Ball Corporation adds two manufacturing and finance leaders to board, supporting aluminium packaging growth
Ball Corporation, a global producer of sustainable aluminium packaging, has appointed Darlene J. Nicosia and Sherry L. Buck to its board of directors. The appointments bring additional experience in manufacturing, operations, procurement and finance to the board. Stuart A. Taylor II, Chairman of...
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...
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New campaign launched to increase Lancashire's recycling rates
A new campaign, launched during Recycle Week (24 – 30 September 2018), aims to highlight that the average Lancashire household could recycle 50% more if the residents put the right thing in the right bin. Every property in Lancashire produces 4.2kg of recycling a week, but another 2.1kg could be...
Aluminium recycling firm Bryson Recycling named UK Social Enterprise of the Year
Bryson Recycling, headquartered in Belfast, has been named as the UK's Social Enterprise of the Year at the prestigious Private Business Awards. Bryson Recycling was founded 25 years ago and the social enterprise initially began by collecting aluminium cans from public organizations and private...
Portland craft brewers concern more over aluminium can shortage than aluminium tariffs
Portland craft brewers are facing a tight supply of cans along with the problem related to aluminium tariffs. Paul Lorrain of Funky Bow Brewery & Beer Co. in Lyman said his company has had difficulty procuring 16-ounce cans and had to shut down beer production twice in 2018. According to Lorrain...
Orora Limited acquires Texas based packaging distributor Bronco
Orora Limited has acquired Bronco Packaging Corporation (Bronco) for USD$24 million as part of the continued growth of the Orora Packaging Solutions (OPS) business in North America. Orora’s products portfolio include glass bottles, aluminium cans, closures and caps, boxes and cartons,...
Soft drink manufacturer Britvic invests £100m in Rugby production facility
Leading soft drinks company Britvic is investing more than £100milllion in its facility in Rugby as part of a broader £240m three-year investment programme in its GB manufacturing capability. The company has installed three new PET bottling lines, a new on-site warehouse and an aseptic line to...
Barrio Brewing set to introduce environmentally-friendly aluminium canned beer
Barrio Brewing, the United States-based independent brewery will reportedly launch an environmentally-friendly aluminium canned beer, with the aim to enhance the brand’s retail presence in Arizona, US. According to the source, Ardagh will supply aluminium beverage cans to Barrio. Ardagh is a...
Revellers at the Notting Hill actively participate in aluminiium cans recycling
Revellers at the Notting Hill Carnival were encounraged to recycle aluminium cans this weekend. It was part of a campaign delivered by recycling firm Suez, Kensington & Chelsea council, and Alupro’s Every Can Counts programme. More than 300 tonnes of waste was cleared from the streets of Notting...
Ardagh converts Rugby steel beverage can plant to aluminium
Glass and metal products supplier Ardagh Group have converted its beverage can manufacturing plant in Rugby, UK, from steel to aluminium. Metal is a permanent material that can be infinitely recycled and has the highest recycling rates of all packaging materials in Europe. Ardagh Metal Beverage CEO...
France to import higher volume of aluminium cans this year at a lower cost
According to the report revealed by Grand View Research, the global demand for beverage cans is likely to grow between 3.7 per cent and 4 per cent in 2018, with a similar growth trend over the next five years. In the European Union, the beverage cans market is also expected to grow at a CAGR of...
Tesco in UK becomes the first supermarket to sell spring water in aluminium cans
Tesco in UK becomes the first supermarket to sell water in aluminium cans instead of plastic bottles. The retailer is now selling spring water in 500 ml aluminium cans at its 700 stores under the CanO Water brand. The brand was started two years ago in London with a sustainable vision. These are...
Canadian microbreweries face shortage of beverage cans and higher costs on retaliatory tariffs on can import
As Canada has imposed retaliatory import duties on U.S. aluminum product imports in the busy summer season, Canadian microbreweries are facing a shortage of beverage cans and higher costs leading to beer production cut to a certain extent, a Reuter report says. Though Canada is the world’s third...
Germany’s aluminium cans export volume to see a year-on-year decline in CY2018
Recyclability of metal is one of the key factors that has been constantly driving the consumption of the metal cans in the market, including aluminium cans because this particular non-ferrous metal is nontoxic by nature and can be easily processed, handled and distributed. In 2017, the metal cans...
Coca-Cola announces price hike on increasing metal and shipping prices due to import tariffs
Donald Trump’s aluminium tariffs have already started showing colours in the end user segment. After a series of can makers, automakers and construction companies expressing concern over cost increase and possible price increase on consumers, now is the turn for Coca-Cola, one of the most iconic...
US beer and canning industry continues to worry over price and premium hike from aluminium tariffs
Local breweries in the US that rely heavily on aluminium cans are starting to feel the pinch of import tariffs on aluminium products imported from Canada. Winnipeg is home to over 20 different local beer breweries that now have no other choice than to pay the tariff in order to continue producing...
Top Five Importers of Aluminium Cans from Germany in 2017
Germany, the 3rd largest export economy in the world and the 3rd most complex economy, is the leading exporter of aluminium cans in the world. The country’s aluminium producers and processors produce about 560,000 tonnes of aluminium annually. Germany, the major aluminium market in Europe, exported...
Ball to stop production at its Brazil aluminium can plant
Ball Corporation, a leading beverage can maker with production facilities around the globe, announced that they will cease production at its beverage packaging plant in Cuiabá, Brazil. The company will supply its products to its customer through other facilities in the country. Carlos Pires,...
Denver’s recycling education program expanded to increase aluminium cans recycling rate
The Recycling Partnership, the City of Denver and the Can Capture Group – a consortium of national can manufacturers: Anheuser-Busch; Ardagh Group; Ball Corporation and Crown Holdings, aluminium suppliers: Novelis and Tri-Arrows Aluminium, and the Can Manufacturers Institute – announced the...
Coca-Cola Turkey uses thermochromic inks for its summer promotional aluminium cans
Coca-Cola Turkey has reportedly obtained thermochromic ink technology from one of the renowned packaging product suppliers called Crown for designing its new aluminium beverage can. For the first time, the company is using thermochromic ink technology as a decorative tool, which is otherwise known...
