: +86 572 8832016+86 572 8832000Fax: +86 572 8832222E-mail: [email protected]: www.zjhlcnc.com
Sealing Compounds
Web:www.actega.com E-mail: [email protected] ArtisticaWorld Headquarters:P. Empresarial A GRANXA, Rua F,36475 Porrino, SpainTel: +34 986 231606Fax: +34 986 210774 North America:1050 Taylors LaneCinnamminsson NJ, USATel: +1 856 829 6300 Ext: 4032Cell: +1 609 351 8156Fax: +1 856 829 6940
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Sealing Compounds
World HeadquartersW. R. Grace & Co. - Conn7500 Grace DriveColumbia, MD 21044, USATel: +1 410 531 4000Tel: +1 800 638 6014Grace Materials & Packaging Technologies62 Whittemore AveCambridge, MA 02140, USATel: +1 617 498 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
Seaming Chucks & Rolls
CarnaudMetalbox Engineering plcDockfield RoadShipley,West Yorkshire BD17 7AY, UKTel: +44 1274 846 200Fax: +44 1274 846 201E-mail: [email protected]: www.cmbecanmaking.com
IMETA srlStrada Burla 279A43122 ParmaItalyTel: +39 0521 1688811Fax: +39 0521 1688819E-mail: [email protected]: www.imetasrl.com
Seaming Machines
Lanico Maschinenbau Otto Niemsch GmbHPO Box 3065D-38020 Braunschweig, GermanyTel: +49 531 809 060Fax: +49 531 809 0627E-mail: [email protected]: www.lanico.de
Sargiani SpAVia Farnesiana 8429100 Piacenza, ItalyTel: +39 0523 615 250Fax: +39 0523 593 938E-mail: [email protected]: www.sargiani.com
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
GS&T S.r.l.Metal Packaging Machinery By Emilio MussinoVia Grange Palmero, 234 10091 Alpignano (Torino), ItalyTel : +39 011 9665880Fax: +39 011 9665888 E-mail: [email protected]@gstmachinery.itWeb: www.gstmachinery.it
Sensor Technology
Prime Controls, Inc.World Headquarters:4528 Gateway CircleDayton, OH 45440-1712, USATel: +1 937 435 8659Fax: +1 937 435 2091E-mail: [email protected]: www.primecontrols.com
SenconNorth, Central & South America Sencon Incorporated6385 W 74th StreetBedford Park, IL 60638, USATel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected] Europe, Middle East, Asia Sencon (UK) LtdStonebridge Cross Business ParkDroitwich WR9 0LW, UKTel: +44 1905 827800Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com
Sensory AnalyticsThe Sensory Building4413 West Market StreetGreensboro, NC 27407, USATel: +1 336 315 6090Fax: +1 336 315 6030E-mail: [email protected]: www.specmetrix.com
Separator Sheets
Kartonfabrik Porstendorf GmbH Fabrikstrasse 107778 Porstendorf, GermanyTel: +49 36427 874214Fax: +49 36427 874101E-mail: [email protected]: www.kartonfabrik.de
Shaping
Belvac Production Machinery Inc237 Graves Mill Road Lynchburg, VA 24502-4203, USATel: +1 434 239 0358Fax: +1 434 239 1964E-mail: [email protected]: www.belvac.com
Sheet Coating Control
SenconNorth, Central & South America Sencon Incorporated6385 W 74th StreetBedford Park, IL 60638, USATel: +1 708 496 3100Fax: +1 708 496 3105E-mail: [email protected]
Europe, Middle East, Asia Sencon (UK) LtdStonebridge Cross Business ParkDroitwich WR9 0LW, UKTel: +44 1905 827800Fax: +44 1905 795876E-mail: [email protected]: www.sencon.com
Sensory AnalyticsThe Sensory Building4413 West Market StreetGreensboroNC 27407, USATel: +1 336 315 6090Fax: +1 336 315 6030E-mail: [email protected]: www.specmetrix.com
Sheet Feed Presses
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
Rainer Naroska Engineering GmbHIm Hengstfeld 19 32657 Lemgo, GermanyTel: +49 5261 6606 0Fax: +49 5261 6606 30E-mail: [email protected]: www.naroska.com
