Antares Vision Group: safer cans thanks to AI integration

From inspection to traceability, the Group will showcase smart technologies at Metpack 2026 for manufacturers of metal packaging for food, beverages, and aerosols

Antares Vision Group, a global leader in traceability and quality inspection solutions ensuring product and supply chain transparency through integrated data management, will take part in Metpack 2026, one of the most important international events for the rigid container manufacturing industry, scheduled for May 5-8 in Essen, Germany.

At its booth (Hall 3, Booth 3A12), the Group will showcase a Cyclops machine that provides inline inspection for food and beverage can ends and closures, a DecoMatch machine that provides offline colour inspection on beverage can decoration, and a PolyView CTI system providing can top inspection (neck and curl) for aerosol cans.

Alongside this innovation, Antares Vision Group will also discuss its solutions for serialisation, supply chain traceability, and the deployment of artificial intelligence.

As a leading provider of machine vision inspection systems for the food and beverage container manufacturing industry, Antares Vision Group continues to be propelled by a spirit of innovation spanning multiple decades, setting the global standard for inspection solutions worldwide. The ongoing development of application-specific technologies via Applied Vision Corporation, ever-higher accuracy standards, cost efficiency and ease of use make the Group the first choice of canmakers around the globe.

“The canmaker market is a key benchmark for technological innovation in the food, beverage and aerosol packaging industries,” said William Holmes, president, Applied Vision Corporation, part of Antares Vision Group. “With our integrated, intelligent, and sustainable solutions, we aim to support manufacturers in improving product quality and process efficiency.”