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Recycling rate matters

18/02/10

It’s the recycling rate that matters – let’s tell them why With the pressure on to increase the recycled content in packaging materials, steel has to shout about its credentials. Nick Mullen, head of the UK’s Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association (MPMA) is there to turn up the volume. Is metal packaging too sustainable for its own good? Nick Mullen thinks so. “Metal is getting caught up in initiatives and regulatory activities that are really designed to try to manage the less environmentally-friendly materials in the packaging waste stream,” says the director of the MPMA.

New ‘win-win' IT systems for order management and logistics

01/11/08

"To offer the best customer service and logistics, we need to support our commercial and supply chain teams with excellent systems," says Adam Cietak.

Protact® for Paint - Platinun®

15/05/08

Lechler has chosen new general line container Platinun® for its latest range of paints. The new can has been created out of polymer-coated steel by Gruppo ASA, Italy’s leading maker of cans for the paint and edible oil markets.