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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Recycling plant turns 50
AUSTRALIA'S largest aluminium recycling facility, the Alcoa plant in Yennora, turned 50 last month. The facility recycles almost half a billion aluminium cans a year, going through around 55,000 tonnes of scrap aluminium. The recycling process uses 5 per cent of the energy needed to make new metal...
Bluetongue stadium turning green thanks to Mariners
THEY might wear blue and yellow on the field but the Mariners have gone green this week, getting behind Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium’s latest environmentally friendly recycling campaign. Stadium manager Monique Marks showed off their newly installed recycling bins to star players Patrick...
Sustainability Spotlight: Aluminum Can Recycling Hits a High
Americans are getting the message about recycling – in 2010, instead of tossing empty cans in the nearest ordinary trashcan, almost 6 out of every 10 aluminum beverage cans were instead tossed into the nearest recycling bin. This amounts to nearly 56 billion cans entering the recycling stream....
Market Share of Can Material Produced by Southwest Aluminum Expected to Reach 50%
The continuous cold rolling production line started in 2006 by Southwest Aluminum Co., Ltd(SWA) has been put into trial production recently. This production line is expected to end the long history of China’s dependence on imported high-class aluminum material. Li Fengyi, general manager of SWA...
The wonders of aluminum recycling
Recycling aluminum represents a valuable portion of commodities in the U.S. The industry pumped $77 billion into our economy in 2010 and continues to be the most valuable of recyclable materials. Discovered in the 1820s, aluminum is the most abundant metal on earth. The aluminum can is also unique...
Behr Metals Offers New Recycling Program
There's a new way to recycle aluminum cans in the stateline. Behr Metals has a new trailer pickup program.And that program can help raise money for local charities. An aluminum can may not be worth much by itself. But a trailer full can be worth quite a bit.Around 800 pounds, so we're looking at...
World record aluminum can chain attempt
Along with football season comes tailgaters and tons of aluminum cans. Ahead of game day, people who are promoting the use of aluminum cans are attempting to break the record for the longest chain of aluminum cans. They already have the cans and began stringing them together Tuesday morning at the...
Crown plans to build 2 new aluminum beverage can plants in China
One of the world’s leading packaging product suppliers, Crown has planned to continue its business expansion in China to support a strong market growth. The company will construct two new aluminum beverage can production facilities and will add a second production line to a facility that is under...
Final cans roll of the line at Torrance's Ball Corp. plant
The final beer and beverage cans rolled off the production line Thursday at Torrance's Ball Corp., ending a 45-year history of aluminium can manufacturing at the plant. Ball announced in January that the Crenshaw Boulevard plant, which employed 120 people, would close by the end of the third...
Aluminum can recycling rate highest in a decade
The U.S. recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans reached its highest level in a decade, with 58.1% of all cans recycled last year—a rate that is more than double than that of any other beverage container, according to the Aluminum Assn., Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and Institute of Scrap...
Crown Plans to Build Two New Aluminum Beverage Can Plants in China
One of the world’s leading packaging product suppliers, Crown has planned to continue its business expansion in China to support a strong market growth. The company will construct two new aluminum beverage can production facilities and will add a second production line to a facility that is under...
Residents' Recycling Efforts Pay Off
Lugging those cans, bottles and paper products down to the curb has paid off for Berkeley residents. That's because Ocean County officials are paying taxpayers another dividend from an unlikely source, the county’s mutual fund of garbage.
UK's aluminium can recycling rate picks up pace
The UK’s aluminium can recycling rate is getting closer to the European average, according to the latest figures published by the European Aluminium Association.
Foil is perfect for recycling
Warwickshire Waste Partnership has launched its 'Aerofoil' awareness initiative as part of the county's campaign for residents to 'Slim Your Bin'. The Aerofoil campaign has been funded by industry regulator Alupro to encourage households to recycle aerosol cans and foil containers in their kerbside...
Oxnard Celebrates with Aluminum Can Recycling Special
The city of Oxnard issued the following news release:Join the City of Oxnard in celebration of the Del Norte Regional Recycling and Transfer Station's fifteenth anniversary as we reduce, reuse and recycle our way to a cleaner, more eco-friendly tomorrow. In honor of the event, the Del Norte...
People scrapping for cash as aluminum prices climb
An ounce of gold is going for $1,600 - silver for $40 - but there's a much more common metal that's become increasingly precious. Aluminum is bringing in 70 cents a pound, and more and more people are learning there's cash in those cans.
Aluminium beverage can recycling rate rises
The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the EU 27 increased by 1.2% to 64.3% in 2009. Despite the difficult economic situation the consumption of aluminium beverage cans in wider Europe remained at 34bn units - it was possible to collect and recycle a further 400M in addition to...
Householders can now recycle aluminium foil products
HOUSEHOLDERS are now able to place aluminium foil products in their blue box for glass and cans as part of South Lakeland District Council’s kerbside collection service. As well as foil cartons, people will also be able to recycle other aluminium products including milk bottle tops, barbecue and...
