The plant makes draw-redraw and welded steel cans, the capacity for which will be transferred to other facilities in Ball’s metal food and household products packaging division.

The 16oz resealable Alumi-tek bottles – called the Coors Light Silver Bullet Aluminum Pint – are similar to those used by Miller and are manufactured by Ball Corporation at its plant at Monticello, Indiana, using technology licenced from Japan's UCC.

Danladi Verheijen said that manufacturing was difficult in Nigeria "but not impossible," provided that "right product and the right service is being offered".

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As part of the celebrations, the soup will be sold with a label design based on the original Cream of Tomato Soup packaging. The vintage label will be available exclusively at Fortnum & Mason during the celebrations before appearing on cans in supermarkets throughout the UK from October.

Vogel & Noot makes cans for food packaging, chemical containers, caps and decorative needs. It was founded in 1872 and has plants throughout Europe.

The company becomes Empac’s seventh corporate member and 21st overall, joining others from the European metal packaging and steel industry. These include APEAL, ColepCCL, Crown Europe, Huber Packaging Group, Impress Group and Massilly Holding. Empac also has 11 national association members from across Europe and three associate members.

As part of its continuing studies into the levels of BPA found in packaged food and drinks, Health Canada surveyed a range of soft drinks and beers in cans and glass bottles and PET bottles. It found BPA had migrated from the can linings into the products, but at very low levels, the highest of which was one part in two billion.

This is very much lower than the tolerable daily intakes set by various regulatory bodies around the world.

The Rochester, New York, brewery has invested $3.5 million in the line which will fill 300 cans a minute and 30,000 cases a day of Genesee, Genny Light, Genesee ICE, Genesee Cream Ale and The Original Honey Brown Lager. Supplier of the filling line was not revealed.

The GZ Industries Limited (GZI) factory at Agbara Industrial Estate near Lagos features one line with capacity to make 600 million 33cl and 50cl aluminium cans a year.

Now there are plans to double capacity to 1.2 billion with a second line, enabling GZI to export to neighbouring markets.

Tropicana ‘s ‘Orange with Rare Cheese Flavor’ mixes orange with cream cheese, and is one of a number of drinks on the domestic market that mix acidic juices with dairy products.

The 200g cans offer a five-strong range of complete meals based on pasta or beans.

"At Heinz we're always looking for new ways to help mums give their children nutritious, great tasting food that they love," said Christina Honigfort, senior brand manager Heinz.