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Shin-I Machinery Works Co Ltd No 43 Chung Cheng St Chingshui, TaichungTaiwan ROC Tel: +886 4 2623 8181 Fax: +886 4 2623 2129 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.shinican.com
Sheet Handling
TEC TECHNOLOGY GMBH Carl-Benz-Str.1274366 Kirchhein/Neckar, GermanyTel: +49 7143 961 7280 Fax.: +49 7143 961 7281E-mail: [email protected]: www.tec-technology.de
Sheeting Lines
Hengli CNC Technology Co, Ltd9 Huishan Road, Mogan Mountain Economic Development ZoneDeqing, Zhejiang ProvinceChina 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
Shell Systems
Stolle Machinery Company, LLC6949 S. Potomac StreetCentennial, CO 80112, USATel: +1 303 708 9044Fax: +1 303 708 9045E-mail: [email protected]: www. stollemachinery.com
TG Can International Ltd 36 Burners Lane Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes MK11 3HB, UKTel: +44 1908 561444 Fax: +44 1908 307519E-mail: [email protected] Can Technology (USA) IncSuite 200 470 Olde Worthington Road Westerville, OH 43082, USA Tel: +1 614 410 6672Fax: +1 614 410 6673E-mail: [email protected] & SOUTH EAST ASIA:Hacotec Systems SDN BHDBlock 6-7-8 Queens AvenueJalan Bayam55100 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaTel: +6 039205 6998Fax: +6 039205 6998Cell: +6 012278 8692E-mail: [email protected]: Thomas WongJAPAN:Press Technologies IncUrban SK Bldg 3F6027-2 Okusawa, Setagaya-kuTokyo 158-0083, JapanTel: +81 3 3703 4138E-mail: [email protected]: Yukio Kameishi
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 Hallwil, SwitzerlandTel: +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
Sargiani SpAVia Farnesiana 8429100 Piacenza, ItalyTel: +39 0523 615 250Fax: +39 0523 593 938E-mail: [email protected]: www.sargiani.com
Thermal Drying Ovens
TEC TECHNOLOGY GMBH Carl-Benz-Str.1274366 Kirchhein/Neckar, GermanyTel: +49 7143 961 7280 Fax.: +49 7143 961 7281E-mail: gerd.molzahn@ tec-technology.deWeb: www.tec-technology.de
Thermal Oxidizers
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
Inghor Avda J L Goyoaga 32 3º Dpto.30648950 ErandioSpainTel: +34 944 411 012 / 313Fax: +34 944 411 066E-mail: [email protected]: www.inghor.es
KBA-MetalPrint GmbHWernerstr. 119-129D-70435 StuttgartGermanyTel: +49 71169971-0Fax: +49 711 69971-670E-mail: [email protected]: www.kba-metalprint.de
Training & Commissioning
Canserv FZ-LLC Suite 1503, 15th FloorGrosvenor Business TowerTecom C, Al-BarshaDubai, United Arab EmiratesTel: +971 (4) 424 7225Fax: + 971 (4) 424 7226E-mail: [email protected]: www.canserv.com
Turnkey Can Making Lines
Cantec GmbH & Co KGHelenenstrasse 149D-45143 Essen, GermanyTel: +49 201 633 1461Fax: +49 201 633 1239E-mail: [email protected]: www.cantec.com
Soudronic AGIndustriestrasse 35CH-8962 BergdietikonSwitzerlandTel: +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
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Canserv FZ-LLC Suite 1503, 15th FloorGrosvenor Business TowerTecom C, Al-BarshaDubai, United Arab EmiratesTel: +971 (4) 424 7225Fax: + 971 (4) 424 7226E-mail: [email protected]: www.canserv.com
Twist Off Caps
MIVISA Envases SAUPoligono Industrial Los Pinos30565 Las Torres de CotillasMurcia, SpainTel: +34 968 364400Fax: +34 968 364442E-mail: [email protected]: www.mivisa.com
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
