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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Hawkins & Brimble to launch new range of men’s grooming products in aluminium refillable bottles
Hawkins & Brimble has reportedly teamed with The Marine Conservation Society to introduce a range of sustainable men’s grooming products, replacing plastic packing with aluminium refillable 250 cans. The new lines of products include lip balm, hairspray, and eau de parfum in either 100 per cent...
Booze drinkers home consumption steers Nampak aluminium cans demand to peak
Africa's leading packaging manufacturer, Nampak is grooving a surge in demand for its aluminium beverage cans as booze drinkers take-home consumption of their favourite drinks rises. Nampak the producer of aluminium cans for a range of beverages such as liquor and carbonated soft drinks stated:...
Hydro supplies 400 tonnes of Hydro CIRCAL to HELL ENERGY for can production
Hydro has supplied 400 tonnes of Hydro CIRCAL to HELL ENERGY for beverage can production. Can production at HELL ENERGY's subsidiary in Hungary, Quality Pack, has started and will be available in stores in mid-February. Hydro CIRCAL is an aluminium strip which contains a high ratio of post-consumer...
Papua New Guinea’s import of Aluminium Cans during 2018-19 displays de-growth; 2020 import reflects marginal growth
As per Fitch Solutions, the Papua New Guinea economy is expected to recover from 2021, after a recession in 2020. Fitch Solutions forecasts real GDP growth of 3.2% in 2021, from an estimated contraction of 4.0% in 2020. The island nation on the South-western Pacific region has recorded with 7942...
Serbia’s import of Aluminium Cans during 2018-20 displays significant growth
On 19 th January 2021, Aleksandar Vucic, President of Republic of Serbia said that Serbia ranked first among 38 European economies in terms of Y-o-Y growth in the gross domestic product in the first quarter. In a statement from Serbia's Foreign Ministry, Vucic said: “Serbia is the first in Europe...
Crown to establish new aluminium beverage can manufacturing facility worth $145 million in Virginia
Beverage packaging manufacturer Crown has reportedly announced to inaugurate a new aluminium beverage can manufacturing facility in Henry County, Virginia. The plant, to be located in Commonwealth Crossing Business Centre, will mark Crown’s third greenfield beverage can manufacturing investment in...
Coca-Cola launches coffee in cans in the United States
Coca-Cola has announced the newest creative extension of the Coca-Cola Trademark in the United States. Coca-Cola with Coffee is available in three signature flavours – Dark Blend, Vanilla and Caramel and contains 69 mg of caffeine per 12-oz. can. The company has also launched Coca-Cola with Coffee...
Ball Corporation to build new aluminium can plant worth €170 million in Czech Republic
Ball Corporation has reportedly announced that it plans to begin construction of a new production facility of aluminium cans at Pilsen Digital Park by mid-2021. The facility worth €170 million will ramp-up Ball’s output in Czech Republic to meet the growing demand from consumers who want...
“Environment and sustainability are an important part of our philosophy at Lofoten Arctic Water and we are constantly working to get better and help in the fight against pollution”, Mats Nevelius, Senior VP Sales and Marketing at Lofoten Arctic Water AS - Oslo, Norway
Mats Nevelius has a 20 (plus) years’ of working experience as Sales and Marketing professional in multiple companies across the Nordics and European region. Lofoten Arctic Water is the result of a love for the Lofoten Islands arctic outdoors, clean pure air, water and majestic mountains. Lofoten...
“START’s purpose is to provide our customers with transparent and traceable information regarding the sustainable nature of our aluminium products”, Tolga Egrilmezer, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Rio Tinto Aluminium
Tolga Egrilmezer, Vice President Sales & Marketing at Rio Tinto and a member of the Rio Tinto Aluminium Executive Committee, where he is leading the global mine to market organisation in bauxite, alumina and aluminium & value-added products sales, marketing, trading and technical & product...
Crown plans to build sixth beverage can plant in Brazil
Beverage packaging manufacturer Crown has made public that its Brazilian subsidiary Crown Embalagens plans to build its sixth beverage can facility in the Latin American nation. The new plant will produce two-piece aluminium cans in various sizes and will have two lines, both of which are...
Zambia’s import of Aluminium cans reveals inconsistency during 2018-20, yet remains a 100 million dollar market
Zambia is struggling hard for an economic turnaround with the blow Covid-19 pandemic. The country’s external debt is about $12billion, which is roughly 80% of the nation’s GDP. The economy was set to contract by 4.8% in 2020, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The southern African...
Michelob ULTRA to launch low-carbon aluminium cans over coming months
The United States’ Michelob ULTRA will roll out low-carbon aluminium cans over coming months. The company will distribute more than 2.5 million cans through a partnership between Anheuser-Busch and Rio Tinto. In October 2020, Rio Tinto and Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) formed a global partnership...
Five million Aluminium cans to be collected, recycled to build a helipad for the Leicester Royal Infirmary
In the English landlocked county, Leicestershire, across the region litter pickers have grouped to collect five million aluminium cans to build a helipad for the Leicester Royal Infirmary. South Leicestershire litter womble Geoff Walker, from Braunstone, and the founder of the charity Helipads for...
USW Members and Constellium reach five year agreement to end strike in Alabama aluminium plant
The United Steelworkers (USW) has approved five-year collective bargaining contract with Constellium to end strike at Second Street production facility. Around 400 members of Local 200 will start returning to work on January 12, 2021. USW was on strike at Constellium aluminium plant because of...
PepsiCo to launch new Cocoa Cola in cans
PepsiCo recently announced that it will launch its new range “Cocoa” Cola in cans. The new range is a mixture of original Pepsi cola and hot chocolate, the newest concept from the Pepsi Test Kitchen. The company will launch canned Cocoa” Cola in 2021. Todd Kaplan, vice president of marketing at...
Ball to construct a new aluminium end manufacturing facility in Kentucky; Production to start in 2022
Ball Corporation has decided to construct a new aluminium end manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The production is scheduled to start in early-2022, creating approximately 200 manufacturing jobs. The company will expand the facility over multiple years through the installation of...
Datwyler extends partnership with Nespresso for aluminium capsules
Datwyler has signed new contract to extend its current partnership with Nespresso. The agreement includes capsules and seals production for portioned coffee product lines. The new contract is valid until 2030. Datwyler invests in the manufacturing capacity expansion and strengthens its the highly...
