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Paperboard Can Carrier System Scales from Craft to Volume

The new KeelClip can carrier system offers an environmentally friendly alternative to polymer can handles.

The new KeelClip can carrier system offers an environmentally friendly alternative to polymer can handles.
The new KeelClip can carrier system offers an environmentally friendly alternative to polymer can handles.

Graphic Packaging is using PACK EXPO to demonstrate that its KeelClip 1600 paperboard can handle application systems. Associated application machinery is highly flexible with regard to product orientation and diameter, with core formats ranging from 2x2 to 2x6. 

The environmentally responsible paperboard packaging solution replaces plastic alternatives that face headwinds in Europe and other regions, offering the benefit of clean tops, spacious billboard area, and orientation flexibility. 

The equipment is scalable, from craft brew needs, up to high volume production in excess of 400 ppm. 

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