25.10.12 ARDAGH WINS TWO CAN TROPHIES AT 2012 CANS OF THE YEAR Continued over page... brought to you by Environment CANVIRONMENT WEEK STARTS IN SOUTH AFRICA World News ARDAGH INVESTS IN NEW DWI FOOD CAN LINE IN CENTRAL EUROPE
ARDAGH WINS TWO TROPHIES AT 2012 CANS OF THE YEAR cont. Ardagh Group was again successful at this year s prestigious Cans of the Year Awards held at the Canmaker Summit in Tokyo, winning one Gold and one Bronze trophy. The Gold award came in the Food Two-Piece category for the drawn tinplate metallic-effect 150g can made for the second-largest South Korean tuna brand, SAJO s premium Tuna, using Ardagh s Easy Peel end. The Easy Peel end was developed by Ardagh for processed food customers as a safe, easy opening packaging solution for both children and older consumers. It is also up to 50 per cent lighter than a standard end. The bronze award in the bottle category went to Ardagh s impact-extruded 250mm aluminium bottle made for Coca Cola s tieup with fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier. This exciting bottle combines beauty and the lightweight form of aluminium. The solid, pure white basecoat offers a premium printing surface for the high definition offset printing for optimal visual rendering. The background colour of flesh pink, a critical design element that showcases the bottle as unique, was particularly admired. Continued recognition at this major industry gathering is important to us, and demonstrates the effort and hard work that our colleagues put into product quality and innovation, said David Wall, managing director of Ardagh s metal packaging division. CAN 02
Environment CANVIRONMENT WEEK STARTS IN SOUTH AFRICA CAN This year s Canvironment Week, a global awareness campaign organised by Indian canmaking firm Hindustan Tin Works, started with its partners Nampak and Collect-a- Can running events at the Green Expo in South Africa, as reported on www.canmaker.com. Fashion and lifestyle shows demonstrated the environmental benefits and recyclability of cans at the Sandton Convention Centre where the Can Do! exhibit won the Most Interactive Exhibitor Award. the sustainable designs to the South Africans along with some of their own designs from renowned fashion designer Sonwabile Ndamase. Erik Smuts, managing director of Nampak Bevcan, believes much of the sharp rise in the awareness of sustainability can be credited to corporate partnerships with independent green events. and communicate the benefits of the humble can, he said. The activities in South Africa were executed very successfully and we look forward to sharing similar success stories from our other international partners from around the world, said president of Canvironment Week, Atit Bhatia. Canvironment Week will continue with events in India starting in the third week of November. Go Glamour, a fashion show run in parallel with Green Expo in Johannesburg, As promised, we are displayed Indian garments back at Canvironment Source: www.canmaker.com made from metal cans Week 2012 with creative Image sourced from www.cantechonline.com and scrap in the opening activities that involve sequence of the fashion youth from different 03 show, and showcased geographies to promote
Innovation BAMA AWARDS HONOUR AEROSOL INNOVATIONS An energy-saving alternative to conventional aerosol can testing systems and a debossed aerosol can from canmaking company Ardagh Group were among the winners at the 2012 British Aerosol Manufacturers Association (BAMA) Awards Covering entries from the UK aerosol industry, the awards were presented in three categories: economic sustainability, environmental benefits, and social responsibility. Taking out the top award in the environmental benefits division was an aerosol can testing system developed by Cascade Technologies as an alternative to the standard hot water bath test. The system is compatible with a wider range of propellants and uses less power and less space. Ardagh Group took the Highly Commended award in the economic sustainability category for a range of debossed cans produced for personal care products sold under the 212 NYC Carolina Herrera brand. Other winners included Unilever and Britvic. Nine entries were shortlisted for the awards and judged by: Jane Bickerstaff, director of the Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN); John Noble, director of the British Brands Group; and Jo Jacobius, managing director of Axiom Communications. CAN 04
World News LYNX SET TO ATTRACT WOMEN In a new venture, Unilever brand Lynx has set its sights on attracting the female market as it launches its first ever Lynx deodorant bodyspray for women Lynx Attract for Her in the United Kingdom. Lynx Attract, which will be available for both men and women, launches next month and will be accompanied by a television advert which shows both men and women wearing the fragrance. This is a historic moment for Lynx as a brand. For the first time in our 27-year history we are launching a male and female fragrance at the same time, said Kieran Danaher, Lynx brand manager at Unilever UK. CAN NEWS CAN NAMED IN TOP THREE INVENTIONS BY ROYAL SOCIETY The food canning process using tinplate cans has been named as one of the three most significant inventions in the history of food and drink by The Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science, based in London. These relatively modern innovations outscored more ancient inventions including the fishing net, the plough and the cork. The announcement is the outcome of a project which saw a steering group of royal society fellows including a Nobel Prize winner reduce a list of approximately 100 innovations down to just 20, chaired by Royal Society treasurer Sir Peter Williams, FRS. The shortlist was then voted on by fellows of the society and experts in the food and drink industry who judged each innovation on four criteria: accessibility, productivity, aesthetics, and health. The top-three results came from Anglo-French scientific successes in the 18th and 19th centuries: artificial refrigeration was first demonstrated in Glasgow in 1748 and then produced commercially in 1805; the first pasteurisation test was completed in France in 1862; and a British merchant patented the tin can in 1810 (although a year earlier a Frenchman applied a similar process with glass jars and cork). Royal Society Fellows have played vital roles in improving people s lives for 350 years, and science has a major role to play in meeting the global challenges of the 21st century. We thought it appropriate to look at how that innovation has shaped what we eat and drink, said Sir Peter Williams. The poll reveals the huge role science and innovation have played in improving our health and our lives. This is something to which the scientific community continues to add. To view the top 20, visit http:// royalsociety.org/news/2012/ top-20-food-innovations/ 05
World News ARDAGH INVESTS IN NEW DWI FOOD CAN LINE IN CENTRAL EUROPE Ardagh Group has installed a new DWI two-piece food can line at its plant in Znojmo, in the Czech Republic. This new investment of 10m in state-of-the-art two-piece DWI can-making equipment introduces this modern technology and its subsequent benefits to this important growing region in Europe. This investment will enable Ardagh to increase sales of DWI cans to the pet food and human food markets in the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria and Hungary. Commercial production will start at the end of the year. We are excited to be making this strategically important investment in what is now our fourth DWI plant in Europe. In these challenging economic times it is essential that we continue to invest in processes and technologies that deliver sustainable economic benefits to our customers, said Tim Clarke, Ardagh Group sales director for metal food Europe. DWI is a more efficient can-making process which offers the potential for further down-gauging of material, bringing both financial and environmental benefits. Our recent experiences confirm that the DWI can is the can for the future. CAN 06