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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Showa Denko holds completion ceremony for new aluminium can plant in Thailand
Showa Aluminum Can Corporation (SAC), a consolidated subsidiary of Showa Denko (SDK) and Carabao Group PCL (CBG), a leading beverage maker headquartered in Bangkok, jointly held a completion ceremony for new aluminium can plant owned and operated by Asia Can Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (ACM). As a...
Parkers Beverage pioneers aluminium canned water instead of plastic bottles in New Zealand
A Hawke’s Bay drinks company Parkers Beverage Company Ltd. reportedly becomes the first in New Zealand to scrap plastic water bottles and adopt recyclable cans instead to hold still water products. Parkers Beverage Company manufactures and distributes brands such as Parkers water, Ō Pure Artesian...
Reverse vending machine manufacturer TOMRA supports DRS for all types of cans and bottles
TOMRA said a deposit return scheme (DRS) that only included small beverage containers would majorly stifle the potential of the initiative. TOMRA supported the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) that urged the Government to include drink cans and bottles in DRS. CPRE data showed that...
Colorado’s craft beer industry hard-hit by rising aluminium prices due to tariffs
Rising aluminium prices driven by aluminium import tariffs have affected Colorado’s craft beer industry, industry sources said. “It’s disruptive for sure and (it’s) increasing our costs,” said Dave Cole, owner of Epic Brewing. He said that the price of aluminium cans have jumped six to ten per...
Ardagh’s aluminium can selected for Bonduelle’s Cassegrain range
Ardagh Group, a leading global supplier of value-added, infinitely-recyclable, metal and glass packaging solutions, announced that its rectangular aluminium can has been selected for Bonduelle’s premium Cassegrain range. Bonduelle has chosen Ardagh’s aluminium cans to present its asparagus and...
Nampak to spend US$7.2 million towards ramping up aluminium cans production
Africa’s biggest producer of beverage packaging Nampak is reportedly ramping up the production of aluminium cans as a response to customers’ global retreat from plastic. “Consumer sentiment against plastic packaging that cannot be recycled is very clear,” Chief Executive Officer Andre de Ruyter...
Strautmann presents beverage bottle including aluminium can recycling machines
According to a report, a Germany-based company named Strautmann Umwelttechnik presented two beverage bottle recycling machines - LiquiDrainer and BrikPress at the BrauBeviale trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, in mid-November. As told by the company, the machinery offers reliability and innovation...
Ardagh produces new aluminium can for Spain’s cured ham brand Coren
The Luxembourg-based glass and metal products producer Ardagh group has reportedly provided new 235ml triangular shaped aluminium can to Spain’s cured ham brand Coren. The can features an advanced shape with wider at the top or otherwise called as shoulder, and a special easy release lacquer that...
Tallahassee city organizes can for cash recycling event to create awareness
Tallahassee, the state capital of Florida, has started a can for cash campaign to encourage recycling. The city will pay for every can a resident deposits as a part of its an annual recycling effort. On last Saturday, November 17, the City of Tallahassee in collaboration with Keep Tallahassee...
CPRE urges government to include all types of aluminium cans, bottles in DRS
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has urged the Government to include drink cans and bottles in deposit return scheme (DRS). CPRE said its volunteers in the Green Clean collected a total of 11,212 cans and bottles of all shapes, sizes and materials. Of these, 35% were plastic, 50% were...
Novelis Invests US$175 million to expand aluminium rolling and recycling facilities in Brazil
Novelis Inc. has invested US$175 million for the expansion of its Pindamonhangaba plant, located in the Paraíba Valley between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The expansion at the company's flagship Brazil facility will add 100 thousand tonnes of rolling capacity and 60 thousand tonnes of...
Ardagh Group to manufacture aluminium cans for Stabburet’s seafood can project
Ardagh Group, a leading global supplier of value-added, infinitely-recyclable, metal and glass packaging solutions, has announced a partnership with Stabburet to manufacture lightweight and fully recyclable aluminium can for mackerel filet, a national dish in Norway. Patrick Savouré, Commercial...
Indonesia’s import and export of aluminium cans estimated to increase substantially in 2018
Indonesia’s import and export of aluminium cans reduced in 2017 when compared to 2016 data. The country’s aluminium can import and exports dropped around 81 per cent year-on-year in 2017. It is expected that Indonesia’s imports of aluminium cans will be more than exports in 2018. According to...
Constellium supplies its aluminium solution Aeral™ for the production of award-winning aerosols
Constellium, global aluminium rolled and extruded products manufacturer, announced on November 6 about its aluminium solution Aeral™ supply to Moravia Cans for the production of Unilever’s award-winning Dove antiperspirant aerosols. Constellium's Aeral™ is an innovative aluminium solution designed...
Artist creates detailed sculptures on empty aluminium cans using his thumbs
Aluminium can recycling and upcycling has been given a new dimension by innovative artists, architects and ecycling professionals. Artist Noah Deledda creates Aluminium sculptures that look like they are a work of precise automated machine. However, he creates these by using his thumbs to create...
Five global port operators come together for Go Green initiative
Five global container port operators together have reportedly undertaken a week-long initiative of mass recycling in order to promote sustainable resource usage in their respective port and facility networks. During the fifth annual Go Green Initiative, a total number of 8,332 employees of DP...
Austin-based tech firm SNS Tech launches 100% aluminium resealable drinks can
SNSTech, an Austin-based tech firm, has reportedly launched a resealable, 100 per cent aluminium drinks can called SipNShut. It has zero percentage of plastic and is fully recyclable. Designed by Bill Brandell, President of SNSTech, the can is specially made in response to consumer demand with an...
"Crowlers” or large size aluminium cans boosting brewery business while they are hit by tariffs
Craft breweries are buying aluminium cans which are 2.5 times larger than the size of a normal beer can because it is helping out their business at a time when cans are scarce. “As soon as we got this machine, our off premise beer sales doubled,” said Willy Truettner, co-owner of Zuni Street...
