{"id":54320,"date":"2021-12-23T12:08:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T11:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=54320"},"modified":"2021-12-23T12:08:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T11:08:04","slug":"hoffmann-builds-canning-line-for-milk-powder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/hoffmann-baut-dosenlinie-fuer-milchpulver\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoffmann installs new canning line for baby milk powder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hoffmann has expanded its plant in the Netherlands with a special can production line for powdered baby milk products. The new line runs in a separate zone to ensure compliance with food standards. It was built for a new customer in the baby milk sector.<\/p>\n<p>The global supplier of packaging for infant formula, food and luxury foods supplies its cans in accordance with the BRC\/IoP GS 6 and ISO 9001 production standards, as required for important sales markets such as the EU, the USA and China. The<strong> Four-million-euro investment enables capacity expansion<\/strong> for baby milk powder cans by 118 million units.<\/p>\n<p>The plant currently produces cans with a diameter of 99 mm and a volume of up to 400 grams. The newly built room also offers <strong>Space for a second production line<\/strong> and enables further growth.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-458138151\"><div id=\"packa-3277037347\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The company also works <a href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?s=hoffmann+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hoffmann<\/a> actively with partners on the <strong>Roadmap for environmentally friendly steel packaging<\/strong>, produced with green energy. The company is offering a limited certified quantity for its cans in 2022 and is participating in a national decarbonisation programme.<\/p>\n<p>The company also installed a 12,000 square metre solar system on the factory roof in 2021, which will generate around<strong> 60 per cent of the tinplate factory's electricity requirements<\/strong> in Thun.<\/p>\n<p>Hoffmann also offers a RecyCan portfolio, which has just been honoured with the IPA Innovation Award 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoffmann.ch\/de\/dosen\/recycan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RecyCan<\/a> is made from 100 per cent recycled steel and can be 100 per cent recycled. According to the company, this represents a genuine market innovation, namely <strong>to close the cycle of steel packaging via a separate production route<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Capacity expansion through canning line<\/h2>\n<p>The capacity expansion and the new products are also accompanied by a<strong> Reorganisation of the customer service team<\/strong> accompanied. Hoffmann has reorganised the management structure across both plants in order to ensure that the two can production sites in Switzerland and the Netherlands are aligned. Packaging expert Karin Paldanius will join Hoffmann as Director Sales, Tins, on 1 February 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201eThe new can line for baby milk powder at our plant in the Netherlands consolidates Hoffmann's position as a speciality manufacturer in the metal packaging sector. Over the next decade, we will continue to take responsibility for environmental issues and invest heavily in the decarbonisation of our production facilities to reduce our overall impact as part of the steel packaging supply chain.\u201c <strong>Andreas Geiger<\/strong>, Managing Director of the company's Metal Business Unit<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Source<\/em>Hoffmann Neopac<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hoffmann has expanded its plant in the Netherlands with a special can production line for powdered baby milk products. The new line runs in a separate zone to ensure compliance with food standards. 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