Moravia Cans
Setting the StandardWe take a dive into Moravia Cans and explore the role it plays as a key component in the Czech Republic’s manufacturing space Writer: Sean Galea-Pace | Project Manager: Thomas Arnold The manufacturing sector in the Czech Republic is unparalleled. Despite not being the cheapest country to supply the manufacturing industry, it is regarded as the most robust in Europe due to its high level of security, relative political stability, and its possession of economic and corporate strength. As the Czech Republic’s most important industry, manufacturing plays an influential role not only within the nation but also in Europe too. Over half of all Czech exports are automotive products, with the largest producer of automotive in the region being Volkswagen Group, the Toyota/PSA joint venture, and Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech. And when it comes to the manufacture of aluminum aerosol cans, Moravia Cans set the standard. Having consistently grown over the past 25 years, Moravia Cans is renowned as a major player in the development and supply of the highest quality and most innovative, lightweight, shaped aerosol cans. Today, the organisation holds 15 percent of the world aluminum aerosol can market share, with around 98 percent of production exported outside of Czech Republic. Throughout the years, the company has continually invested in best-in-class equipment, systems, processes, and people. This has allowed Moravia Cans to improve efficiency of operations, reduce costs, waste, and scale customers’ competitiveness. The company has a dedicated research and development group that is responsible for the leading customer focused innovations in the industry. The firm leads…
Moravia Cans
The Aluminium Advocate Championing the use of aluminium packaging, Moravia Cans continues to produce cost-effective, cutting edge aerosol products for clients all over the world Writer: Tom Wadlow | Project Manager: Thomas Arnold Infinitely recyclable and extremely durable, almost three quarters of all aluminium ever produced is still in use today. It is believed that around 900 million tonnes of aluminium have been made since 1880, with the majority now sitting in buildings, electrical cables, machinery and within transport applications. Recycling all of this would equate to 17 years’ worth of current annual aluminium production. It is a marvel of a metal. 100 percent reusable and able to indefinitely retain its properties, aluminium has rightly become the poster child of sustainable packaging solutions, commonly dubbed the most valuable item in the recycling bin. For Martin Boaler, it represents the true definition of recyclability. “Recycling should mean you can return your product and have it reused or remanufactured as the same product again, and again, and again,” he says. “This is not downcycling where the material is used for something less and less valuable and loses some performance each time until it reaches landfill or incineration.” Boaler is a packaging industry veteran. An engineer and chartered accountant by trade, he now serves as Managing Director of Czech Republic-based Moravia Cans, specialist producer and global supplier of aluminium aerosol containers. The introduction to Moravia was an unconventional one, with Boaler originally trying to buy the company whilst serving as Head of Mergers and Acquisitions at Impress Group, now part of Ardagh Group. Having stayed in contact with the owners, he accepted an approach to join and lead the company in early 2017. Low-cost, leading-edge Moravia produces around half a billion cans a…
