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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Union County going to comingle recycling
The implementation of a new method of recycling will make it easier for the people of Union County to recycle while saving the county as much as $50,000 a year. Public Works Director John Gibson announced that the county will implement “comingle or single stream recycling” at its recycling...
Rio-Fusion moves from glass to Rexam aluminium can packaging
Rio-Fusion Drinks, India's first fruit-flavoured carbonated beverage, has chosen to partner with Rexam Beverage Can in a move that sees the brand shift from glass bottle to aluminium can packaging. Rexam India is producing the 330ml Sleek Can for Rio out of its Taloja plant, at which a new...
SA set for introduction of aluminium beverage cans
Traditional tin-plated steel beverage cans will steadily be replaced by more economical and eco-friendly aluminium cans. "Aluminium is already the preferred medium for beverage cans internationally. Globally, 85% of all beverage cans are made from this material," says Erik Smuts, managing director...
Aluminium-bodied cans ready to be introduced onto the market
South Africa’s sole beverage can manufacturer Bevcan is set to start phasing in the first of the long-awaited all-aluminium beverage cans. Bevcan spent the better part of the past year converting and expanding its production lines at its factory in Springs, Gauteng, to replace its tin-plated steel...
New Richmond man makes $60,000 selling aluminum cans
Bob Johnson started collecting cans more than 30 years ago. What started as a way to help ease the burden of his grandsons' college tuition, turned into a hobby and even earned him the nickname "The Can Man" at the Deerfield Gables, where he lives. The long-time New Richmond, Wis. resident said he...
Alcoa Inc. to cash in on beer can trend
The trend to market craft beer in cans has not escaped the attention of Alcoa Inc., one of the world’s leading producers of aluminum sheet used in beverage cans. Alcoa, with aluminum recycling and manufacturing facilities in Blount County, is actively trying to promote the use of such cans, Allison...
LME impact on beer prices
It is reported that the London Metal Exchange (LME) is making impact on the beer market. Traders utilizing the LME to purchase aluminum for beer cans recently reiterated issues that the exchange is causing, putting beer prices in a pinch. While it may seem like a far-fetched relationship on paper,...
Aluminium recycler takes initiative to help fund the fight against cancer
Australia based metal recycling company Sims Metal Management has taken an initiative to collect aluminum cans to benefit this year’s American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Duneland. The company will collect aluminium cans through July 12. Sims will pay the prevailing rate for aluminum scrap and...
Brewers press LME to cut aluminum warehouse backlogs
A trade group representing brewers is urging the London Metal Exchange to take steps to reduce warehouse backlogs that beermakers say boost the cost of aluminum used to make drinks cans. The Beer Institute in Washington pressed the exchange to “end restrictive and outdated warehousing rules and...
Sri Lankans shifting towards drinking beer packed in aluminum cans
Sri Lanka based Piramal Glass Ceylon PLC says, it has seen a shift in the consumption pattern of Sri Lankans towards strong beers packed in aluminum cans. Chairman of the company, Vijay Shah in his review made to the firm’s latest annual report says, this factor along with several others impacted...
Manufacturers feel pinch as more LME aluminium is stuck in Detroit
Makers of products such as cans and packaging foils face record high aluminium surcharges in the U.S. Midwest as more of the metal gets sucked into backlogged warehouses in Detroit that are registered by the London Metal Exchange (LME). According to data from the exchange, stocks in Detroit have...
US based Crown Holdings opens aluminium cans production facilities
Crown Holdings has announced the commercialisation of two new Southeast Asian facilities in Nong Khae, Thailand and Da Nang, Vietnam. The Nong Khae facility will begin producing beverage cans on one line in June. Annual production capacity is estimated to be 500m two-piece 33cl aluminium cans. “We...
Bud Light Platinum launches new reclosable aluminum bottle in Las Vegas
Bud Light Platinum – the No. 1 new beer of 2012 – is launching a new 11.5 oz. reclosable aluminum bottle in Las Vegas that will be available at nightclubs and pools throughout the city. Bud Light Platinum is the first beer to be made available in Anheuser-Busch's new reclosable aluminum bottle. "We...
Novelis celebrates roofing ceremony for its $250 million aluminum recycling plant in Germany
Novelis on Wednesday celebrated the roofing of its $250 million aluminum recycling and casting center at its plant in Nachterstedt, Germany, with building construction partner Köster GmbH. Located adjacent to the company’s existing aluminum rolling mill, the new center will produce up to 400,000...
Showa Aluminum recycles 5.69 million aluminum cans in 2012-13
Showa Denko K.K. and its Group companies continued to perform their aluminum can recycling activities in fiscal 2012, collecting approximately 5.69 million cans: equivalent to around 92 tons of aluminum when converted at the rate of 16.2 grams of aluminum per can. Showa Aluminum Can Corporation, a...
Novelis invests £1.7m in Warrington plant
Metal recycling specialist Novelis has completed a £1.7m upgradation of its can recycling plant in Warrington. The global group says the investment will double the facility’s capacity to process contaminated drinks cans, enabling it to meet the growing demand for recycled aluminium. The new...
Leading aluminum can maker and recycler Anheuser-Busch extends support to Tornado relief efforts in Oklahoma city
Anheuser-Busch is providing 51,744 cans of emergency drinking water for use by relief workers and residents affected by the tornado in Oklahoma City and its surrounding suburbs. Anheuser-Busch is working with the American Red Cross to get the water where it's most needed. Additionally, the company...
Tiwai Pt Aluminium Smelter workers set new productivity record
Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter workers have broken records for production per person at the plant. New Zealand Aluminium Smelters acting general manager Stewart Hamilton said the January to March quarter productivity reached 416 tonnes per person - the equivalent of 25 million aluminium cans. He said...