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 SL.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 351520 AA WormerveerThe NetherlandsTel: +31 75 6283551Fax: +31 75 6286037E-mail: [email protected]: www.stuurmanbv.com
Used/Refurbished Metal Decorating Equipment
Brodie System, Inc 1539 West Elizabeth AveLindenNJ 07036, USATel: +1 908 862 8620Fax: +1 908 862 8632E-mail: [email protected]: www.brodiesystem.com
Hebenstreit Metal Decorating GmbHGottlieb-Daimler-Strasse 15/274385 PleidelsheimGermanyTel: +49 7144 88980-0Fax: +49 7144 88980-50E-mail: [email protected]: www.hebenstreit-gmbh.de
KBA-MetalPrint GmbHWernerstr. 119-129D-70435 StuttgartGermanyTel: +49 71169971-0Fax: +49 711 69971-670E-mail: [email protected]: www.kba-metalprint.de
Miotto Este spaVia Talamoni 4I-20861 Brugherio (MB), ItalyTel: +39 0392 878 284Fax: +39 0398 84 594E-mail: [email protected]: www.miottoeste.it
Perm Machine & Tool CoPO Box 660, 9660 Industrial DriveSt John, Indiana 46373, USATel: +1 219 365 5000Fax: +1 219 365 4847E-mail: [email protected]: perm_machineWeb: www.permmachine.com
UV Curing Equipment
Hebenstreit Metal Decorating GmbHGottlieb-Daimler-Strasse 15/274385 PleidelsheimGermanyTel: +49 7144 88980-0Fax: +49 7144 88980-50E-mail: [email protected]: www.hebenstreit-gmbh.de
IST METZ GmbHLauterstrasse 14-18D-72622 NuertingenGermanyTel: +49 7022 6002 0Fax: +49 7022 6002 76E-mail: [email protected]: www.ist-uv.com
KBA-MetalPrint GmbHWernerstr. 119-129D-70435 StuttgartGermanyTel: +49 71169971-0Fax: +49 711 69971-670E-mail: [email protected]: www.kba-metalprint.de
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
UnimaQ LtdUnit 6, Bridge Road North Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham LL13 9PN, UKTel: +44 1978 669922Fax: +44 1978 669920Mobile: (+44) 7720 468 309E-mail: [email protected]: www.unimaq.co.uk
Vacuum Pumps & Vacuum Systems
Pneumofore SpAVia N. Bruno 34, 10098 Rivoli, ItalyTel: +39 011 950 40 30Fax: +39 011 950 40 40E-mail: [email protected]: www.pneumofore.com
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]: perm_machineWeb: www.permmachine.com
Washer Mats & Belts
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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Washers for Cans
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
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
Waste Water Treatment
CIE SrlCompagnia Italiana EcologiaVia I° Maggio, 20-2220070 San Zenone al Lambro (MI) ItalyTel: +39 02 9810470Fax: +39 02 98175079E-mail: [email protected]: www.cieeng.com
Water Treatment
AllWater Technologies LtdPO Box 240, ClevedonNorth Somerset BS21 9AZ, UKTel : +44 1934 751333E-mai: [email protected] Web: www.allwatertreatment.co.uk Welding Machines
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
Welding Machines for Drums & Pails
E-mail: [email protected]
GS&T S.r.l.Metal Packaging Machinery By Emilio MussinoVia Grange Palmero, 234 10091 Alpignano (Torino), ItalyTel : +39 011 9665880Fax: +39 011 9665888 E-mail: [email protected]@gstmachinery.itWeb: www.gstmachinery.it
Soudronic AGIndustriestrasse 35CH-8962 Bergdietikon, SwitzerlandTel: +41 44 743 66 66 Fax: +41 44 743 66 99E-mail: [email protected]: www.soudronic.com
Wicket and Chains for Sheet Fed Ovens
Perm Machine & Tool CoPO Box 660, 9660 Industrial DriveSt John, Indiana 46373, USATel: +1 219 365 5000Fax: +1 219 365 4847E-mail: [email protected]: perm_machineWeb: www.permmachine.com
