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PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2021 Technology Excellence Awards Winners Unveiled

Chosen by a panelist of packaging professionals and voted on by show attendees, winners include a new can-end design, an innovative roll-fed labeler, and an HPP bulk beverage technology.

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The winners of the 2021 Technology Excellence Awards at PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO (Sept. 27-29; Las Vegas Convention Center), owned and produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, are Canovation, P.E. Labellers, and Hiperbaric.

After months of narrowing down more than 100 qualified entries, two days of on-site voting allowed PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO attendees to be the ultimate judge of the most innovative new technologies at the show.

“Congratulations to our winners and their outstanding technologies. It was a tough task to narrow down all the innovative entries that the panel received,” says Laura Thompson, Vice President, Trade Shows, PMMI. “We are proud to continue to convene the best the industry has to offer and look forward to the Technology Excellence Awards growing stronger each year.”

The 2021 Technology Excellence Award Winners include:

Food and Beverage – CanReseal® Beverage

CanReseal’s approach to resealability can be configured in multiple ways to suit the of the product application and brand requirements.CanReseal’s approach to resealability can be configured in multiple ways to suit the of the product application and brand requirements.CanReseal from Canovation is a can-end design that adds threading just below the ubiquitous double-seam. This allows a metal closure to be screwed into the top of the can to create an air and liquid-tight seal. Stated simply, CanReseal’s design effectively adds threads to today’s modular assortment of can body sizes and diameter options, turning commercially available beverage cans into resealable, aluminum cups.

CanReseal’s approach to resealability can be configured in multiple ways to suit the of the product application and brand requirements. With the CanReseal Ring-End (CRE™) configuration, the whole top of the can is open to allow the most utility for still and carbonated beverages. The familiar Stay-On Tab opening method for cans, universally known to consumers, is also an option to now become resealable with CanReseal (CSOT™).

CanReseal features a design that is compatible with standard can body sizes and types. Manufacturing is the same as conventional cans, plus the closures are made using the same processes as the can lids. A strong advantage, says Canovation, is that existing manufacturers can easily convert their production lines, making rapid global scalability possible.

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