Aluminum foil is getting a seasonal makeover as Reynolds Wrap introduces its limited-edition Snowflakes Fun Foil, bringing decorative appeal to everyday kitchen tasks ahead of the holiday season. Featuring an embossed snowflake pattern, the product combines the familiar functionality of aluminum foil with a festive appearance suited to food wrapping, holiday entertaining and homemade gifts. The new design allows consumers to use Reynolds Wrap foil for more than routine food storage, adding a decorative touch to meal preparation and presentation. Its winter-inspired pattern makes it suitable for covering dishes, preserving leftovers, packaging baked treats and creating festive crafts. Despite its seasonal appearance, Snowflakes Fun Foil retains the practical functionality of conventional...
US President Donald Trump’s aluminium tariffs have become a point of contention in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District race, with Democratic candidate Tom Perriello arguing that higher metal prices are increasing costs for local breweries and beer consumers. Perriello and former Republican Congressman Denver Riggleman raised the issue during an event at the Water Dog in Lynchburg, where they met local brewers and customers to discuss the impact of tariffs on the brewing industry. Perriello said higher aluminium prices made it more expensive for breweries to package their products, and they passed the added costs on to customers. He said rising prices concerned people across the political spectrum. To learn the future of aluminium in the packaging industry, explore our report " ALuminium...
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The United Nations classified Jordan as a middle-income nation and the economy of Jordan is classified as an emerging market economy. Jordan is facing economic challenges in the time of COVID-19 and it is going through a recession. The travel and tourism sector has been the worst hit due to Jordan’s restrictions on tourism and the diminished global appetite for travel that will likely continue through all of 2021. The Arabian nation’s import of aluminium foil during 2018-19 stood at 4963 tonnes and the revenue expended remained at $19.54 million. The import for 2020 is analysed to reach at 5059 tonnes and the expenditure to stand at $14.30 million. However, when the import volume and expenditure of 2020 gets added with the existing two years, it depicts 10,022 tonnes and $33.84 million...
Ball Corporation has collaborated with Coors Light to bring recyclable Ball Aluminium Cup to Allegiant Stadium Fans in Las Vegas. Ball Aluminium Cup is designed to meet the rising consumer demand for sustainable packaging. 100,000 of the 20-ounce aluminium cups will be available in the club seats at Allegiant Stadium. Allegiant Stadium joins a growing number of football stadiums that feature the Ball Aluminium Cup at scale. "We're proud to team up with Coors Light to bring fans at Allegiant Stadium an enhanced beverage experience and sustainable hospitality options from the start with our game-changing and infinitely recyclable aluminum cup," said Daniel W. Fisher, Ball's chief operating officer, global beverage packaging. "We introduced the aluminum cup to meet the growing demand for...
Guala Closures Group introduced a new range of sustainable closures under the brand name, Blossom™ and with sustainability as a fundamental pillar of Guala Closures' strategy, which aims to use 35% recycled material worldwide by 2025. The closure range is built on the company’s four ethics of eco-design. Guala portrays the launch as a vital step towards achieving its corporate social responsibility goals, with each closure in the range following one of the company’s four eco-friendly design guidelines. The Greencap closure, an aluminium screw-cap closure, coheres to the group’s ‘design to revive’ principle. This principle focuses on recovering and recycling the materials used in the closures. The Spring Blossom closure, an aluminium closure for mineral water, follows the ‘design to...
Uber has planned to add 3,000 electric vehicles and e-rickshaws to its fleet by the end of 2021. For this, the company may enter into agreement with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for charging and battery swapping, and fleets and financiers, Mint reported. “As of now, we plan to have approximately 3K EVs and erickshaws (across two, three and four-wheelers) on our platform by the end of 2021,” said Prabhjeet Singh, president, mobility, Uber India and South Asia. The company already added 100 e-rickshaws in Delhi and 500 in Kolkata in November. Uber also plans to expand to Tier-II cities and reach 200 cities by December-end. “EV-friendly policies and targets by the Centre and states such as Delhi and Telangana will translate into sales in the near future,” according to the company....
On 30 th November’20, the Indian state-owned aerospace and defence organisation, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) announced its delivery of the biggest cryogenic propellant tank (C32 LH2) ever fabricated by the company to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and that too much ahead of the contractual deadline. HAL said in a statement: “The C32-LH2 tank is a developmental cryogenic propellant tank of aluminium alloy designed for improving the payload capability of GSLV MK-III launching vehicle.” However, analysts are saying that the C32-LH2 tank would be used to put heavier satellites into orbit. Ajey Lele, a space expert at the New Delhi based Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses think tank, said: “ISRO has demonstrated its capability to launch satellites that weigh 4...
