Aluminium End-user Weekly Recap: Ball Corporation to expand cans capacity with new aluminium beverage packaging plants in UK & Russia; Indian electronics brand ‘Noise’ rolls-out smartwatch made from aircraft grade aluminium
The aluminium end-user segment unfolded some of the best news from across the world. The American multi-national and the world's leading provider of innovative, sustainable aluminium packaging for beverage, personal care and household products, Ball Corporation intends to expand increase its manufacturing capacity with new facilities in the UK and Russia. Ball has recognized a site at the SEGRO Park Kettering Gateway in the UK, while the 2014 born India electronics brand ‘Noise’ rolls-out smartwatch made from aircraft-grade aluminium.
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CANPACK S.A. has joined ASI as a new Industrial User member, bringing the total number of ASI Members to 178. The company, founded in 1992, is a manufacturer of aluminium beverage cans. The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) is a global, multi-stakeholder, non-profit standards-setting and certification organisation that aims to recognise and foster the responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium.
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The Southeast Asian country, Thailand has registered an export of 147,409 tonnes of aluminium cans during 2018-19 and the foreign revenue earnings accounted for the export remained at $133.44 million. The export for 2020 stood at 139,314 tonnes and the earnings counted to $82.42 million. However, when the export volume and earnings for 2020 gets assorted with the existing two years, it denotes 286,723 tonnes and $215.86 million respectively.
The island nation on the Indian Ocean, Mauritius has registered 437 tonnes of aluminium foil during 2019-20 and the foreign revenue expended for the import was accounted for $1.62 million. In 2019, Mauritius import of aluminium foil remained at 213 tonnes and the expenditure occurred for the import was $0.87 million, whereas, in 2020, the import exhibited a gradual rise by 5.16%, as the import volume grew to 224 tonnes, while the expenditure slumped to $0.75 million.
Ball Corporation intends to expand increase its manufacturing capacity with new facilities in the UK and Russia. The plant will start operations in 2023. Each facility will manufacture billions of cans a year across a range of formats and sizes. Ball has recognized a site at the SEGRO Park Kettering Gateway in the UK. The company has submitted its formal application to North Northamptonshire Council and anticipates breaking ground during 2021, following a period of public consultation.
In the Sustainable Circular Challenge organised by Ball Beverage Packaging India, a team of six students from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) bagged the runners-up trophy by demonstrating effective ways to reuse aluminium cans. The Thinkers, as they call themselves, has devised an innovative plan of changing the design of the cans to have a reattachable lid to be able to reuse the cans for a couple of more times, considering sustainability can come at a cost in the country like India and packaging can diminish profits.
The seventh-largest country in Europe, Germany recorded export of 46,812 tonnes of aluminium household articles during 2018-20 and the revenue earnings accounted for from the export was $358.75 million. In 2018, the Western European nation registered 11,961 tonnes of aluminium household articles and the earnings remained at $73.66 million, whereas, in 2019, the export soared by 48.92%, as the export volume grew to 17,813 tonnes and the earnings swung up to $138.70 million.
The Indian consumer electronics brand, Noise which started in 2014 founded by Amit Khatri and Gaurav Khatri has developed to be a popular wearable brand, now rolled out another smartwatch in the market. On 15th July 2021, the electronic company revealed Noise ColorFit Ultra at an online event. The ColorFit Ultra comes with the biggest display Noise has ever floated. The smartwatch is tooled with magnificent features including Calls and SMS quick reply, 60 sports modes, a blood oxygen monitor and more.
To know more: https://www.alcircle.com/news/indian-electronics-brand-noise-rolls-out-smartwatch-made-from-aircraft-grade-aluminium-68832
According to a report on Wednesday, July 14, construction on Heesen’s 57-metre, all-aluminium superyacht project Akira is due to begin this year. The news came after the yard announced the yacht, which was first revealed at the 2019 Monaco Yacht Show, would begin construction at Heesen’s Oss shipyard in the autumn.
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