The Canmaker

Crown Holdings has achieved a 20% reduction in water withdrawal across its global operations, the canmaker said in its latest sustainability report. Marking the midpoint of the company's Twentyby30 programme, Crown outlined its latest achievements in its 2025 Sustainability report, which underscores progress across its environmental, social and governance priorities.

Canned Food UK's latest campaign, Protein Packed Cans, aims to bring canned ingredients into focus through a series of recipes. TV chef Theo Michaels is fronting the campaign as an official CANbassador, which builds on the success of previous campaigns, showcasing the "versatility, affordability and convenience of canned foods", while tapping into growing consumer demand [...]

KHS Group has commissioned a photo voltaic (PV) system for its production site in India that will provide 80% of its energy needs.

A California-based brewer has adopted an innovative technology to extract carbondioxide from the atmosphere for use in its canned beers.

Canmaker Ball Corporation has partnered with Guaraná Antarctica, a soft drink brand from AB InBev in Brazil, to produce a limited edition can collection in celebration of the football World Cup. The can collection honours Brazil's championship-winning teams from 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002.

Consumer goods giant Unilever is to scale the use of AI-enabled digital twins across its global manufacturing network as it looks to improve quality and boost efficiency. Unilever is partnering with consultancy Accenture on the multi-year project, which marks a further step in its journey to apply "pioneering" technology across its value chain.

The Russian canmaking sector has expressed deep concern that it may lose market share as high prices for aluminium are having a knock-on effect on the price paid by consumers for canned beverages.

Members of Metal Packaging Europe and the wider canmaking community were challenged to step up as an industry to make metal the packaging of choice.

Thai company Water Test Co Ltd has developed a new method for measuring oxygen levels in packaged drinks, including cans, to help ensure product quality. The technology, which measures 'headspace oxygen' and dissolved oxygen, is particularly important for functional beverages such as vitamin C drinks, where oxygen can degrade the product, managing director Suksom Jangsawang [...]

Coding specialist Videojet highlighted its new label applicator featuring intelligent motion at ProPak Asia.