85% recycled aluminium: Recorp raises the bar for sustainable beverage cans
Aluminium cans are under the spotlight among consumers and beverage manufacturers looking for more recyclable packaging, with the material already holding a strong circularity position against plastic and glass. Recorp tunes it further with ReCan85, an aluminium beverage can containing 85 per cent...
How PACKFINE advances aluminium beverage can manufacturing through automated production and quality control
As global demand for convenient, lightweight, and recyclable beverage packaging continues to grow, aluminium beverage cans are becoming increasingly important across the beer, soft drink, energy drink, juice, and other beverage sectors. For beverage brands, selecting the right packaging supplier is...
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Sainsbury's switches to aluminium from plastic in creating own-label coffee pods
UK-based Sainsbury's is completely shifting to infinitely recyclable aluminium instead of plastic for making their flagship coffee pods. This attempt at sustainability has been followed by an initiative Sainsbury's took the previous year by morphing some of its coffee pod packagings from plastic to...
AEROBAL reports a 5.5% increase in global shipments of aluminium aerosol cans since early 2022
The International Organization of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (AEROBAL) revealed that during the first half of 2022, global exports by its members had increased by 5.5 per cent, reaching a total of almost 3 billion units. According to the reports, the surge in demand was mainly...
American Canning to introduce Aluminium Toyo Ultimate Can in Texas
With the opening of a printed can factory in 2022, American Canning will bring technologically cutting-edge, internationally renowned Aluminium Toyo Ultimate Can (aTULC) manufacture to Austin, Texas. David Racino, the Co-Founder and CEO of American Canning, along with COO and Co-Founder Mike...
Thailand gains first AI-loaded reverse vending machine accepting bottles and aluminium cans
Thailand has received its first AI-enabled reverse vending machine (RVM), ‘Circu-larOne’ from SUSTAINTECH, n eco-friendly tech start-up. This vending machine has been developed by Thai people and is controlled by the cloud business of global technology company Tencent. The RVM accepts PET or glass...
After scaling down production, Ball Corp now sells off all its Russian beverage can facilities
On Wednesday, September 21, Ball Corporation declared that it completed the sale of all its beverage packaging business in Russia to Arnest Group for $530 million to divest from the Russian market. Ball said Arnest Group, the largest manufacturer of aerosols in Russia and CIS countries, has...
Nivea aims at circular economy incorporating recyclable aluminium for aerosol cans
Nivea, the brand synonymous with the colour blue, is internally transforming itself into a green company with the heightened use of recyclable aluminium as a raw material for its packaging solutions. In the last two years, the company has seen immense transformations in their packaging formulas...
Modus offers brewing partnerships displaying integrated aluminium cans packaging line
The Modus Brewing, owned by Grant and Jaz Wearin, has recently decided to open limited partnership brewing opportunities to firms in welcoming the Summer of 2022 and beyond. In their excellent facility at Newcastle’s suburb of Merewether, Modus is trying to amplify its production rate of 5+ million...
Ardagh Metal Packaging and Crown Holdings to host first Global Aluminium Can Sustainability Summit
The Global Aluminium Can Sustainability Summit organised by Ardagh Metal Packaging and Crown Holdings is aimed at uniting people from various global organisations belonging to the aluminium value chain to activate the decarbonisation of aluminium that is used for producing can sheets. The event, in...
Alupro’s latest initiative will increase the recycling rates of aerosol cans in the UK
Recycling aluminium is one of the main elements for a greener and emission-free environment. Focussing on the same, Alupro, the aluminium packaging and recycling organisation have come up with an initiative which will make the concept of recycling aerosol cans more prevalent amongst the public in...
Alumex reinforces sustainability with its aluminium UBC collection project launch
The largest fully integrated aluminium manufacturer in Sri Lanka and a member of the Hayleys Group, Alumex, recently launched a pilot project in the nation to collect used aluminium beverage cans (UBCs) as part of its initiative to care for the environment. Alumex is reaffirming its commitment to...
End user weekly recap: Ardagh Group appoints AFRY as a consultant for packaging factories in Brazil; Linke Hofmann Busch aluminium coaches to run via Kerala Platforms
With the world moving towards sustainability, big aluminium players are transforming the way their enterprises worked in the past and adopting methods of waste management. It is therefore quite common to find recycled aluminium in the end-user sector. But overall, this week the sector has been...
Suntory to use the world’s first 100% recyclable aluminium cans for its limited edition premium malts
Japanese multinational brewing and distilling company Suntory Holdings will be using the world's first 100 per cent recycled aluminium cans for its limited edition of The Premium Malt's CO2 Reduction Can (350ml, 5.5% ABV) and The Premium Malt's "Kaoru" Ale CO2 Reduction Can (350ml, 6% ABV). These...
Wildpack releases Q2 2022 results appointing new auditor KPMG LLP
Wildpack Beverages, a Canadian beverage manufacturing and packaging enterprise has released their unaudited Q2 2022 Financial Reports, ending June 30, indicating revenue growth of 10 per cent to US$8.91 million compared with the Q2 2021 earnings of $8.14 million. Wildpack's Board of Directors has...
Ardagh Group trusts AFRY’s engineering expertise to run aluminium packaging facility, Brazil
Ardagh Group has selected AFRY as their engineering and consultation partner to run operations at the latest Ardagh Metal Packaging factory and the Ardagh Glass Packaging factory in Brazil. Ardagh Group is an international supplier of sustainable and recyclable aluminium and glass packaging...
Right Brain Brewery owner worried about price rise and supply shortage of aluminium cans in US
The USA has been under severe aluminium can shortage since the spring of 2020, and this recurring problem has resulted in the closure of many bars and outlets serving alcoholic beverages. Breweries were also largely affected by inflated operational costs. Right Brain Brewery, located in Traverse...
S27 Alehouse & Brewery brings to notice the struggle of US brewers for aluminium can shortage
Lucas Szymanowski, the co-founder of S27 Alehouse & Brewery in San Jose, California, has talked about the unavailability of aluminium cans to package craft beer. In his words, "Cans have been the biggest problem for us.” Brewers across the United States are facing aluminium can shortage, which...
Increasing demand for beverage cans leads to multiyear high US aluminium can sheet imports in 2Q2022
The United States imports of aluminium can body sheet hit the highest since at least 1998 in the second quarter of 2022 ended June 30, driven by a strong demand for beverage cans and increased mill investments in Asia targeting North American consumers. As per the data released by the US Department...
Novelis’ 14 aluminium scrap collection centres in Brazil bag ASI Performance Standard certification
On Tuesday, August 23, Novelis Inc., an American industrial aluminium company specialised in rolling and recycling, announced that it achieved Performance Standard Certifications from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative for its 14 aluminium scrap collection centres across Brazil. This...
