The aluminium industry is entering the second half of 2026 with demand signals moving in different directions. Beverage cans are finding new consumption opportunities in Brazil, extrusion demand remains resilient in key markets, and aluminium producers are benefiting from firmer prices. At the same...
Japanese beverage company Kirin is exploring greater use of recycled and low-carbon aluminium as part of its efforts to reduce emissions from packaging and move towards a more circular packaging system. The company is considering GHG-free aluminium produced using renewable energy, as well as...
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September 16, 2025 – Every Can Counts US, the lead program dedicated to catalysing away-from-home recycling of aluminium beverage cans, announced a major success from its spring and summer festival season. More than 75,000 aluminium beverage cans were collected and recycled across four major...
Climate Week NYC, one of the world’s largest climate events of its kind, returns to New York City. As the world’s climate challenges intensify, industry leaders are stepping up to showcase real, scalable solutions. Among the most visible examples is the aluminium beverage can—a product that...
Forget bowls, spoons, or waiting by the microwave, Romania-based read-to-eat meal company Dozz is flipping the script with chilled, ready-to-eat soup in recyclable aluminium cans. Believed to be the first of its kind, the format delivers a chilled shelf life of 4–8 months, depending on the recipe,...
Sun Chemical and X-Rite Incorporated have joined forces to expand the PantoneLIVE™ digital colour ecosystem, bringing innovation to aluminium can packaging . The expansion plan is focused on incorporating exclusive colour libraries that will facilitate precise visualisation and reproduction of...
Rafael Aun Ming, Founder and Chairman of Açaí Motion Group, has scaled his authentic Brazilian beverage brand to over 60 countries. A visionary entrepreneur and advocate for sustainability, he pioneered the use of ASI-certified aluminum cans in Brazil with Ball Corporation. His mission is to share...
According to an analysis by Every Can Counts based on RetuRo data, Romania has made impressive strides in recycling aluminium cans . In July, the return rate hit 78 per cent and the year-to-date recycling rate has consistently stayed above 70 per cent, which is more than double the 35 per cent rate...
Ardagh Group has announced it will be exhibiting at Drinktec 2025, a leading international event for the beverage and liquid food industry. The trade fair takes place in Munich from September 15 to 19. The firm's participation in the event underscores its ongoing commitment to innovation and...
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• Transformation of the Rhine plant progresses • Expansion of storage areas for scrap cans completed Neuss, 5 September 2025 – Anyone travelling east on the A 57 motorway is familiar with the four 85-metre-high chimneys of the former aluminium smelter at Rheinwerk in Neuss. Daniel Rinkert knows the...
The aluminium downstream sector plays a critical role in the processing and utilisation of aluminium, a versatile and lightweight metal with a wide range of applications. From automotive and aerospace to construction, packaging, and electrical applications, it delivers tailored solutions that...
At the start of September 2025, primary aluminium is trading on the London Metal Exchange at a fairly narrow range of USD 2,591.75 per tonne to USD 2,606 per tonne. While primary aluminium prices influence global trade dynamics, the downstream market of sheets, foils, and cans demonstrates the...
Packaging sustainability continues to be a hot topic, given that assessments of sustainability can vary and may even contradict each other. It is also easy to become sidetracked, as many of these rankings rely on the hierarchy of sustainability metrics or the approach taken to analyse them. Now the...
The Brazilian Aluminum Can Association (Abralatas) announces Brazilian Aluminium Can Summit 2025 (Encontro da Lata), to be held on November 5 at Villa Blue Tree, in São Paulo. Recognized as the leading event of the aluminium can industry for beverages in Brazil, the meeting reaches its fifth...
Smart packaging is quickly emerging as a growth driver for aluminium, merging sustainability and storytelling. Connected packaging, thanks to QR codes, AR, and AI-powered personalisation, has emerged as a high-impact tool in the food and beverage industries. It is delivering high 14 per cent scan...
The aluminium industry’s sustainability journey in August 2025 has been exciting as ever. From the bustling can recycling networks of Brazil to futuristic waste conversion experiments on the Moon, and from India’s pandal aesthetics to Europe’s policy battles, the past month have shown how recycling...
A recent market analysis indicates that the global food tins and drink cans market including aluminium is poised for steady growth, with its value expected to rise from an estimated USD 2.6 billion in 2025 to a solid USD 4.0 billion by 2035. This expansion, fuelled by a compound annual growth rate...
Your morning coffee might seem simple, a quick press of a button, a steaming cup in seconds. But behind that comforting ritual lies years of thinking, research, and experimentation. For millions of coffee lovers, the single-serve machine is a daily lifesaver, fast, fuss-free, and always ready to...
Crack open a can, crush it, and change the world. That’s the spirit behind the Crush It Crusade (CIC), a nationwide push turning aluminium recycling into a powerhouse for community transformation. Crush It Crusade (CIC) In Longmont (Colorado), the nonprofit Can’d Aid has teamed up with...
Starting this August, Habitat for Humanity, a global non-profit organisation that partners with people to build affordable housing, sanitation facilities and more, have announced their acceptance of aluminium can donations via ReStore, a retail division of Habitat for Humanity in Chico, supporting...