April 2014
Expo Aluminio 20146th International Aluminum Congress, 12th International Aluminum Recycling Seminar1-3 April, Sao Paulo, BrazilWeb: www.expoaluminio.com.br
Luxe Pack Shanghai16-17 April, Shanghai Exhibition Center, ChinaContact: Danièle Rousseau, IdiceTel: +33 4 74 73 42 33 Email: [email protected]: www.luxepackshanghai.com
May 2014
Metpack 20146-10 May, Messe Essen, GermanyContact: Messe EssenWeb: www.metpack.de
Interpack 20148-14 May, Düsseldorf, GermanyContact: Messe Düsseldorf GmbHEmail: [email protected]: www.interpack.com
Luxe Pack New York14-15 May, Pier 92 New York, NY, USAContact: Annik Klein, KX Associates, USATel: +1 212 274 8508Email: [email protected]: www.luxepacknewyork.com
IMDA Annual Conference21-22 May, Hilton Indian Lakes, Bloomingdale, Illinois, USAContact: International Metal Decorators AssociationTel: +1 410 252 5205Email: [email protected]: www.metaldecorators.com
June 2014
Pack & Gift 20144-5 June, Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, FranceContact: IDICE SAS (France)Email: [email protected]: www.packandgift.com
ProPak Asia11-14 June, BITEC, Bangkok, ThailandContact: Marek SzandrowskiTel: +44 20 7840 2108 Email: [email protected]: www.propakasia.com
PackPlus 201411-14 June, New Delhi, IndiaContact: Print-Packaging.com Pvt LtdEmail: [email protected]: www.packplus.in
DiaryAugust 2014
India International Printing & Packaging Fair23-26 August, New Delhi, IndiaContact: India Trade Promotion Organisation Email: [email protected]: www.iippf.com
September 2014
IFTECH Food + Bev Tec Pakistan4-6 September, Lahore, PakistanContact: Pegasus ConsultancyEmail: [email protected] Web: www.foodtechpakistan.com
Labelexpo Americas9-11 September, Chicago, USA Contact: Tasha Ventimiglia, Event DirectorEmail: [email protected]: +1 262 754 6931Web: www.labelexpo-americas.com
29th Aluminium Conference22-24 September, The Ritz Carlton, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Contact: Metal BulletinTel: +44 20 7779 8989Email: [email protected]
October 2014
Asia CanTech 2014The technical conference and exhibition for can makers, fillers and their suppliers in Asia.27-29 October, Bangkok, ThailandContact: Katrine CallanderTel: +44 1474 532202Fax: +44 1474 532203Email: [email protected]: www.asia-can.com
November 2014
Pack Expo International2-5 November, Chicago, USAContact: PMMITel: +1 703 243 8555Email: [email protected]: www.packexpo.com
Brau Beviale 201411-13 November, Nuremberg, GermanyContact: Event TeamTel: +49 9 11.86 06-81 11Web: www.brau-beviale.de
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Q: What’s your background?I’ve been working in the drinks can industry for over 30
years. I started one year after the Can Makers formed in
1981, joining Nacanco in 1982, and have been fortunate
enough to be part of every aspect of the industry through-
out my career. When Rexam Ltd took over Nacanco in
2000, it was business as usual and I remained with the
company, expanding my experience across the techni-
cal, marketing and sales sides. I now work out of our Luton
offices where I am responsible for accounts across the UK
and Ireland and key accounts across Europe. One of my
career highlights was becoming the Can Makers chairman
in 1999 and I’m honoured to be back for a second time. It’s
an exciting time for the drinks can.
