Thirst quenching
As metal packaging continues to be the choice for brands looking to meet environmental goals while satisfying consumer needs, our coatings keep what’s on the inside safe, while enabling the outside stand out on the shelf.
About This Market
Power of the pack
Metal packaging offers unmatched convenience and sustainability, making it a preferred choice for the beer and beverage industry. Its inherent recyclability and versatility are driving the strong growth across global markets
Metal cans serve as powerful brand differentiators. They offer an unparalleled range of design possibilities, including various sizes, finishes, and labeling options. From bottle-shaped cans to colored ends and intricate designs, they enable brands to stand out on the shelf and create unique consumer experiences.
The evolving beverage market continues to fuel demand for innovative formats, including craft beers, alcoholic seltzers, canned wines, and caffeinated drinks. And with the help of our market-leading coatings, metal packaging is ideally suited to meet the needs of these emerging categories.
Perfect partnerships
AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings delivers the highest quality products, always providing the best technology solutions to match all your performance needs from a single supplier.
We provide coatings for can bodies and can ends, as well as inks for beer and beverage cans. Our solutions offer flexibility and durability to meet industry needs and are designed to withstand the harsh processing environments of the beverage industry, including retort, pasteurization and can mobility through can and filling lines.
2-Piece Can Bodies
Inside of the can
We’re a global leader for internal can coatings and leading the field in developing new technologies without bisphenols. Our internal coatings can even accommodate some of the more challenging new drink types which are becoming increasingly popular.
Outside of the can
Metal decorating technology plays a key role in influencing the ultimate end user appeal. Through our investment in research and development we continue to innovate to develop new inks to make our packaging coatings the first choice for brands who want to stand out from the competition.
Empowering change
As we develop new technologies, we design our products so that they can be easily introduced into existing production processes. We’re making a bisphenol-free future as commercially viable and risk-free as possible.
Why Us for 2-Piece Cans
Innovating ink development and metal decorating technology
Excellent product performance
Market-leading technical expertise and support
Internal Inside Spray Products
Accelshield™
Accelshield™ is our expanding range of BPA non-intent inside sprays for steel and aluminum cans. These solutions are BPAni as standard, and options are available that are free of all bisphenols, phenolics, PFAS, formaldehyde and styrene. We’re bringing new products to the market that offer increased flavor performance and further enhanced flexibility.
Aqualure™
Aqualure™ is our epoxy inside spray range, providing chemical resistance, corrosion performance, flexibility and adhesion with solutions for an extensive range of packs.
Over Print Varnish Products
Accelstyle™
Accelstyle™ is our range of BPAni waterborne overprint varnishes (OPVs). Available in both matt and gloss, the varnishes give can makers and brand owners an external coating for conventional two-piece aluminum beer and beverage cans. These solutions are BPA non-intent as standard, and there will also be versions available that are free of all bisphenols phenolics, PFAS, formaldehyde and styrene.
Aquaprime™
The Aquaprime™ product range includes proven gloss- and matt-effect overprint varnish and retortable OPV for high temperatures. It is approved for use by a number of international can makers.
3-piece can bodies
AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings offers a range internal and external coatings for 3-piece cans. If you would like more information or any specific product details, please get in touch
Why Us for 3-Piece Cans
Market-leading technical expertise and support
Excellent product performance
Removal of materials of concern
Can Ends
We have a range of internal and external coatings for can ends, including those that are free from materials of concern, and an extensive range of clear and colored coatings, which can be easily integrated into existing manufacturing processes to meet both current and future regulations.
Why Us for Cans Ends
Market-leading technical expertise and support
Excellent product performance
Unrivaled color expertise
Can Ends Internal Products
Accelshield™
Accelshield™ is our expanding range of BPAni internal coatings. These solutions are BPA non-intent as standard, and some will also be free of all bisphenols phenolics, PFAS, melamine and styrene.
Vitalure™
Vitalure is an epoxy range of gold and clear lacquer for coil coating, suitable for several different internal end types. With excellent sterilization resistance, abrasion resistance and flexibility.
Can Ends external Products
Accelstyle™
The Accelstyle™ BPAni range includes water-based clear and solvent-based clear and colored external beverage end coatings. These solutions are BPA non-intent as standard, and some are also free of all bisphenols phenolics, PFAS, melamine and styrene.
Vitalac™
Vitalac™ is a market-leading external epoxy solvent-based beverage end coating available in an extensive range of colors for ends and tabs. Vitalac is available in EMEA and Asia. It has wide brand approval for its bespoke colors used on the most recognized beverage brands, providing brand differentiation at the point of sale in a highly competitive retail market. PFASni options are available within this range.
Aquaprime™
Aquaprime™ is an epoxy versatile clear water-based epoxy coating for external beverage ends, with low VOC, formaldehyde-free and PFASni.
Contact Us
If you would like more information about any products in our range, or if you have a specific need, get in touch and one of our experts will help you.
