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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Constellium makes new progress on its sustainability agenda
Constellium has detailed its progress on sustainability in its recently published “Business and sustainability Performance Report 2014”. The company’s long-standing commitment to sustainability began in 2012 with the definition of an ambitious roadmap made of commitments and targets on four main...
Pakistan Aluminium Beverage Cans Limited moves ahead
Pakistan is a country with a population of just over 185 million and is the sixth most populous place in the world. Mainly a minimally tapped market by the foreign investors, it has shown steady growth in the last five years with 4 percent GDP growth seen in 2014 only. The middle class, as per...
US demand for beverage containers to reach 283 billion units in 2019
Demand for beverage containers in the US is expected to increase 1.9 percent a year to 283 billion units in 2019, with a value of 31.5 billion USD. Freedonia’s latest Beverage Containers report has cited the proliferation of different package sizes, new product introductions, and increased...
Ball Corporation reports notable achievements on its sustainability journey
Ball Corporation recently released its 2014 global sustainability data, indicating noteworthy improvements toward its corporate and operational sustainability priorities and goals since issuing its biennial sustainability report last year. "For Ball, sustainability is an integral part of who we...
Rexam supports innovative start up, acáo, to launch new vegan ‘smart drink’
Rexam has partnered with acáo, the forward-thinking German drinks start-up, to launch a new organic vegan ‘Smart Drink’ in Rexam’s stylish 250ml slim cans. Patenting the ‘Smart Drink’ as a new generation of beverage, acáo, made from 100% natural ingredients, offers consumers a healthy alternative...
Hilton Head Brewing Company debuts in cans with Novelis evercan™
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, and Hilton Head Brewing Company today announced the launch of Hilton Head Brewing Company beer in aluminum cans, made from Novelis evercanTM – the world’s first and only certified high-recycled content aluminum can sheet. "Our customers...
Utah brewery switches from glass to aluminum
In an effort to be more environmentally friendly, a Utah brewery is putting its brews in aluminum cans rather than traditional glass bottles. Park City Brewery in Park City is making the switch, despite having been in business for only a little more than three months. Co-founder and sales manager...
Ball Corp. and Henkel Beauty Care introduce lighter aerosol can with 25% recyled aluminium
Ball Corp. has been designing aluminium aerosol cans with recycled aluminium for Henkel Beauty Care for quite some time. Recently, Ball Corp. and Henkel Beauty Care have introduced an even lighter-weight version of ReAl, the aerosol can used for Henkel's Fa beauty care brand. Ball Corporation's...
Saudi Stock Exchange opens up to foreign investment: aluminium sector shines
The Tadawul, popularly known as the Saudi Stock Exchange opens doors to direct foreign investment in Saudi Arabia. Foreign investors who have more than £5bn reported assets supported by a five year track record can now invest directly, investment limited to overall 10 per cent of the Tadawul’s...
Consumer recycling rate of aluminum cans hit 17-year high in 2014
The latest report released by the Aluminum Association in partnership with Can Manufacturers Institute for the year 2014 indicates that consumer recycling rate during the year touched 56.7%- the highest recorded rate since 1997. The report notes that cans are being recycled at the highest rates due...
EU regulators to decide by July 20 on Ball's $6.9 bln Rexam bid
European Union market competition regulators are set to decide by July 20 whether to approve the 4.4 billion-pound ($6.9 billion) merger deal between Ball Corp and Rexam Plc, the world's two largest makers of drinks cans. The companies sought approval for the deal on Tuesday, according to a filing...
AB InBev brings out rum-flavoured beer in cans for on-trade
Rum-flavoured beer Cubanisto has been launched in a sleek can to capitalise on the rise of canned beers in the on-trade. Introduced last year by AB InBev in 330ml bottles, it is now also available in 330ml cans which are lighter, more durable and chill faster than the glass counterpart. With a...
Coca Cola-KAB Recycling Bin Grant Program provides awards more recycling bins
The Coca Cola-Keep America Beautiful Recycling Bin Grant Program has awarded additional 5,300 recycling bins to promote convenient recycling among communities. The new bins allotted through the grant will serve communities in 41 states across the country. The Bin Grant Program will provide 3,662...
Collect-a-Can organises school competition to raise awareness about recycling
Collect-a-Can urges all schools to take their eco-conscious spirit to the next level and enter the popular National Schools Competition that runs annually from 1 February to 31 October. Schools that have already entered are hard at work in collecting as many used cans as possible to stand a chance...
Etihad plays its part to reduce waste and promote recycling
As the population of UAE grows, so does the waste generated by the Emirates, said experts from Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD) on Tuesday. EAD has released a booklet named 'Sustainable Waste Management for Organisations' that highlights the benefits of reusing materials, reducing waste and...
Ball and Henkel launch an even more sustainable aluminum aerosol package
Ball Corporation and Henkel Beauty Care continue their aluminum aerosol lightweighting journey with the introduction of an even lighter iteration of ReAl, Ball's revolutionary technology utilizing recycled aluminum to create a metal alloy that exhibits increased strength and allows weight reduction...
10 tonnes of aluminium recovered in recycling fraud in California
California’s recycling regulators are trying to put the lid on out-of-state fraud and have busted two accused illegal haulers in the last two months, officials say. Investigators with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery staked out a recycling center in Phoenix on May 12 and watched...
Modelo invests $180m in Mexican brewery and can production plant
Grupo Modelo has revealed plans to invest MXN 2.8bn ($182.17m) in the construction of a new aluminium can production facility in eastern Mexico. The owner of brands such as Modelo and Corona will build the plant 20 miles west of Mérida, in the state of Yucután. It will provide cans for a new...