Q: Can you tell us more about the Can Makers?The Can Makers is the industry trade body representing the
UK manufacturers of drinks cans and was the first organisa-
tion in Europe formed to promote drinks cans. It is part of a
European network set up under the auspices of Beverage
Can Makers Europe (BCME), which includes similar country
organisations across Europe.
Q: How far has the industry come since your first stint as chairman in 1999?The industry has changed a lot since I was first chairman in
1999, going from strength to strength, keeping pace and,
in some cases, anticipating the ever-evolving needs of
brands, consumers and retailers. In 15 years, the UK drinks
can market has grown from 7.6bn empty can deliveries
in 1999 to more than 9.5bn in 2013 and, as an industry,
everyone has come together and worked hard to build
the drinks can’s profile.
The sustainability credentials of the drinks can are now
widely recognised, from the fact that it’s 100 per cent recy-
clable through to carbon footprint benefits throughout the
supply chain. The industry has also worked hard to establish
recognition for metal as a permanently available material
– a material with unique properties as it can be recycled
forever with no loss of quality. Though drinks cans have
always been made from permanently available material,
in 1999 this wasn’t recognised.
The drinks can has also been continually lightweighted
over the years. Cans today use less than a third of the raw
material needed than 30 years ago. Take the aluminium
drinks can as an example. Each one weighs as little as
10g, with walls as thin as a human hair, and yet it’s still
incredibly strong, light and easy to transport and easy to
stack on shelf. This and the fact that cans are uniquely
sustainable, means that the drinks can has some serious
environmental credentials.
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An explosion in offerings over the past 15 years means
that there are even more shapes, sizes, products and
designs available than ever before. The benefits of the can
are also being recognised by premium alcoholic drinks,
including the ready-to-drink sector.
Q: Now you’re back at the helm, what are your main goals for the organisation?Alongside continuing the great work of my predecessor,
Geoff Courtney, my main goal is to ensure that the drinks
can is recognised as the must-have drinks pack for brands
and consumers alike. It offers a premium packaging solu-
tion with widespread appeal and I want to ensure that this
is promoted far and wide.
Q: What are the main challenges you face with regard to achieving these goals?Of course, it’s never easy to promote messages to a wide
audience, whatever you do, but we have some exciting
announcements in the pipeline. I can’t talk about them
yet, but it’s certainly a great time to be involved in an
industry which is aligned and which works together to pro-
mote the benefits of the drinks can.
Q: When you’re not working in the metal packaging industry, how do you like to unwind?When I’m not working, I enjoy spending time with my wife
and children like any family man. However, when I get the
chance at weekends, I can often be found at the local
airfield flying small planes and making use of my private
pilot’s licence. ❑
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Graham Fenton, chairman of The Can Makers, talks to Candid following his re-election
The prestigious Asia Can Awards (past winners include RGSK Easy Pack, Ardagh,Crown, IMCP, Kian Joo, ORG, Swan Industries, Tinpack Group and Universal Can)
will be presented at the Asia CanTech Gala Dinner on 28th October.
Can AwardsAsia
2014
Register online
www.asia-can.com
The awards are open to all can and end makers that
are based or distribute their products in Asia.
The categories are:
Aerosols
Beverage two-piece
Beverage three-piece
Decorative/Speciality
Ends/Caps/Closures
Food two-piece
Food three-piece
General Line
and Innovation
For more informationplease visit
www.asia-can.com
Who can? You canThe awards are open to all can and end makers that
are based or distribute their products in Asia.
The categories are:
Aerosols
Beverage two-piece
Beverage three-piece
Decorative/Speciality
Ends/Caps/Closures
Food two-piece
Food three-piece
General Line
and Innovation
For more informationplease visit
www.asia-can.com
The awards are open to all can and end makers that
are based or distribute their products in Asia.
The categories are:
Aerosols
Beverage two-piece
Beverage three-piece
Decorative/Speciality
Ends/Caps/Closures
Food two-piece
Food three-piece
General Line
and Innovation
For more informationplease visit
www.asia-can.com
Can AwardsAsia
2014
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