The leading food and beverage company PepsiCo has introduced limited-edition Pepsi® can to celebrate the 49th UAE National Day. The can is designed in the colours of the UAE flag and elements of its famous vistas. Aamer Sheikh, PepsiCo, GM and President, MENA and Pakistan, said, “We have had a long and successful journey in the UAE and are delighted to launch this campaign and the limited-edition Pepsi cans celebrating the momentous occasion. This is a moment of pride for all of us who have been part of this incredible journey, Dubai has been our home for almost five decades, and to light up the Burj Khalifa to showcase the strong spirit of togetherness that exists in the UAE is a feeling of the utmost honour.” These limited-edition cans are available from December 1 in modern trade,...
Algeria has extensive possibilities to boost its economic growth, including huge foreign-exchange reserves derived from oil and gas. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and concurrent crash in oil prices endangered Algeria’s vulnerable macroeconomic environment, and the new authorities are now grappling with a multifaceted crisis. Swift lockdown measures have helped slow down the pandemic, severely affecting activity in the meantime. The North African nation’s import of aluminium household articles during 2018-19 was recorded at 3946 tonnes and the expenditure occurred during the phase for the import remained at $18.70 million. The import for 2020 is supposed to reach 5547 tonnes and the expenditure to stand at $20.83 million. When the import volume and expenditure of aluminium household...
Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC), bauxite mining subsidiary of Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), has built a field hospital for COVID-19 in a record time of only 30 days, in association with Tamouh Healthcare and Dubai-based manufacturer Weatherhaven. The Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Field Hospital has been inaugurated on November 25 by the Minister of Health of the Republic of Guinea, Doctor Colonel Remy Lamah and representatives from the United Arab Emirates and Emirates Global Aluminium’s Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC). The hospital is equipped with 208 beds, including 48 in intensive care. It also has a pharmacy and a medical laboratory. It will be managed and operated by the Ministry of Health. Commenting on the field hospital project, Dr Remy Lamah, said: “I want to thank the UAE...
Over the last 12 months strategic investments, impressive growth and ongoing market penetration, especially overseas, has triggered in i2r Packaging Solutions to increase its global offering by initiating a presence in the US. i2r has appointed Dave Cobb, as National Sales Manager for the North American market towards the development of the operation. Cobb joins i2r from a similar account management role in the aluminium industry. Dave Cobb, while commenting on his new role said: “i2r is a rapidly expanding business with a fresh and unique take on the packaging market. Their innovation and ability to pivot in new directions seem to be unmatched.” “The North American market will undoubtedly present us with a range of opportunities, which I look forward to pursuing.” The aluminium container...
The Dubai based Al Ghurair Group has selected SirajPower to design, construct, operate, and maintain a 1.8 MWp solar rooftop plant at its Gulf Extrusions’ facility located at Jebel Ali. The project engulfs 4,500 solar panels that will generate 3 GWh of clean energy annually, and neutralizing over 2,000 metric tonnes of CO2 emissions, corresponding to more than 8,000,000 kilometres driven by an average vehicle passenger or equivalent to more than 35,000 trees seedlings grown for 10 years. The aluminium rails that will be used to mount the solar PV panels will be manufactured by Gulf Extrusions. This is the premier project under a recently declared partnership between SirajPower, a UAE-based solar energy provider and Al Ghurair Group, one of the largest diversified family business groups in...
Despite the well-founded economic performance and sustained reform momentum over the past few years, Portugal entered the COVID-19 crisis with undersized capital markets. As an open economy, the country is heavily reliant on exports and tourism, Portugal was been working to diversify its output by increasing activities in information technology and services. “Within Europe, Portugal will probably be among the most affected, with a double-digit recession rate in 2020,” says Paula Carvalho, Chief economist at Banco BPI. Aluminium delivers a better conductivity to weight ratio than copper; hence it is also used for wiring power grids, including overhead power transmission lines and local power distribution lines, as well as for power wiring of some aeroplanes. The Southern European nation’s...
