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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Elvis & Kresse aspires to build sustainable fashion accessories from recycled aluminium cans
Multi-award winning fashion accessories brand Elvis & Kresse is reportedly working with a group of researchers from Queen Mary University of London’s School of Engineering and Materials Science on a project to recycle aluminium drink cans into zips and buckles, in a bid to drive forward sustainable...
CANPACK to build first aluminium beverage can plant in the United States
The CANPACK Group, a global packaging manufacturer with its headquarters in Krakow, Poland, and GIORGI GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC., based in Blandon, Pennsylvania, and owner of the CANPACK Group, jointly announced that CANPACK will build aluminium beverage can body and ends manufacturing plant, its first...
Ninja Melk launches energy drinks in Ardagh cans
Ninja Melk has enjoyed a successful European launch of an online shop that delivers its slimline cans direct to consumers. Ardagh has delivered its 250ml slim can to the company, Co-founded by YouTube star Ryan Higa – whose phenomenally popular comedy ‘ninja’ videos inspired the theme for the...
Alcoa Warrick operations marks 60-year milestone, a pioneer in the aluminium food and beverage container market
Alcoa Warrick operations has passed 60-year milestone, undergoing a series of constant growth and evolution. Facilities have been added and modified over the years, while thousands of employees have come and gone. Three generations, going on four, have benefitted from Warrick operations’ presence...
Tubex to manufacture aerosol can for Unilever’s Rexona Recycled Refreshed antiperspirant
Unilever has collaborated with Aerosol can manufacturer Tubex for its new Rexona Recycled Refreshed antiperspirant product. Tubex will manufacture aerosol can for Unilever’s new range. The aerosol can is made of a patented aluminium alloy and 25% post-consumer recycled (PCR) material. Leo Werdich,...
Singapore trying to boost aluminium packaging waste recycling, rolls out thirty-four new reverse vending machines
Thirty-four new reverse vending machines have been added to the existing network of sixteen at locations islandwide in Singapore. The new machines that accept plastic and aluminium containers and dispense discount vouchers in return have been rolled at malls like IMM and Vedok Mall and complexes...
Morocco’s import of aluminium cans proclaim regular growth during 2017-20
The economy of Morocco is considered a relatively liberal economy governed by the law of supply and demand. Morocco is ranked 7th among 14 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, and its overall score is slightly higher than the regional and world averages. In a nutshell, the main...
Showa Denko Group: Recycles 4.43 Million Aluminum Cans in fiscal 2019
Showa Denko, its Group companies and their cooperative companies pursued to perform aluminium can recycle activity in fiscal 2019 (April 2019 - March 2020), collecting approximately 4.43 million cans: equivalent to about 67.8 tonnes of aluminium when converted at the rate of 15.3 grams of aluminium...
Abralatas joins Aluminium Stewardship Initiative as new Associations member
Abralatas has joined Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) as an Association member. This brings the total number of ASI Members to 124. Abralatas, founded in 2003, is the Brazilian Aluminium Can Manufacturers Association. It aims to promote the aluminium can and communicating overall can benefits...
NICE launches wine range in Ardagh's 187ml beverage cans
British beverage company NICE has selected Ardagh’s new 187ml Wine Can for its range of three wines to expand into the on-trade channel. Jeremy May, Co-Founder of NICE, said: “As soon as we knew Ardagh’s 187ml can was on its way, we decided we wanted it, to launch it as a range to target the...
Belgium-based startup creating a new metal 3D printing technology using aluminium
Belgium-based startup ValCun is reportedly creating a technology to make metal 3D printing more affordable and convenient than before. The company reports that it is using fresh and recycled aluminium, even cans, as input for its products. As mentioned in the available reports, ValCun refers to the...
Viridor once again bags Ealing Council’s dry mixed recycling five-year contract
The United Kingdom-based waste management company Viridor has once again bagged the contract, worth £10 million, to process Ealing Council’s dry mixed recycling, with effect from June 6. As per the contract, Viridor is accountable for processing around 24,000 tonnes of dry recycling annually...
Parkers Beverage Company intends to expand its aluminium canned water business in Singapore
Parkers Beverage Company, based in New Zealand, is now eyeing Singapore’s convenience stores to roll out its aluminium canned water, after first entering the country via e-commerce late last year. Currently, Parkers’ still and sparkling canned water is available only on online platform RedMart in...
Ball teams up with inodrinx for kombucha drinks
Ball has collaborated with inodrinx to launch new range of kombucha drinks in Ball cans. Fairment Kombucha, listed in around 700 Edeka Nord stores since mid-April, is available in four flavours - "Classic", "Hibiscus-Raspberry", "Ginger" and "Lemongrass-Mint". The company worked with inodrinx...
India’s first spring water beverage "Responsible Whatr" launched in recyclable aluminium cans
Fabonest Food and Beverages Pvt Ltd has reportedly launched India's first spring water beverage "Responsible Whatr" in sustainable and endlessly recyclable aluminium cans, canned at the brand’s state-of-the-art plant. The water is rich in naturally balanced essential minerals and is directly...
COVID-19 Hit: Japan’s primary aluminium demand looks bearish till September due to slow production recovery
Japan is likely to continue to see a sluggish primary aluminium demand between July and September, owing to slow aluminium products manufacturing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and increased imports from overseas. Discussions over the Japan aluminium premium for the September quarter started...
Ball Corporation awards its Yangon plant for sustainability awareness of aluminium cans
Ball Corporation has reportedly announced that it has acknowledged its plant in Yangon with the 2019 R. David Hoover Sustainability Award for significant operation and social improvements. Ball claimed that its Yangon plant consistently improved its electricity efficiency by nearly 23 per cent and...
St Andrews Beach Brewery to launch new alcoholic seltzer range in recyclable aluminium cans
St Andrews Beach Brewery is reportedly launching a new alcoholic seltzer range – Tidal Artesian Seltzer in aluminium cans with coastal-inspired design. According to the report, the brewery has teamed up with The Edison Agency for creating a brand story and packaging design to lend the Tidal range...
