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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"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...
Ball Corporation reports improved third quarter results driven by strong operational performance
Ball Corporation announced third quarter 2018 net earnings attributable to the corporation of $59 million on sales of $2.9 billion compared to $48 million net earnings attributable to the corporation on sales of $2.9 billion in third quarter 2017. During January-September 2018 net earnings...
AEROBAL World Aluminium Aerosol Can Award 2018 winner list out
The much-awaited winner list of the World Aluminium Aerosol Can Award 2018 is announced. Nivea Body Mousse from Beiersdorf reportedly received a maximum number of votes for its unusual conical shaped can and thus, bagged an award under “cans that are already on the market” category. Another...
CanPack inaugurates new aluminium can production line at its Bucharest plant
CanPack, the only aluminium beverage can producer in Romania, has inaugurated a new production line at its Bucharest plant, with an investment of over EUR 50 million. The new line will allow the company to increase its production capacity from 950 million to 1.55 billion cans per annum. The company...
Medical Center collecting aluminium tabs from used cans to raise fund for dialysis patients
Aluminium can and tabs recycling is not only helping the environment but also serving a number of social causes. The Fairchild Medical Center Auxiliary is now collecting tabs from soda cans to help raise money for dialysis patient treatment. The collected tabs are taken to the Rogue Valley Dialysis...
EEG’s can collection campaign collects 4,125 kg used aluminium cans
Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) brought the nation together on Saturday, October 27, for its annual can recycling campaign for the 22nd year in a row. The yearly event registered a total collection of 313,352 kg of used aluminium cans during this period. This year the Can Collection Drive saw...
Aluminium drink cans recycling at new record high in Ireland
Repak, Ireland’s only government-approved packaging recycling scheme, announced the recycling rate for aluminium drinks can in Ireland continued upward trend in 2017. The latest data showed that more than 7 out of 10 aluminium drink cans sold and consumed in the country in 2017 were collected for...
Istanbul metro offers transport credit in exchange for used aluminium cans
Istanbul has installed reverse vending machines at metro stations that allow commuters to add credit to their subway cards by depositing aluminium beverage cans and plastic bottle into the machine. According to news by the Istanbul-based Hurriyet news organization, İTÜ-Ayazağa metro station in...
Aluminum can shortage puts Schwartz's out of Black Cherry soda
Customers looking for the classic combo of smoked meat and black cherry soda at Schwartz’s will have to have something else to drink. The iconic Montreal deli ran out of cans of Cott Black Cherry soda around two weeks ago and hasn’t been able to get more from its supplier, which is facing a...
Canada reduces US-made aluminium-can tariff for beer can shortage
According to brewing industry executives, Canada has taken a move to drop a 10 per cent duty on US-made aluminium cans and is proved to be good news for Canadian beer markets that are battling a shortage of tall cans. The aluminium products exempt from tariffs last week include cans that brewers...
Scotmid introduces reverse vending machine to recycle aluminium and plastic containers
Community retailer Scotmid Co-operative has introduced their first-ever reverse vending machine to encourage customers to recycle soft drink cans and plastic bottles. The eco-friendly scheme, called ‘Recycle and Reward’, has been launched for a three-month period in Scotmid’s South Queensferry...
Ball Corporation plans to cease beverage can plant in Italy
Ball Corporation, a leading beverage can maker with production facilities around the globe, has announced its intention to cease production at its beverage packaging plant in San Martino, Italy by the end of December 2018 and only after due negotiation with the trade union. Ball Corporation will...
AEROBAL reports 3.3 billion aluminium cans production in H1 2018
The companies of the International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (AEROBAL) produced nearly 3.3 billion cans e in the first half of 2018, representing a growth of about 5 per cent in comparison with the previous year. AEROBAL reported the demand for deodorants and...
Tohi Ventures launches Aronia Berry beverages in aluminium cans for U.S. market
A Kansas City-based healthy lifestyle brand Tohi Ventures has launch a new range of four Aronia Berry-based functional beverages in 12oz slim aluminium cans. Tohi beverages are 30% single strength Aronia Berry juice and 70% hydration. These beverages are available in four refreshing flavours: The...
Ball Aerosol Packaging unveils new aluminium aerosol can printing technique
Ball Aerosol Packaging has recently announced the launch of a proprietary high-definition printing technique Eyeris, which according to the company will address the problem associated with the translation of graphics to conventional offset printing, and believed to offer photo-realistic packaging...
Ball Corporation inaugurates aluminium speciality can plant in Spain
Ball Corporation has announced the inauguration of its beverage can manufacturing plant in Spain located in Cabanillas del Campo, Guadalajara. With new can plant, which represents for Ball a significant investment of more than 100 million euros, the company expands its presence in Spain, where it...
Ball Corporation runs survey over aluminium recycling awareness in UK
During the Recycle Week this year from September 24 to 30, the world’s leading beverage can maker Ball Corporation has reportedly stepped forward with its survey campaign, which reveals that “Wales is the most worried country about plastic pollution in the UK.” About 81 per cent of people in Wales...
Cambridgeshire supports nationwide campaign MetalMatters to help increase metal recycling rate
As part of Recycling Week 2018 (September 24 to September 30), East Cambridgeshire District Council is supporting a nationwide campaign MetalMatters to help increase the rate of recycling household metal throughout the district. MetalMatters is managed by the Aluminium Packaging Recycling...
