Venu Ayyar who is associate director of the Metal Container Manufacturers’ Association says, everyone is very concerned about the environment and pollution, food product manufacturers have started looking at metal as a good packaging medium. Added to this, the rising sustainability concerns of plastic materials, is supporting the expansion of metal as an environmentally acceptable packaging medium.
Case-study: How Shetron made cans against all odds
Shetron Limited is bullish even though it has been affected by the impact of securing tinplate and tin-free steel due to the imposition of BIS standards; plus the trickle-down effect of the Omicron virus. Today, most of the metal packaging industry belongs to the MSME sector, therefore, they are affected due to working capital constraints which have happened because of the increase in domestic prices of tinplate / tin-free steel by almost 100%. In spite of all the odds, Shetron continues the good work; including bagging awards for its metal can innovations with easy-open end and f