Cannex & Fillex – the World Canmaking Congress

Cannex & Fillex – the World Canmaking Congress, is an international showcase of the latest canmaking and filling technologies from around the world. It is the perfect place to review the latest metal packaging equipment, materials and services and to make or re-establish valuable business contacts.

Whether you are a canmaker, filler or a supplier to these industries, Cannex & Fillex continues to be a focal point to help you develop your business, exchange information, discuss new technologies and meet the people that you need to see in one place at one time.

Cannex & Fillex Asia Pacific returns to Guangzhou, China, 16-19 July 2024 and will be held at the Pazhou Complex. Time and again, Cannex & Fillex has proved itself as a metal packaging and filling platform, offering unparalleled doorways to the Asian market and to the world.

New concepts in canmaking
In addition to launching its new D&I bodymaker, the Canceptor, at Cannex, Stolle Machinery highlighted other recently-launched products and previewed upcoming technology that will be released later in the year. Stolle promoted its rotary die necker for two-piece beverage cans, which was launched at last year’s Cannex show in China. The horizontal-axis machine features a number of necking modules, depending on customer requirements.

The spotlight was also on Stolle’s Flexor robotic sheet-feed end-making system, aimed at lower-volume producers of full-aperture or sanitary food ends, including fillers that produce their own lids. It processes up to 200 sheets per minute, depending on the shell size and material.

The sheet-feeding system features a robotic arm to pick scrolled sheets from one of two bins. The Flexor system is available in either a single-axis, straight-line feed with servo-driven feed rolls, or an x-y (zig-zag) robotic feed that is said to reduce tooling costs.