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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Showa Denko reports success in UBC recycling program
The Japan-based manufacturing conglomerate Showa Denko (SDK), along with its various divisions, collected about 5.24 million used aluminum cans (UBCs) for recycling last year. SDK’s Showa Aluminum Can Corp., a subsidiary of Showa Denko, began its annual aluminum can recycling campaign more than 40...
Aluminum cans: Most recycled and highest value beverage container on US market
Aluminum cans are the most recycled and highest value beverage container on the market today, according to a new report released by the Aluminum Association and Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI). The aluminum can has the highest recycling rate of any beverage container and contains 70 percent...
Nampak releases results for the six months ending March
Nampak, Africa’s leading manufacturer of beverage, food and non-perishable packaging reported that strong results from the rest of the continent were offset by headwinds faced by its South African operations in the six months ended 31 March 2015. “Trading profit from high-margin businesses in the...
Aluminium Federation cans the can
The Aluminium Federation (ALFED), the trade body for the UK aluminium industry, has introduced drinks can recycling at its offices. The organisation is one of seven metals organisations based at the National Metalforming Centre in West Bromwich. Depositing the first cans into the new collection...
Rexam premiers new 400ml super sleek® can with launch of Strongbow range
Rexam has partnered with Heineken to launch a range of Strongbow Apple Ciders in Rexam’s brand new 400ml Super Sleek® can. The latest addition to Rexam’s sleek can range, the 400ml Super Sleek®, provides a stylish on-the-go packaging format, appealing to Strongbow’s key audience of twenty year old...
Showa Denko Group recycles 5.24 million aluminum cans in FY2014
Showa Denko and its Group companies continued to perform their aluminum can recycling activity in fiscal 2014 (April 2014 – March 2015), collecting approximately 5.24 million cans: equivalent to around 85 tons of aluminum when converted at the rate of 16.2 grams of aluminum per can. Showa Aluminum...
Rexam’s JV in Guatemala receives international recognition for operational excellence
The Shingo Institute, part of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, has awarded Rexam’s Joint Venture with Envases Universales in Guatemala with the Shingo Prize. “Receipt of the Shingo Prize is a worldwide recognized symbol of an organization's successful establishment...
Scrap yards enduring falling aluminum prices
Central Wisconsin scrap yards are seeing a dramatic drop in aluminum prices. An oversupply in the market is forcing them to lower the amount they can pay people recycling cans. Yaeger Auto Salvage in Weston is now offering 41 cents a pound, down from its usual 50 or 55 cents. The owner Jeff Yaeger...
Novelis sees 4 pct rise in European aluminium product demand
Rolled aluminium products maker Novelis expects a 4 percent rise in demand in Europe this year and is considering further expansion of its European recycling, the European head of the U.S.-based company said on Wednesday. "Demand for rolled aluminium plate is good to very good," Novelis Europe...
Scottish Government proposes deposit scheme for beverage cans to increase recycling
The Scottish Government is planning to initiate a deposit scheme alongside packaging recovery note system in a bid to reduce waste and increase recycling. Research published by the Zero Waste Scotland carried out by waste consultancy Eunomia, suggests the scheme could be a beneficial one. Minister...
Aluminum Association study finds aluminum cans to be the most recycled, highest value beverage container on the market
Aluminum cans are the most recycled and highest value beverage container on the market today, according to a new report released by the Aluminum Association and Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), and available at www.aluminum.org/CanAdvantage . The aluminum can has the highest recycling rate of any...
Aluminum Association updates on downstream market situation in North America
The Aluminum Association’s “Index of Net New Orders of Aluminum Mill Products” for April decreased 5.5 percent from the previous month. Orders for flat roll products were down 6.8 percent, while orders for extruded products declined seven-tenths of one percent and orders for redraw rod were off 6.3...
Rexam's joint venture with Envases Universales in guatemala receives international recognition for operational excellence
The Shingo Institute, part of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, has awarded Rexam's Joint Venture with Envases Universales in Guatemala with the Shingo Prize. "Receipt of the Shingo Prize is a worldwide recognized symbol of an organization's successful establishment...
Prescott Brewing Company expands canned offerings
To meet growing demand for its beers, Prescott Brewing Company has expanded its canned offerings. Achocolypse has joined Ponderosa IPA and Liquid Amber Ale, becoming the brewery’s third beer available in Rexam 12 oz. cans. Achocolypse has been in development for over three years to create the...
Aluminum cans in wider use for canned coffee
Aluminum cans are increasingly being used for canned coffee in Japan, grabbing market share from steel, the conventional material for containers of the ubiquitous beverage. According to data from the Japan Soft Drink Association, the market share of steel cans fell to 45.7 percent in 2014, while...
Rexam to sponsor AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival for fourth year
To help spread the word that aluminum cans are the ideal package for craft beers, Rexam will be the presenting sponsor of the annual AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival on Saturday, May 16th, 2015, at the Scottsdale Civic Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is the fourth year the company has...
Group touts beverage container recyclability
A new brochure from the Washington, D.C.-based American Institute for Packaging and the Environment (AMERIPEN) portrays what the group calls the sustainability benefits of different beverage package types and the materials from which these containers are produced. The brochure, titled Beverage...
Analysts predict profitable start for Hulamin’s new recycling plant
The growing demand from Nampak follows the conversion of beverage can body stock in South Africa from steel to aluminium. “In the rest of the world aluminium makes up 90% of all beverage packaging, so we appreciate that Nampak has decided to convert their plants. While the conversion has taken...
