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Ash Road, Manukau is the business location of Amcor Beverage Cans, the innovative can production plant based in Wiri producing eight different can sizes for customers in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands. In their 20 years on this site, the business has received international recognition for its manufacturing processes and commitment to innovation. The recent external facelift of the Manukau building was part of the Amcor Continuous Improvement programme incorporating a solution that provided more than just pretty colours.

The new paint system consists of Resene Lumbersider CoolColour™ Black on the lower face of the building to provide a strong grounding focus for the colour scheme, while utilising the Resene CoolColour technology that reflects much more of the sun's energy than a standard formulation black, reducing stress on the substrate and coating and minimising heat transference into the building. The deep black is accented with Resene Buttercup (bold yellow orange) complementing the two tone effect of the Amcor brand logo.

The selection of this Environmental Choice approved paint system and utilisation of the Resene CoolColour technology sits well with the core focus of Amcor Beverage Cans who, by making sustainable product packaging that is lightweight, reduce the cost and greenhouse impact of transportation, and by being 100% recyclable afford an energy saving of 90% when recycled.

Amcor: Jim Hodgson, Sales and Marketing Manager; Sandy Curach, Consultant
Painting Contractor: Higgins Coatings
Resene: Angela Fell, Colour Consultant; Dean Blackwood, South Auckland Area Manager.
From the Resene News – issue 2/2008

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