There are multiple types of balcony railings made of aluminium and stainless steel that are water and dirt repellent and never have to be painted again. Now, GEWA Balkonsysteme produces maintenance-free and innovative balcony railings made of aluminium in attractive and timeless designs and the special trick is the innovative coating that the company uses. Balcony railings made of aluminium are not only modern and ageless but at the same time enhance the living object with a stylish finish. First and foremost, aluminium stands for stability, durability and a high-quality appearance. At the same time, however, it also offers an almost infinite range of creative and technical design options - and not just in terms of colour. The green metal can be shaped as desired and thus also fulfils...
KEMET has introduced three hybrid aluminium polymer capacitor series. The three series include the A780, PHA225, and PHH225. These aluminium capacitors are best suited for automotive and industrial applications. The A780 series is a surface mount (V-Chip) hybrid aluminium polymer capacitor. This series comes with a higher ripple current, lower equivalent series resistance (ESR), lower leakage current, and exceptional self-healing capability. These aluminium capacitors are ideal for automotive powertrain and industrial applications, including engine control units, DC/DC converters, 48V inverters for MHEV, switched-mode power supply (SMPS) and computer voltage regulator modules (VRM). The PHA225 and PHH225 capacitors can tolerate temperatures up to 140°C. It also comes with a extremely high...
Northern Michigan Breweries are reportedly facing losses for the shortage of aluminium cans. Russell Springsteen, owner of Right Brain Brewery, a microbrewery that serves its own brands of brews in a creative, industrial site, has reported that they started getting a heads up about the possible shortage of aluminium cans during this time last year. The problems with aluminium can supply in Northern Michigan began much before the onset of COVID-19, according to Short’s Brewing Company CEO Scott Newman-Bale. He said, “With tariffs coming in, that kind of amped it up to the next level, and then what really pushed it over the edge was COVID where people are just at home consuming.” Newman-Bale added that his brewing company requires approximately 12 million cans a year. Right now, it has 1...
The Vendée group Gustave Rideau, a major player in aluminium verandas, has just acquired BGN, which delivers a pass to Gustave Rideau to enter the metal construction market. This company from La Crèche, near Niort, deploys a wide range of trades, from metal frameworks to locksmithing, including the production of roofing, cladding or aluminium joinery. Gustave Rideau, President and Founder of the group with the same name, said: "In particular, we had an additional need in the coverage of large-span swimming pools, and BGN provides us with the aluminium-steel mix necessary for that.” Rideau, which already supplied private swimming pools, is now targeting the larger ones of the 8,000 French campsites. The new expertise will also allow it to approach the games and water parks segment. BGN...
The US-based brand ENVE has reportedly launched a new range of mountain bike stems made of aluminium alloy. The stems are cold-forged, precision-machined, and purpose built, and also customised for pairing with the brand’s M series carbon handlebar offering. The stems are available in 31.8mm and 35.0mm clamp diameters, with both clamp models offered with a zero degree rise in 35mm, 50mm, and 65mm lengths. ENVE has been slowly introducing aluminium products in its collection, including rim and disc brake compatible road hubs. “To be successful as a carbon manufacturer, you must first have an intimate understanding of machining,” stated VP of engineering Scott Nielson. “Behind every successful carbon design, is an equally clever mould design that was machined typically from aluminium or...
The Covid-19 outbreak has been a tough challenge for most of the businesses. However, PT Djuara Aluminium Nusantara (Djuan), a vital aluminium distributor continues to seek solutions to keep growing amid this crisis and one of the ways out is by increasing partnerships with hundreds of aluminium craftsmen in producing various household needs. Tarsisius Tukijan, President and Director, Djuara Aluminum Nusantara "After making several improvements, we encourage the company to continue to increase partnerships with craftsmen, especially around the Citeureup, Cibinong and several other areas in Bogor Regency, West Java." PT Djuan is a distributor of aluminium for various purposes, ranging from household appliances to other industrial needs. The partnership with these craftsmen has been...
Romania has been gravely stroked by the Covid-19 pandemic. GDP for the first half of 2020 plunged by 4.6% year on year, as the primary reason for this downturn is lower consumption and a drop in exports. In contrast, investments saw positive growth, driven by the construction sector. In 2020, the South Eastern European nation’s exports of aluminium wire to top five nations are Czech Rep., Hungary, Poland, Bosnia Herzegovina, and Bulgaria. These five nations will take up 71.81% of total Romania’s aluminium wire exports and contribute $92.28 million in revenue. The Czech Republic will stand at the top with 15,767 tonnes of aluminium wire import from Romania, Hungary to remain at number two with 13,905 tonnes, Poland with 10,545 tonnes import to ranks three in the list, while the fourth and...
