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As one of the largest and most diversified packaging coatings producers in the world, we are dedicated to delivering innovative coatings solutions for nearly every consumer metal can application.

Our solutions are designed to meet your needs inside or outside the can, from health and safety, to performance, and also to achieving your sustainability goals.

Making it easier to find the solution that's right for you.

For your internal coatings needs, we have a range specially formulated coatings solutions that maximize your productivity and products that go even further towards helping you achieve your sustainability goals.

For external coatings, our PPG iSense® performance and specialty coatings offer canmakers a wide range of solutions that meet the stringent demands of your manufacturing processes while offering eye-catching and tactile coatings that help brands stand out on the shelf.

Beverage Packaging

PPG has built its reputation on the ability to offer aluminum and steel beverage can manufacturers a comprehensive package of innovative coating solutions.

Solutions like our PPG Innovel® family of coatings, including non-BPA solutions. These water-based acrylic polymer formulations are continually improved upon to meet evolving and complex food contact regulatory requirements.

Our breakthrough external solutions feature PPG’s iSense® line of performance and specialty coatings for cans and aluminum bottles. These coatings deliver more shelf appeal for consumers, value for brand owners, and operational advantages for manufacturers.

We deliver superior performance for ends with our PPG TrueTwist® coatings, well-known for their manufacturing adaptability and robustness—including their ability to withstand high pressures and temperatures.

Food Packaging

We offer one of the world’s most extensive selection of high-performance and versatile coatings for every format of aluminum and steel cans, as well as for classical and full aperture easy-open-ends. All of our coatings are specially designed to protect can contents and to meet regulatory needs and produced following strictly controlled operational processes. Our product range includes our PPG Nutrishield® line of internal coatings designed to withstand a wide spectrum of food packs. They offer high resistance to stain, sulfur and acid—with some offering lubrication for easy release of food products.

For external applications, we offer our line of PPG iSense® performance coatings. These flexible gloss coatings excel in manufacturing plants, on filling lines and at retail outlets all over the world while delivering outstanding abrasion resistance during the rigors of handling and transport.

Personal Care Packaging

Our full range of internal and external coatings for personal care, pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications are well-known and widely used around the world.

For internal applications, our PPG Hoba® line of coatings are high-performing solutions supporting a wide range of filling goods for monobloc aerosol applications. This innovative non-BPA powder-based liner contains no solvent and helps brand owners and canmakers meet environmental and sustainable technology goals, such as reducing VOC emissions, minimizing their carbon dioxide footprint, and providing high utilization and recycling capability.

When it comes to outside the can, nothing delivers more protection and shelf appeal than our line of PPG iSense® performance and specialty coatings. These decorative and versatile coatings help products stand out for shelf appeal, attracting consumers and differentiating products with a wide range of colors, special effect finishes and applicability to all sizes and shapes of aerosols and tubes.

Caps and Closures

We offer our customers a full line of brand new PVC-free internal coatings, as well as external systems, meeting the latest EU and FDA regulations. We have designed internal systems that are highly acid and sulfur resistant, withstanding the rigors of processing, including high temperature and pressure.

Promotionals and General Line

Our easy-to-apply and highly flexible internal coatings, external basecoats and overprint varnishes can withstand nearly any manufacturing process, sophisticated shape, or embossing process. With solutions for tinplate flat sheet or aluminum foil application (instant coffee capsules for instance), PPG offers a comprehensive range of high performance coatings with a comprehensive range of design effects.

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