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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Fountain man recycles aluminum in unique way
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, in 2010, Americans threw away approximately 2.7 million tons of aluminum-based products. The largest percentage of this aluminum came from soft drink and beer cans. In all, only 50 percent, or 0.7 million tons, of those aluminum cans were recycled....
Two financers Invest in Nigerian Aluminium can Manufacturer GZI
Standard Chartered Private Equity and Ashmore today announced that they have invested in GZI, an aluminium can manufacturer based in Nigeria. Yemi Osindero, Head of Standard Chartered Private Equity in West Africa, said “We are excited to have invested in a long-term Standard Chartered client that...
Aluminum Association urges residents to use sustainable aluminum water bottles and cans
Following a landmark decision by the city of Concord, MA to ban the sale of single-serving plastic bottles for drinking water, the Aluminum Association is calling on residents to use infinitely recyclable, sustainable aluminum to get their bottled water fix. Aluminum is by far the most recycled --...
China will drive demand for cans, cars and building materials
America's largest aluminum producer, Alcoa, as the usual way fired the starting shot for the U.S. reporting period on Tuesday evening, predicts that the global demand for aluminum will increase by 7 percent in 2013. The forecast is based on an economic recovery in China will drive demand for cans,...
Falmouth Marine School students appeal for aluminium cans to raise fund for the town's aquarium
Marine Biology and Ecology students from Falmouth Marine School are sending out an appeal for aluminium cans to help raise money for the town's aquarium. They've been collecting them to be recycled for the past few weeks and now need one final push before the weigh in on 8th January. The group have...
Rexam sees India as a potential market for beverage cans
India does not like aluminium cans. That has not stopped Graham Chipchase from deciding that the country – one of the world’s lowest consumers of cans per capita – is his next big market. “It is very much part of our strategy to move into India as one of the first big canmakers and put some...
Recycling machine off to a flying start
John Irvine, the managing director of the Lebanese waste management company averda, talks about ReVa, a reverse vending machine. The company, which started in Beirut 30 years ago, entered the UAE in 2006. The recycling machine, co-sponsored by Tecom Investments and averda, was launched in the first...
Green Township residents starts recycling program of Christmas trees along with can recycling
Green Township residents can recycle cut Christmas trees in the cemetery at the intersection of state Route 165 and Beaver Creek Road beginning today, according to recycling coordinator Janet Schaefer. The program runs from Dec. 26 through Jan. 31, Schaefer told township trustees last week....
UAE breaks Guinness world record for largest aluminium can sculpture
30 Emirati EMAL PEC course trainees spent six full days to create a scale model of Abu Dhabi's historic 200 year old Al Maqta'a Fort, using 46,556 aluminium cans on the smelter's pristine beach in Al Taweelah, and setting the new world record for the Largest aluminium can sculpture, according to...
Aluminum Recycling update at H&H Metals
Metal recycling services at H&H Metals are available for a wide array of scrap metals including steel, aluminum, brass, and copper. Each type of material has its own recycling process requirements, and H&H Metals’ modern facility is well equipped to handle each one. Aluminum Scrap Metal One of the...
Rexam HTW inaugurates new aluminium beverage can line in India
Rexam, one of the leading global beverage can makers, together with its partner Hindustan Tin Works today inaugurated its new aluminium line at its manufacturing plant in Taloja, Maharashtra. The new high speed production line represents a capital investment of c£30m (Rs 250 cr.) to c 950m cans per...
Aluminum foil can now be recycled at Austin
Austin Resource Recovery in Austin announced that curbside customers can now add the following metal items: • Aluminum baking tins (clean/free of food residue) • Aluminum trays, pie plates (clean/free of food residue) • Clean balled aluminum foil (2 inches or longer) The expanded service comes at...
100% recyclable all aluminum toy plan called Toobee was made 40 years back in America
The all American Manufactured Made all aluminum 100% recyclable green toy called the Toobee, better known as an annular airfoil was developed by 2 aeronautical engineers over 40 years ago and believe it or not, it is still flying. This product is made from a virgin aluminum beverage can and end...
Brazil remains aluminium can recycling champion
Brazil topped all its previous aluminium can recycling efforts by accomplishing a ‘historic’ rate of over 98% in 2011, the Brazilian Aluminium Association (ABAL) and the Brazilian Association of Aluminium Cans of High Recyclability (ABRALATAS) have announced. Ranked number one in the world since...
Brazil aluminum beverage can recycling rate is the largest in history
The Brazilian Aluminum Association and Associação Brasileira dos Fabricantes de Latas de Alta Reciclabilidade – ABRALATAS, the Brazilian Association of Cans of High Recyclability inform that the country has recycled 248.7 thousand tons of aluminum beverage cans of a total of 253.1 thousand tons...
Thanksgiving items are now easily recyclable
Many items associated with Thanksgiving dinner, including aluminum products, are now recyclable in the municipalities served by the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MCMUA). “We’re entering an aluminum-intensive season when many of us are doing lots of holiday cooking,” said Penny Jones,...
America Recycles Day Raises Nearly $183,083 for Charities
As the nation celebrated America Recycles Day, the aluminum beverage can industry announced it had collected and recycled more than 235,100 lbs. of cans, raising nearly $183,830 for local charities across the country, the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) announced today. The Rexam North American...
Bud Light Celebrates America Recycles Day
As part of America Recycles Day, Bud Light is encouraging football fans across the United States to always recycle, whether tailgating before a game or enjoying the action at home. In order to help raise awareness for this important message, the Bud Light Recycling Zone, an interactive traveling...
