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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New York designer unveils aluminium bottles for Pepsi
Noted New York based designer Karim Rashid has created a set of aluminium bottles for drinks brand Pepsi, one of a series of megabrands that presented in Milan this year. Working in collaboration with parent brand PepsiCo, Rashid has created three aluminium containers for the carbonated soft...
Tech start-up Trestor's "Swachh Machine" to dispense drinking water in exchange for used aluminium cans and bottles
Chandigarh-based start-up Trestor is building a machine that can provide clean drinking water to people, especially the urban poor. However, to get 300 ml of water, a person has to put an used plastic bottle or an aluminium beverage can or aerosol can into the machine. Developed in just 95 days by...
India - Next big thing in global aluminium beverage can business
With consumption of beverages such as soft drinks in stylish, attractively contoured cans rapidly catching up with both urban youth as well as rural folk in the country, aluminium beverage can manufacturers like Rexam and Can-Pack are experiencing a consistent upward spiral in business....
India's promising new start-up focuses on waste recycling including aluminium cans
Ever since start-up boom hit India, a large number of companies with novel ideas have mushroomed, some with substantial growth potential. However, there existed a vacuum in the waste recycling space, since nothing noteworthy has been coming up despite Central Government's endeavour to promote it's...
Anheuser-Busch InBev breaks ground on US aluminium bottle line
Anheuser-Busch InBev has started construction on a US$175m aluminium bottle line in Florida as it looks to increase production of the format. The new line, at Anheuser-Busch's Metal Container Corp facility in Jacksonville, will produce Budweiser and Bud Light aluminium bottles, the company said...
Pepsi becomes ‘first brand’ to adopt tinplate, aluminium can recycling marque
Pepsi has demonstrated its commitment to drinks can (aluminium or tinplate) recycling by becoming the first brand to feature the marque of a major European recycling initiative on pack. Every Can Counts – or Jede Dose Zaehlt in German – has been encouraging consumers in Austria to reuse drinks cans...
Aluminium aerosol can market in UK witnessing unprecedented growth in 2015
The manufacturers and suppliers of aluminium aerosol cans who are operating in the UK have been witnessing an unparalleled growth in 2015. The year till now has practically pushed some aluminium aerosol can suppliers to their capacity limit, revealed a recently published market research report on...
Two Brothers Racing introduces aluminium canister option for S1R Black Series
Two Brothers Racing introduces a new aluminium canister option for the wildly popular S1R Black Series exhaust that caters to a growing trend of budget-minded riders in 2016. Available in both slip-on and full system applications for most popular brand platforms the S1R Black Series is the latest...
Market for aluminium aerosol cans stable at high level in 2015
The production of aluminium aerosol cans worldwide remained stable at a high level in 2015. The member companies of AEROBAL (International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers) reported total production of 5.4 billion aluminium cans and thus a repeat of the previous year’s...
Rexam showcases European wide support for craft brewers with Spanish Arriaca partnership
Embracing the global trend (which has seen a number of craft brewers move to the packaging format), the Spanish craft brewer will package its Rubia, IPA and Vikingathor expressions in Rexam’s 330ml aluminium cans, launching in March 2016. Designed by Arriaca with the support of Rexam, the...
Vietnamese painter creates wonder with aluminium waste materials
Painter Nguyen Van Phuc in the Mekong Delta has developed techniques to make bas-reliefs on aluminium. He is reportedly the first to do it in Viet Nam. With a precise mind and skilled hands, the artist turns waste materials, such as empty aluminium beer or juice cans, into sophisticated works of...
Ardagh Group prepares binding bid for Ball, Rexam assets
Ardagh Group, the packaging conglomerate controlled by Irish billionaire Paul Coulson, is preparing a binding offer for the assets being divested by drinks can makers Ball Corp and Rexam Plc, according to people familiar with the matter. Ardagh Group is competing against three private equity firms...
Rexam supports Swedish craft brewer with first canned beer range
Southside Brewing Company has produced its first ever canned Western pacific IPA, boosting the company’s sustainability credentials. The 330ml aluminium cans, manufactured at Rexam’s Malmö plant, are available in select regions and retail channels throughout Sweden. Tommy Eriksson, owner of...
Drinks can makers Ball, Rexam launch US$3b asset sale ahead of merger
Drinks can manufacturers Ball Corp and Rexam Plc have begun the process of selling assets, potentially worth more than US$3 billion, to meet antitrust regulations ahead of their planned merger, several people familiar with the matter said. Both companies are expected to meet with representatives of...
Rexam teams up with Swedish brewer on craft IPA cans
Can maker Rexam has joined forces with Swedish craft beer maker Southside Brewing Company to produce its first ever canned line of Western Pacific IPA. The move from glass bottle to aluminium highlights the brewer’s dedication to sustainability and will enable it to recycle more, waste less and...
Can-Pack Romania invests in intelligent collection devices of aluminium cans
Can-Pack Romania, the only producer of aluminium cans in Romania, plans to invest 200,000 Euro in order to install during this year 21 intelligent collection devices of aluminium can waste that will be implemented in the Auchan hypermarket network, according to Adina Magsi, the general manager of...
PPG launches innovative internal powder liner for aluminium aerosol cans
PPG Industries' packaging coatings business has announced that it will feature HOBA™ PURAIR™ coating, an innovative Bisphenol A non-intent (BPA-NI, or with no BPA intentionally added) powder liner for the internal protection of aluminium aerosol cans, during the Aerosol and Dispensing Forum in...
More effort needed to boost aluminium can recycling
Although the overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in Europe is on the increase, more effort is necessary to reach the 80% recycling target set for 2020, insists Maarten Labberton, director of the European Aluminium Packaging Group. There is a need, he says, for more efficient...
