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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Tesco Quedgeley signs in for a novel aluminium aerosol can recycling scheme
<p>Aluminium recycling is percolating deeper inside the system in varous parts of the world, especially in the Americas and Europe where the demand for aluminium packaging solutions is increasing steadily. Even the smaller businesses are cashing in on the opportuities that are being thrown at them...
Shipments of aluminium products in U.S. and Canada drop YOY in July 2016
<p>According to the estimate of The Aluminum Association, shipments of aluminium products in U.S. and Canada drop YOY and YTD in July 2016.<br /><br />During July 2016, shipments of can stock by domestic producers totalled 350.3 million pounds, a drop of 1.3 per cent over the July 2015 total of...
A weakening dollar drives aluminium to a month-high
<p>Aluminium traded on London Metal Exchange hit one-month high on Tuesday, August 16, as dollar slipped, wighed on by signals that the U.S. interest rates would remain on hold, and speculators sped up to buy the metal used in cans to spacecrafts. <br /><br />The dollar index nose-dived to a...
Aluminium vs. steel in beverage cans: What does it mean to be a devil’s advocate?
<p>Aluminium is way costlier than steel. The current official LME price of aluminium is US$1633 per tonne whereas steel billet price has been hovering around US$325 per tonne. The price difference between the two metals competing with each other in the beverage can making segment is a clear US$1305...
Ball Corp. continues positive after Rexam acquisition, stock gains on Q2 Earnings
<p>Ball Corporation stocks were rising 9.39 per cent to $76.68 on Thursday after the company reported mixed 2016 second-quarter results but provided a positive outlook based on its recent acquisition of Rexam.<br /><br />Ball acquired London-based metal beverage can maker Rexam for $6.1 billion in...
Aluminium beverage can manufacturers’ merger could prove costly for the consumers
<p>Ball (BLL) delivered a strong performance in the second quarter of FY2016. CEO John Hayes said on Thursday that with this performance the firm has set up a foundation for a "multi-year, value-compounding growth period." One stone in that 'foundation' is the recent buy-out of London-based...
Emissions caused from transporting and refrigerating aluminium cans are lower than plastic and glass equivalents, finds new study
<p>A new study conducted by ICF International for the Aluminum Association finds that combined greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused from the transformation and refrigeration of beverages in aluminium cans are lower than that of beverages in glass or plastic bottles under the same external...
Study shows PET, glass, aluminium can recycling available to 92% of US population
<p>It has been found in the latest study by Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) that 92 per cent of the U.S. population has access to various recycling programs for non-metallic packaging wastes, followed closely by the same percentage for aluminium beverage cans. For both material types this...
Craft beer boom induces fear of aluminium can crunch among microbrewers
<p>America has experienced a huge craft beer boom over the past decade. Currently, craft beer represents 10% of the American beer market with a rapidly increasing trend. The Brewers Association, of America has set a target of 20% market share for craft beer by 2020. But, the growth is also inducing...
Novelis joins hands with Atlanta Falcons for 'Recycle for Good' campaign
<p>Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling is moving one step ahead to support their commitment to recycling and sustainability. They are joining hands with the Atlanta Falcons to launch “Recycle for Good”, a campaign that challenges Falcons fans to recycle 3 million...
Study reveals aluminium beverage and aerosol cans have more than 60% recycle acceptability range
<p>Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) releases a new study that tries to define a recyclable packaging. The 2015-16 Centralized Study on Availability of Recycling is a collective work of 13 packaging trade associations and non-profit groups related to recycling. They examined more than...
European group buys Rexam Beverage Can facility in Winston-Salem
<p>A Winston-Salem aluminum can packaging plant has a new owner, Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc., as part of a divestiture required for a multi-billion dollar transaction to gain federal regulatory approval.<br /><br />Ardagh, a subsidiary of Ardagh Group SA of Luxembourg, paid $7.63 million for the...
Aluminium can recycling to get a boost from new recycling scheme in Palmerston North, NZ
<p>Palmerston North, the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand, has taken the charge to stop piles of recyclable aluminium beverage cans and bottles from polluting the environment.<br /><br />The city council is pushing a proposal to introduce a national...
Rising health consciousness to drive metal packaging market growth globally
<p>According to a new market report released by Transparency Market Research (TMR), the global metal packaging market is projected to reach $150 billion by 2026. <br /><br />Metal packaging market which includes aluminium, tinplate and other lightmetal packaging segments, has witnessed significant...
Aluminum Association reports 4.2% rise in can stock (class) scrap receipts in June 2016
The Aluminum Association’s Index of new can stock (class) scrap receipts totaled 61.3 million pounds during June 2016, an increase of 4.2 per cent over the June 2015 total of 58.8 million pounds. Compared to the previous month, class scrap receipts rose 1.5 per cent over the May 2016 total of 60.4...
Aluminum Association reports a YoY rise in North America’s aluminium product shipment in June 2016
The Aluminum Association’s Index of Net New Orders of aluminium Mill Products for June increased 7.4 per cent from the previous month. Orders for flat roll products were up 9.1 per cent, while orders for extruded products increased three-tenths of one per cent and orders for redraw rod were up 13.3...
Who Dares Design to create Castlegy aluminium cans for Lidl
Lidl teams up with Who Dares Design to create the aluminium can packaging for Castelgy, their new pre-mixed single serve gin and tonic brand. Who Dares Design will be implementing the identity of Castlegy across the new variants in the range, and will also develop the packaging artwork through...
Expansion to boost aluminium aerosol can recycling in Germany
Germany's largest aerosol can recycler Respray, a division of Remondis, has modernised and expanded its facility at Bramsche. The company claims now to have the capacity to process up to 6500 tonnes of aerosol cans every year. Some 80 000 tonnes of aerosol cans are produced annually in Germany but...
