Ball Corporation adds two manufacturing and finance leaders to board, supporting aluminium packaging growth
Ball Corporation, a global producer of sustainable aluminium packaging, has appointed Darlene J. Nicosia and Sherry L. Buck to its board of directors. The appointments bring additional experience in manufacturing, operations, procurement and finance to the board. Stuart A. Taylor II, Chairman of...
85% recycled aluminium: Recorp raises the bar for sustainable beverage cans
Aluminium cans are under the spotlight among consumers and beverage manufacturers looking for more recyclable packaging, with the material already holding a strong circularity position against plastic and glass. Recorp tunes it further with ReCan85, an aluminium beverage can containing 85 per cent...
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Mayor of Swoyersville plans raising funds through aluminium cans collection for recycling
<p>Mayor of Swoyersville in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Chris Concert is asking borough residents to “get off their cans” and start collecting them — aluminium ones, that is — to raise money for upcoming holiday events. <br /><br />Concert who succeeded long time mayor...
Novelis says global aluminium demand to grow 4-5% in 2017
<p>Novelis Inc, the world's largest maker of rolled aluminium products, sees demand for the metal growing 4-5 percent in 2017, boosted by sales to carmakers and can manufacturers, company executives said on Tuesday.<br /><br />"Globally we see somewhere around 4-5 percent of downstream rolled...
Black Medicine Iced Coffee poised for a switch to aluminium cans this fall
<p>RTD coffee company Black Medicine Iced Coffee has planned to switch to aluminium cans starting end of this year, a move it says will appropriately meet consumer preferences and convenience, not to mention portability.<br /><br />The company launched in 2014 in California's Oakland creates hot...
Novelis and Discovery Education launch recycling education program
<p>Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, announced today the launch of an all-new aluminum recycling education program, “Life of a Can – A Never...
UPM Raflatac VANISH film enables aluminium beverage can recycling without affecting quality
<p>Aluminium beverage cans labelled with UPM Raflatac's VANISHTM film is fit for recycling, confirmed Novelis. The world's largest recycler of aluminium cans said the thin 23-micron VANISHTM label is ‘sufficiently light’ in order not to affect the quality of the secondary aluminium...
Rolled aluminium can sheet maker Tri-Arrows Aluminum opens new office in Kentucky
<p>Tri-Arrows Aluminum Inc., which has brought $500 million in industrial expansion to Warren and Logan counties in recent years, established a satellite headquarters office on the third floor of Bowling Green's historic Pushin Building.</p> <p>Tri-Arrows is a subsidiary of the UACJ Corporation...
Ascot residents to recycle aluminium aerosol cans as a part of AEROCYCLE
<p>Residents of Ascot in the United Kingdom are being encouraged to participate in a novel recycling programme whereby they would be bringing in their used aluminium aerosol cans to the collection centres at the Maloney's Budgens supermarket on the High Street.</p> <p>The recycling programme named...
Malaysia's Kian Joo Can Factory Bhd and THKIL join hands to make aluminium cans
<p>More and more companies are slowly getting into the business of aluminium cans considering its infinite recycle values and growing demand. Malaysia's Kian Joo Can Factory Bhd has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Togo (HK) Industries Ltd (THKIL) in order to leverage...
Extra investment needed to bring more cans into EU’s official recycling loop, study finds
<p>According to a study by BOKU University, Europe can take specific measures to formalise the informal recycling of aluminium beverage cans. The findings were presented today at European Aluminium’s 2016 Packaging Seminar in Mallorca, Spain. <br /><br />The study was carried out by the...
AEROBAL presents winners for World Aluminium Aerosol Can Award 2016
<p>AEROBAL, the International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers has invited entries for this year’s best aluminium aerosol cans award. About 70 per cent of all aluminium aerosol can producers worldwide are members of AEROBAL. Packaging Europe's editor in chief, Tim...
Shipments of aluminium products in U.S. and Canada up YOY in August 2016
<p>According to the estimate of The Aluminum Association, shipments of aluminium products in U.S. and Canada rise YOY and YTD in August 2016.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...
New can stock (class) scrap receipts up 7.3% YOY during August 2016
<p>According to Aluminum Association report, U.S. received a total of 62.1 million pounds of new can stock (class) scrap receipts during August 2016, which records an increase of 7.3 per cent over 57.8 million pounds in August 2015.</p> <p><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...
People urged to think 'outside of the box' during Recycling Week 2016
<p>People are being encouraged to make a special effort to go green this week as Recycling Week 2016 gets underway from September 12-18 at Derry City, Ireland .<br /><br />They are being asked to think outside the box when it comes to the items we throw away, and look at alternative materials which...
Ardagh to display its newly launched beverage can lines at Brau Beviale 2016
<p>Recently, Ardagh Group, an award winning manufacturer of glass packaging, beer kegs and aluminium bottles have ventured into the beverage can manufacturing. As an aftermath of the same, the company will feature its beverage cans at Brau Beviale 2016 along with its other products.<br /><br />As...
Ball Corp transforms tailgate destination Franklin Field into zero-waste Aluminum Can Zone
<p>Learfield's Buffalo Sports Properties in Broomfield, Colorado, announced that the University of Colorado Athletics' most popular pre-game tailgate destination – Franklin Field – is being transformed to the "Aluminum Can Zone Presented by Ball Corporation." The beautiful grass field...
Constellium launches video on Aeral™ for next-gen aerosol cans
<p>For Constellium aluminium is more than a metal. Over the decades they have built upon their expertise in the light metal technology and come up with innovations that have set benchmarks for the industry at large. One such innovation is Constellium’s Aeral™ solution for the production...
Report examines use-phase GHGs for aluminium is lower than glass and plastic
<p>According to a new study conducted for the Aluminum Association by ICF International, the combined greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the transportation and refrigeration of beverages in aluminium cans are lower than those associated with that of beverages in glass or plastic bottles...
Georgia Southern University ropes in new provider for aluminium can recycling
<p>Georgia Southern University has entered into a new partnership for aluminium recycling on its campus. As a result, the system it has been using till now for recycling aluminium cans will remain non-functional till the time the new provider supplies the university with their infrastructure. <br...
