New Roeslein AI camera brings real-time spoilage tracking to canmaking
Roeslein & Associates has introduced the R.U.D.I. AI Vision Camera, a new tool for aluminium beverage and food canmakers designed to track can counts and identify production losses in real time. The camera expands Roeslein’s R.U.D.I. AI platform, which has previously focused on data management and...
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...
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Blue Can Pure Water in recyclable aluminum cans offers “ecological and convenient alternative”
Blue Can Pure Water comes in recyclable single serve aluminum cans with a 50-year, shelf-life. “Our philosophy is to reduce the use of plastic bottles with a sustainable product rather than legislative bans. Our vision is to scale our technology globally, taking on mounting consumer waste by...
Residents urged to practice reduce, recycle, reuse
‘Tis the season for more than your average amount of trash, with all the wrapping paper, gift boxes and Christmas trees. So, the City of South Padre Island’s Environmental Health Services department is reminding residents about the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling. “You can recycle...
Aluminum cans help specialty drinks brands expand reach in Brazil
ABRE, the Brazilian Packaging Association, recently reported that the average number of beverage cans used in 2012 per Brazilian consumer rose to 103, a 12% increase from 91 cans used the year before. While many of these cans are for beer or soft drink applications, an increasing number of brands...
100% of aluminum can be obtained from recycling
Recycling aluminum uses about 95% less energy than making new one from bauxite ore, which compares very favorably with other types of recycling. For example, recycled plastic requires 70% less energy and paper uses about 40% less. That's pretty good, though as we've said many times, it's always...
Students gather aluminum cans, earn prize money in recycle bowls
Public and private school students in Fayette County collected more than 146,000 aluminum beverage cans weighing 4,180 pounds during the 2013 Recycle Bowl. Mayor Jim Gray lauded their efforts Dec. 5 during the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council meeting. The eighth annual citywide contest,...
Co-operators fund Nunavut aluminum recycling program
The Co-operators has announced extended support for funding the Arctic Co-operatives Limited aluminum recycling program in Nunavut. The additional contribution of $26,000 will allow Arctic Co-operatives to expand and improve the program, which operates in 23 communities in the territory. The new...
Nestlé, Walmart, Coke, Pepsi and Unilever support recycling network
Nestlé, Walmart Chile, Coca-Cola Chile, PepsiCo, and Unilever have signed a partnership to reduce waste and support a new recycling network in Chile. The companies have backed the Collective Recycling Project, which aims to recycle about 1,200 metric tons of waste per year through the installation...
Ball Corporation receives Triple Can of the Year honors at 2013 Canmaker Summit
Ball Corporation received Can of the Year honors for three packaging innovations at the 2013 Canmaker Summit, held recently in Edinburgh, Scotland. In the beverage two-piece category, the Coors Light World's Most Refreshing Can(TM) won a gold award and the Coca-Cola Dynamark(TM) can won a silver...
All aluminum 100% recyclable green toy plane called Toobee raises money for charity
Greg Stromberg, Founder of Toobee International, an all American toy manufacturer, has a mission and is counting on this Cyber Monday sale to help him save even more children’s lives in developing countries. The all-American Manufactured Made all aluminum 100% recyclable green toy called the...
Canned beverage companies lobbying state MPs of NSW and Victoria against a cash-for-cans scheme
ALCOHOL and soft-drink companies have been aggressively lobbying state MPs against a cash-for-cans scheme as NSW and Victoria consider joining forces to introduce their own joint recycling project. NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell and other MPs confirmed the beverage industry – including Lion, Carlton &...
Rexam and Alcon Launch Milkshake in aluminium can
Alcon Group, has chosen to partner with Rexam to launch MIO, a unique and refreshing lemonade flavoured milkshake. Recognising a gap in the market amongst teenagers and young adults for a carbonated milk based drink, Rexam and Alcon have worked together to produce an innovative can design to launch...
LaBrae schools receive free iPads by winning Novelis Neighbor Recycling Contest
Students using the libraries at LaBrae schools will have more new technology to use due to a fundraising effort that helped the district win 25 free iPads. Bascom Elementary Principal Wally Carpenter said at a recent assembly for grades kindergarten to fifth that because the school district...
Hydro’s can recycling process is moving from France to Holmestrand, Norway
Recycling of used Norwegian drink cans will soon be even more environmentally friendly. The recycling process is moving from France to Hydro in Holmestrand. Norwegians are world champions in returning cans for recycling, and close to half a billion beer and soda cans will be collected and recycled...
Can-One Bhd worth more than market value
Can-One Bhd, which once hogged the limelight when it battled to acquire the 32.9% stake in Kian Joo Can Factory Bhd from the See family, probably warrants investors taking a second look at this packaging company. Being the single largest shareholder, Can-One’s investment is riding high on the rally...
Heritage Federal Credit Union awards cheques to 2013 CANS for CASH winners
Heritage Federal Credit Union awarded cheques to the 2013 CANS for CASH contest winners at the Keep Evansville Beautiful headquarters on Friday, November 15th, 2013. The CANS for CASH program (sponsored by Heritage Federal Credit Union, Alcoa Warrick Operations, and Keep Evansville Beautiful) ran...
Barokes launches Lovers Wine range in aluminium can bottles
Innovative Australian wine producer, Barokes Wines, has done it again. This time launching the Lovers Wine range of quality lower alcohol wines in aluminium can bottles. Using the slim can bottle technology developed by the Daiwa Can Company, who partnered with Barokes just over twelve months ago,...
Rexam wins Great American Can RoundUp Industry challenge
The Great American Can RoundUp Industry Challenge, sponsored by the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), has named Rexam Beverage Can North America as the 2012-2013 competition winner. This year, the aluminium can industry collected and recycled 178,000 pounds of beverage cans, raising more than...
Novelis promotes importance of recycling
Novelis, a global producer of rolled aluminum and recycler of beverage cans, has been implementing a wide range of corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs over the years to promote the importance of recycling. Each year, the company organizes a summer camp for elementary school students to...
