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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Novelis CEO comments on LME Delivery Rules and aluminium demand in Abu Dhabi
Following are comments on London Metal Exchange rules for delivering industrial metals from stockpiles and on aluminum demand by Philip Martens, chief executive officer of Novelis Inc. Martens spoke yesterday in an interview in Abu Dhabi. Novelis, an Atlanta-based unit of Hindalco Industries Ltd....
Novelis China focuses on electronics, car supplies and cans.
Aluminum products maker Novelis Inc. may sell more of its non-core foil interests after 2012 to focus on increasing sales for products like drinks cans, and for use in cars and electronics, its chief executive said on Tuesday. The U.S. unit of India’s Hindalco Industries Ltd. said in March it was...
Recyclers to pay extra for aluminum cans for Earth Day
The best way to make money recycling aluminum cans is to rinse them, flatten them and save them in your garage until Earth Day, when certain area metal recyclers pay extra for them to honor the designated day for protecting the environment. Earth Day, started 42 years ago, is celebrated by people...
Citizens Bank Park sells beer in 24-ounce aluminum “Tall Boy” cans
Sadly missing their big guns at the plate, the Phils are at least entertaining fans this season with some power in the beer stands. For the first time, Citizens Bank Park is selling 24-ounce aluminum “Tall Boy” cans of Bud, Miller Lite, Yuengling and other brands for 11 bucks a pop. And “pop” is...
Novelis resumes purchase of cans on spot market
Aluminium recycling firm Novelis has resumed purchasing cans on the spot market after temporarily stopping earlier this year. The company had placed restrictions on can purchases for its 130,000 tonne capacity plant in Warrington during the early months of 2012. The move was prompted by a low...
China’s Aluminum Demand to Grow at 8-10%, Novelis Says
China’s aluminum demand is expected to grow at 8 to 10 percent annually on average for the next five years, supported by use in beverage cans and automotive sheets, according to Novelis Inc., the world’s largest user. The company is “very bullish” on a range of aluminum usage, Philip Martens, chief...
China’s aluminum demand to grow 8 to 10 percent annually: Novelis Inc. reports
China’s aluminum demand will grow 8 to 10 percent annually on average for the next five years on uses from beverage cans to cars, driving up prices over time, according to Novelis Inc., the world’s biggest user. “One would expect the demand in China and Asia to drive up the aluminum price, given...
Molson Coors business expansion expects high demand for aluminium can
Last June, in an aluminum market analysis during HARBOR Aluminum Outlook conference in Chicago, Lloyd O’Carroll gave attendees an overview of the aluminum beer can market. He showed a slide containing a graph that depicted US beer consumption. “I try to do my part in this, and I’m going to keep...
Evanston participates in national recycling competition this month
It will be Evanston’s sixth year participating in the Cans for Cash City Recycling Challenge, Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl announced Friday. Tisdahl also dubbed April “Evanston CAN Recycle!” month. The purpose of the national program is to promote recycling aluminum cans. The structure of the contest is...
Allentown participating in aluminum can recycling contest
Allentown is among several cities across the country competing in a contest for recycling aluminum can beverages. The winning city could receive up to $50,000 from the U.S. Conference of Mayors through the Cans for Cash Challenge, according to the city. "We have a fantastic recycling program in the...
Youth group to benefit from Akron recycling
Downtown Akron is getting a new recycling program, and an Akron youth group will be collecting aluminum cans in a national contest in the month of April. Those were the two green or environmentally friendly announcements made by Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic on Monday. The city is working with the...
Aluminium key to future Coca Cola success
Drinks giant Coca Cola plans to double business by 2020 – and aluminium will be vital to this, delegates were told at a conference in Miami. Coca Cola’s Chief Procurement Officer – Bottling Investment Group William Hovis said the beverage group was one of the world’s largest users of aluminium with...
Novelis growth strategy sees a key shift
Novelis, owned by the Aditya Birla Group flagship company, Hindalco Industries, has been selling its loss-making assets for a while, even if it means selling a smelter in a high-growth market like Brazil. Now, it has gone a step ahead and decided to sell a business that is doing well, but doesn’t...
Stable demand for aluminium packaging
Manufacturers of packaging made of aluminium appear to be satisfied with the financial year 2011. At 401,300 tonnes (t) of aluminium foils, tubes, and aerosol and beverage cans, aluminium packaging manufacturers were producing almost at the high level of the previous year (2010: 405,000 t). “Even...
Help city recycle nation's most aluminum cans
Lexington is participating in the 2012 Cans for Cash City Recycling Challenge, a nationwide contest that challenges U.S. cities to recycle the most aluminum beverage cans through March 31. To participate, recycle cans by: using the blue residential Rosie recycling carts (to request a Rosie if city...
Aluminum cans: the ultimate in recycling
When you drink a cold beverage from an aluminum can, you don't just satisfy your thirst. You also hold the potential and the challenge of recycling right there in your hand. Nearly 60 percent of aluminum beverage cans get recycled, more than double the recycling rate for any other beverage...
Every Can Counts helps divert 51m cans from landfill
This equates to 774 tonnes of aluminium and steel collected and around 5,800 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions saved as a result of the programme. Every Can Counts - which is funded by a partnership comprising of UK and European drinks can manufacturers, the aluminium and steel packaging and...
Coca-Cola Bottling System and Novelis sign aluminum agreement
Coca-Cola Bottlers’ Sales & Services Company LLC (CCBSS), the Coca-Cola entity purchasing aluminum can sheet for the Coca-Cola System in North America, and Novelis Inc., a producer of aluminum rolled products, have announced the signing of a multi-year agreement for the supply of aluminum can...
