China’s aluminum door and window manufacturing sector includes a range of suppliers offering thermal-break systems, customized solutions, OEM/ODM production, and products for international building projects. A recent industry guide highlights Guangdong Dejiyoupin, Guangdong EEHE, Foshan CIVO, Sichuan Yazhixuan, and Sichuan Mingrenju, citing their production capabilities, product portfolios, project experience, customization services, and testing or certification coverage. The companies differ in their areas of focus. Dejiyoupin is highlighted for its production capacity and international certifications, while EEHE is noted for patents and a broad range of project solutions. CIVO focuses on factory-direct customization and climate-oriented systems, while Yazhixuan provides OEM/ODM...
Every Can Counts (ECC) has unveiled a giant art installation outside Trafford Centre to highlight the importance of recycling during Recycle Week 2026 (14th – 20th September). The Infinity Sculpture, made from more than 1,200 recycled drink cans, has been created to illustrate the life cycle of a drink can, highlighting that aluminium can be recycled time and time again. Shoppers and centre visitors can get a glimpse of the can-based artwork that will be on display by the Great Hall Entrance at Trafford Centre until Sunday 20th September to mark the occasion. This is the first time the Infinity Sculpture has been showcased in Manchester, where it will act as a physical reminder of the importance of recycling to the community. On Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th September, visitors wanting to...
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The Alkaline Water Company Inc. has reportedly received its largest order to date for new 500-ml environmentally friendly aluminium bottles. The company has delivered 300,000 bottles to two regional customers located in the California and Texas markets until now. Since the launch in February, The Alkaline Water Company has been showing a keen interest in this innovative and truly sustainable offering. The company in its press release said, “While still early in the cycle, we see backlog building for this product that is being well received by our consumers. In addition, we are seeing retailers increase shelf space for eco-friendly merchandise as consumer demand for sustainable packaging options continues to grow. As such, our brand extension to aluminium bottles has been very timely. As a...
Ball Corporation has announced its five most sustainable manufacturing plants of 2019. Each facility will receive the 2019 R. David Hoover Sustainability Award. The company has announced the five aluminium packaging plants with the most significant operational and social sustainability improvements in 2019, including progress across the areas with the most significant sustainability impact across operations as well as the promotion of aluminium packaging's sustainability credentials and engagement in their local communities, Ball Corporation said. The winners of the 2019 R. David Hoover Sustainability Award are: Kapolei, Hawaii (Beverage Packaging North & Central America); Buenos Aires, Argentina (Beverage Packaging South America); Gelsenkirchen, Germany (Beverage Packaging EMEA); Yangon,...
Illycaffè, a global leader in high-quality coffee, has extended its line of aluminium capsules compatible with Nespresso Original coffee machines. The new line of capsules is now available in Decaffeinato espresso, containing the ideal measure of the legendary and unique illy blends. The illy-branded capsules are available in total five choices representing four intensities of taste: Classico, Intenso espresso, Forte espresso, and new Decaffeinato espresso. All these varieties are available on the illy e-shop and selective retailers for a suggested retail price of $8.99 per pack of ten capsules. The illy-branded aluminium capsules are produced and distributed by JAB’s JDE platform. illycaffè and JAB had signed a trademark licensing agreement. JAB’s JDE platform is primarily responsible...
Hydro has supplied aluminium profiles to The Ocean Cleanup’s second-generation Interceptor. The company has delivered aluminium in four different shapes from its Dutch plant in Hoogezand. “Providing aluminium for such a unique project is truly inspiring. It highlights the opportunities this represents in term of dealing with one the biggest environmental issues we are facing, in addition to the vast prospects of aluminium solutions,” said John Delamboy, commercial director for Hydro Extruded Solutions in the Benelux region. The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit organization based in the Netherlands, has developed the Interceptor, an autonomous system for collecting plastic pollution from rivers before it reaches the sea. Aluminium profiles are used as construction parts for the body and...
PC Transport Systems, the Russian manufacturer of urban electric vehicles is developing the first Russian-made all-aluminium tram, drawing the best example of aluminium tram production in Europe. The body-shells for the three-section low-floor Type 71-931M1 Vityaz-M tram are being assembled and painted at the company’s Tver Mechanical Electric Transport Plant, that has undergone comprehensive modernisation to facilitate the production of aluminium vehicles. <iframe width="500" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8ALNDHwF3T0" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> The final assembly will be then undertaken at the manufacturer’s Nevsky Electric Transport Plant in St Petersburg. The use of...
