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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WildPack signs supply agreement for aluminium solutions with Ball Corporation
On August 23, Wildpack Beverage, Canadian drinks-making and packaging company, declared that a long-term purchase and supply agreement has been signed with Ball Corporation for the procurement of sustainable aluminium packaging solutions. The Chief Growth Officer at Wildpack, Thomas Walker,...
Gore District Council and Rethinking Waste come together to install kerbside recycling units
New Zealand is about to gain its circular economy where plastic, steel or aluminium waste would be returned and converted into raw material. The Gore District Council has a set series of kerbside recycling programmes for waste minimisation. This week the Council agreed on various solutions to...
PURA deploys latest watermelon flavoured kid’s beverage in sustainable aluminium cans
PURA Beverages has launched its latest watermelon-flavoured range for kids, which is scheduled to arrive at stores just in time for the hot summers, packed safely inside the brand's twenty-five per cent recycled cans and sustainable tetra-packs that remind us of the company's philosophy, 'Live a...
AEROBAL declares Rexona as the winner of “aluminium cans already under the market” category
The much-awaited winner list of the World Aluminium Aerosol Can Award 2022 is finally revealed by The International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (AEROBAL), with lightweight and recyclable aluminium solutions recognised across categories. In the category “aluminium cans...
Reverse vending solution provider unveils world's smallest machine
The world's leading provider of reverse vending solutions, TOMRA Collection has landed with the market's smallest three-material reverse vending machine, TOMRA M1, lined up to deliver a plug-and-play solution that empowers smaller retailers to partake in deposit return schemes (DRS). According to...
Monster records elevating beverage prices due to higher packaging material cost
Monster Beverage reported an exponential US$1.66 billion in sales in the second quarter, reportedly 13.2 per cent greater than the accumulated amount of the same time span the previous year. If the foreign currency effect was not put under consideration, the earnings were experiencing a 16.9 per...
Rolled aluminium production rise in the US could eliminate imports
According to analysts, US importable beverage can sheet will almost disappear due to the additional production of three major US aluminium rolling mills by the end of 2026. Even though demand for this packaging is expected to grow by then, the three mills will virtually eliminate importable...
Juno DTS introduces specialised inkjet printing technology Xaar 1003 to paint aluminium cans
Juno DTS has revolutionised the art of inkjet printing with its Xaar 1003 print-head, which can technically print almost anything a human mind can perceive. Xaar incorporates inkjet technology and smoothly applies it to various products, mainly aluminium cans. Nowadays, many industries solely...
Ball Corporation plans to close its St. Paul aluminium beverage cans facility
On Thursday, August 4, Ball Corporation, the world’s leading sustainable aluminium packaging provider, officially declared its plans to shut down beverage cans plant located on Saint Paul’s West Side. The company also announced that the tentative time of ending the operations at St. Paul would be...
Britvic upgrades Rugby factory with £26.9 million introducing extreme capacity canning line
British producer of soft drinks, Britvic, has invested £26.9 million to enhance the operations in its Rugby factory along with maintaining the newfound canning line that can produce more than 120,000 aluminium cans per hour. This investment is to honour the company's 35 years of service in the...
Tito’s ridicules seltzer makers with newly introduced empty aluminium cans, The Tito’s in a Can
Tito’s has come up with the most innovative way to humiliate the hard seltzer industry by introducing a 16-ounce empty can that can be used for pouring the brand’s exquisite vodka. Tito wants to attract consumers with a bold advertising move so that they might leave their willy-nilly habit of...
Parry & Evans deploys Bunting magnetic separators at its Deeside plant to recover aluminium
Bunting magnetic separators have been installed by recycling expert Parry & Evans to recover metal from pre-sorted household waste. The firm utilises an Eddy Current Separator to retrieve valuable aluminium, including beverage cans, and a permanent Overband Magnet to collect ferrous metals at its...
PPG unveils non-BPA internal spray coating for aluminium beverage cans
On Monday, August 1, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (PPG) unveiled PPG INNOVEL® PRO, an improved interior spray coating for the endlessly recyclable aluminium beverage can that omits the use of bisphenol-A (BPA) or bisphenol starting ingredients and has more strong application qualities. Bisphenol...
Dutch beer brand held up by solid demand, forecasts dip in 2023 profits factoring aluminium price
On 1st August 2022, the world's most premium beer producer Heineken reported H1 2022 earnings, which exceeded more than anticipated, as beer consumers of this famous brand procured more regardless of inflation impacting daily life. However, the most recognizable beer brand in the world forecast...
Department of Environmental Health’s sorting and recycling scheme might introduce circular economy in Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands Department of Environmental Health (DEH) currently wavered away two forty-foot containers packed with 35,407 lbs of aluminium cans, Type 1 & 2 plastic containers, utilised tyres, lead acid batteries and 2,475 gallons of oil. The shipment was transferred from Sister Islands to Grand...
Sabahan couple makes it to the news by upcycling aluminium can caps into sustainable fashion accessories
Art has no limit and no bound, once again proved by a newly-wed couple Calvin Patrick Monjinun and Cheryl Joanne Chan, with a unique products display at creative art exhibition held at the Sabah International Convention Centre. The couple exhibited their unique creations of handbags, clutches, and...
End user weekly recap: International cola giant forecasts strong revenue growth eyeing sustainable demand; Colep Packaging acquires a 40% stake in aerosol manufacturing firm ALM
From transport to automobiles to packaging, the use of aluminium is widespread and expanding with passing time. This week the end-user sector of the global aluminium industry recorded some significant changes. A swift change was witnessed, with companies shifting to aluminium for a more sustainable...
Novelis bags ASI Performance Standard certification for 3 beverage can sheet facilities in North America
Novelis, the leading producer of flat-rolled aluminium and the world’s largest recycler, announced on Friday, July 29, that three of its recycled aluminium ingot and beverage can sheet producers in North America received the ASI Performance Standard certifications. Novelis’ Greensboro, GA, Berea,...
