canning | Food Engineering

Case Study

Czech Beverage Company Mattoni 1873 Invests in New Canning Line

October 13, 2024

Mattoni 1873, a distributor of soft drinks in Central Europe, has invested more than €40 million ($43.66 million) in technology for its various plants in the last three years.

Cleaning/Sanitization

JBT Corp. Introduces Continuous Rotary Pressure Sterilizer

June 2, 2023

The JBT 2.1m Pressure Rotary has a larger diameter for increased throughput without extra floor space.

Company News

True Salt Steps into Tomato Canning Industry

April 12, 2023

The company is moving into the tomato canning industry.

Case Studies & Field Reports

Beavertown Brewery Realizes Greenfield Project in the Keg and Can Segments

December 13, 2022

KHS, a manufacturer of filling and packaging systems for the beverage and liquid food industries, supported the British craft brewery in its ambitious goals.

Molson Coors new filling and packaging lines

Filling Technology

Molson Coors adds filling and packaging lines

The beer giant expands in the open country

April 8, 2022

Molson Coors had room to expand—for new and highly flexible filling and packaging technology from KHS.

New Plant Products

Fiber laser solution for high-speed beverage canning

June 14, 2021

Lightfoot canning solution combines the company’s fiber laser with the speed of dual Lightfoot marking heads to meet the demanding production needs of beverage canning manufacturers.

Food Packaging

Beverage containers showcase innovations in packaging design

Mountain Dew cans use hidden-message ink for "Game of Thrones" promotion

Rose Shilling

May 20, 2019

Mountain Dew has given fans of "Game of Thrones" a gift: all-white cans that reveal at cold temperatures an image of Arya Stark's kill list.

Processing

New canning line for Heineken Vietnam meets all expectations, doubling output

The brewery needed to add a line without stopping current production

Wayne Labs

March 4, 2019

Heineken Vietnam is a major beer producer in the Vietnamese domestic market, but it needed to increase its production significantly at its Tien Giang site in the south of Vietnam. The challenge: The brewer needed a quick, turnkey installation of a new canning line without upsetting existing operations.

Ball’s new cans feature pop top branding

Ball's proprietary Cameo End Printing extends customer branding to the top of the can.

Crystal Lindell

April 29, 2018

Ball Corporation's newest beverage can innovation is helping customers put a colorful lid on their aluminum cans.

Tariff decision could drive up costs for certain food and beverage items

CMI urges exemptions for steel and aluminum used to make food and beverage cans.

Debra Schug

March 9, 2018

The CMI says 42 percent of tinplate steel needs to be imported to manufacture food cans that provide nutritious product for American consumers. More than 60 percent of primary aluminum needs to be imported from foreign sources to produce aluminum cansheet, used to manufacture beverage cans.