Ball Corporation announced that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved its targets to reduce absolute carbon emissions. The company targets to reduce emission within its operations by 55 percent and within its value chain by 16 percent by 2030 against a 2017 baseline. Ball becomes the first in the can making industry to receive approval for science based target. This milestone affirms Ball's industry-leading efforts to help accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy and limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, supporting the goals of the Paris Agreement, Ball Corporation said. "The private sector has a vital role to play in accelerating a low carbon economy and, as the world's leading supplier of sustainable aluminium beverage packaging, we are dedicated to...
Talga Resources, battery anode, and graphene additives developer has made public that it has been approved for Innovate UK co-funding to support the development of an e-axle designed for Bentley Motors. The OCTOPUS project aims to deliver the ultimate single unit e-axle solution designed specifically to meet Bentley Motors' performance specifications via optimized motor and power electronics technology and materials. The project is funded under the Office for Low Emission Vehicles’ and Innovate UK’s “IDP15: The Road to Zero-Emission Vehicles” competition. Under the project Talga will develop and provide graphene materials for the high-performance electric motor windings to deliver an aluminium-based solution aimed at outperforming, and ultimately replacing, the copper windings currently...
Ardagh Group, a global supplier of infinitely recyclable, metal and glass packaging for the world’s leading brands, announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. The Group reported revenue of $1,622 million in the three-month period, unchanged on the prior year at constant currency. Paul Coulson, Chairman and Chief Executive, said “First quarter results were in line with our expectations, with no material impact from COVID-19. The commitment and dedication of our teams during this challenging period has been outstanding, enabling all our production facilities to continue to serve the beverage and food supply chain. It is too early to assess the macroeconomic impact of the pandemic and, accordingly, we are withdrawing our 2020 financial guidance. However, our defensive...
Prowrap, the Bristol-based professional re-winder and manufacturer of aluminium foil has secured investment from Longacre Group. The deal incorporates Longacre will be funding both brands within the Prowrap portfolio – Procare and Wrapex – and would be maintaining the long-term future of the business in Bristol. Longacre has been investing in small and medium-sized companies across the UK and Europe has backed Prowrap’s existing management team led by CEO Nick Scoon. The deal was initiated and led by corporate finance partner Mark Naughton and director Alex Sargeant at specialist business advisory firm FRP. Headquartered in Fishponds, Bristol, Procare specialises in high-quality hair foils, innovative dispensing systems and alternative colour placement systems, and supplies to the hair...
i2r Packaging Solutions has been awarded with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade. The company has won the award for outstanding year on year growth in overseas sales over the last three years. i2r manufactures a comprehensive range of aluminium foil wrinklewall and smoothwall containers. It has customers in Central & Northern Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The company supply superior, lightweight, robust aluminium foil packaging for food for retail brands as well as foil containers for wholesaler and distributor markets. i2r’s commercial director, Jon West, said: “We are thrilled and privileged to have been recognised for international trade with a Queen’s Award. The achievement is testament to the collective and sustained effort from everyone here at i2r who...
Guala Closures Group, the Italian MNC has more than 4,700 employees and operates in 5 continents through 30 production plants and markets its products in over 100 countries. Guala Closures S.p.A., the world leader in the production aluminium closures for wines and one of the major global producers and distributors of aluminium closures for the beverage industry, announces that it has appointed Rothschild & Co as financial advisor to the Company's Board of Directors in the voluntary partial tender offer promoted on a part of its shares by Special Packaging Solutions Investment S.à r.l. In line with market practice for similar transactions, Rothschild & Co will provide assistance and technical- financial support to the Board of Directors of Guala Closures as regards the activities and...
IPI has received Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard – Material Stewardship Certification in Italy. The company has achieved certification for its aseptic packaging production operations. The operations include the design and manufacturing of multilayered materials containing aluminium foil. The products are used in the food and beverage packaging sector in more than 40 countries. Fiona Solomon, Chief Executive Officer at ASI said, “We warmly congratulate IPI on their ASI Performance Standard – Material Stewardship Certification in Italy. Even in times of crisis such as this, the packaging sector continues to support the global food and beverage sector to provide the nutrition that the world needs. We appreciate the critical role aseptic packaging plays to enable...
