Metal Packaging Transformed: Join us at Metpack 2026
5-8 May 2026 | Essen, Germany | Hall 3, Stand A39
Join us at Metpack 2026 and discover how you can transform metal packaging with innovations that enhance brands, drive efficiencies, minimize risks and boost sustainability.
Why visit Sun Chemical at Metpack 2026:
Talk to our team Metpack 2026 to find out how our innovations for 2- and 3-piece cans, tubes and monobloc are helping metal packaging manufacturers:
Future-proof packaging to comply with today’s and tomorrow’s regulatory requirements
Achieve production and cost efficiencies
Ensure accurate, consistent brand colors that reinforce and protect brands
Create opportunities for differentiation with highly customized packaging
Switch to lower carbon curing methods
Key Stand Highlights:
2-Piece
Formaldehyde-free inks: the newly launched, patent-pending SunDuo Mashu metal packaging inks empower beverage can manufacturers to improve industrial hygiene and increase safety in use by removing all raw materials based on formaldehyde.
SunDuo inks for 2-piece cans: highly stable on press and fast to stabilize, these inks can considerably reduce the number of cans rejected, contributing to a lower TCO.
Best-in-class ink management software enables efficiencies by reducing time spent in graphics function or ink mixing. It also integrates with PantoneLIVE™, making ink supplier conversion easy.
Digital UV and UV LED inks for pre-shaped form printing make efficient production of short-run, highly customized packaging possible.
3-Piece
SunTrio UV & UV LED inks for 3-piece cans with options including regular, flexible and low migration inks to facilitate the switch from gas oven curing methods to lower CO2 emission processes.
Digital UV and UV LED inks, ideal for producing customized packaging in small batches.
Color tools to enable standardization and harmonization of brand colors, including methodologies aligned with the ISO 12.649.9 standard.
Tube & Monobloc
SunAltec metal packaging inks specifically designed for tubes & monobloc. They feature fast startup, high stability on press and outstanding color accuracy, contributing to lower overall TCO.
Digital UV and UV LED for pre‑shaped form printing, allowing for efficient creation of short-run, highly customized packaging.
Color tools including a monobloc-specific PantoneLIVE™ color library to help set achievable expectations in the design, proofing, and printing for gloss or matte varnish on monobloc aerosols, aluminum collapsible tubes, cartridges, and felt pen cases.