Seventh Heaven Fiji is a floating platform featuring a restaurant and bar along with leisure facilities on board. The floating day club will be located near Malolo Island in the Mamanuca group, when it is launched as Fiji’s latest floating pontoon with a current target of July’20. Sanjay Kumar Deo, GM, Seventh Heaven Fiji said: “The uncertainty of current times propelled them to work harder and ensure business operated as usual. Our whole team is working extremely hard in the background to ensure we are all ready to go when restrictions are lifted.” Seventh Heaven Fiji employs 15 staffs and might increase to over 40 employees when it is in full operation. The Seventh Heaven Fiji floating platform offers all the modern comforts of a home setting. Owned by a private consortium, the project...
Chile a long, narrow country stretching along South America's western edge, with more than 6,000km of Pacific Ocean coastline. The economy of Chile is a high-income economy as ranked by the World Bank, and is considered one of South America's most prosperous nations, leading Latin American nations in competitiveness, income per capita, globalization, economic freedom, and low perception of corruption. The aluminium foil market import market of Chile has remained very much unsettled, though the total export during 2017-19 has been recorded at 82,198 tonnes, whereas $271.70 million has been expended for the import during the phase. The estimated volume of import for 2020 has been analysed at 24,001 tonnes and foreign revenue expenditure might reach to $79.72 million, when added both the...
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., a leading manufacturer of discrete semiconductors (diodes, MOSFETs, and infrared optoelectronics) and passive electronic components (resistors, inductors, and capacitors), announced the launch of a new series of miniature snap-in power aluminium electrolytic capacitors. The Vishay BCcomponents 257 PRM-SI series offers up to 20 % higher ripple current than previous-generation components. It offers useful life of 5,000 hours at 85 °C. With ripple currents up to 5.05 A, the devices allow designers to utilize fewer components to save board space and lower costs. The device features a cylindrical aluminium case, insulated with a blue sleeve, with rated voltages to 500 V in 25 compact case sizes ranging from 22 mm by 25 mm to 35 mm by 60 mm. “As polarized aluminium...
Electric vehicle sales in India have reportedly recorded a growth of 20 per cent to 156,000 units in the financial year 2019-20, largely driven by the sales of electric two-wheelers that form bulk of the nascent industry. Of 156,000 units, electric two-wheelers sales accounted for 152,000 units during the fiscal, up 20.7 per cent from the last year, while electric cars accounted for 3,400 units, down from 3,600 units in the year ago. Electric bus sales were 600 units compared to 400 units in the financial year 2018-19. Of the electric two-wheelers sold in FY20, 97 per cent were electric scooters, and the remaining 3 per cent were motorcycles and electric cycles. Industry body Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicle estimates the e-rickshaw sales at around 90,000 units during the...
New-car sales in Europe’s major markets in March dwindled by 52 per cent, attributing to the lockdowns imposed for the containment of COVID19, showed a data on Friday, April 17. Registrations dropped to 853,077 vehicles in the European Union, Britain, and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, marking the lowest since 1990 when ACEA started compiling data. Similar slumps have been found in China and the US as well. April is likely to look no better as car plants have remained idle and government-imposed lockdowns aggravate the economic downturn that looks set to outstrip the 2008/09 financial crisis. ACEA commented, "With containment or lockdown measures taking hold in most markets from around the middle of the month, the vast majority of European dealerships were closed...
Technology has been developed by a small company in Quebec, Canada, that makes it possible to eliminate for years all the viruses that can be found on surfaces with frequent contact. Guy Leblanc, Vice-President and Medical Advisor said: “A3 Surfaces has designed a process that incorporates and seals an antimicrobial agent in aluminium. We were topical before COVID-19, we are even more today.” In 2009, the product of academic work by two students, Maxime Dumont and Jocelyn Lambert, the technology targeted bacteria that often swarm in hospitals, such as C. difficile. <iframe width="500" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Oq0eUPvDsac" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> Guy Leblanc also said:...
