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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Ardagh produces aluminium aerosol can for Nivea
A Luxembourg-based producer of glass and metal products Ardagh Group has produced a taller sleek shaped aluminium aerosol can for Nivea, one of the world’s most popular deodorants. Image Source:Ardagh Group Bernhard Meier, Commercial Director at Ardagh’s metal division said: “With our long-standing...
Beer industry will have trickle-down effect from US aluminium tariff
The U.S. beer industry has been hit hard by more expensive aluminium after President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported aluminium and steel came into effect. Experts predict that import tariffs could even lead to job losses across the beer industry. Image Source: The Beer Institute John Decker,...
Ball and Ožujsko celebrate World Cup with cans for Croatian brewery
As the share of lager in a can continues to grow each year, and with the World Cup representing one of the largest global football tournaments, Ball has worked with the team at Ožujsko to create an exceptional design to give customers the opportunity to toast the key sporting occasion in style. The...
Poland's aluminium can exports to log 6% YoY growth in 2018; Czech Rep. tops the importer list
The global aluminium cans market has grown at a CAGR of around 2.7 per cent during 2010-2017, according to a new research report by ResearchAndMarkets. The total aluminium cans production volume stood at around 293 billion in 2017.The beverage sector currently accounts for the majority of the...
Analysts believe effective recycling of aluminium can tackle influx of import to the U.S.
Economists in the US are deliberating on how Trump’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminium are expected to increase prices of aluminium and aluminium products including the finished products by end users. They see the possibility of a trade war between the US and its closest allies with the...
Breweries in the US adjusting to aluminium & steel tariffs; profit drops looming large
Canning beer is getting more expensive for breweries, thanks to the tariffs on imported steel and aluminium that went into effect in June. The price of steel went up by 25% and aluminium by 10%. Wilmington Brewing Company cans beers every alternate week with about 6,000 units of aluminium cans in...
Aluminium beverage can recycling rate in EU, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland increased to 74% in 2015
The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the European Union, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland increased by 0.7% to a new record level of 73.6% in 2015. This is well above the recently approved new EU 2025 recycling target of 65% for all packaging. On the whole European continent...
Showa Aluminum Can opens new aluminium can plant in Vietnam
Showa Aluminum Can Corporation (SAC), a consolidated subsidiary of Showa Denko (SDK), announced the completion of its subsidiary’s new aluminium cans facility in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. The new Hanacans factory is its second production base in Vietnam, with an annual production capacity of 700...
Coca-Cola Myanmar launches a nationwide recycling awareness campaign for aluminium cans and pet bottles
Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola Myanmar has launched a nationwide recycling awareness campaign called “Tan Bo Shi Tal” to encourage public awareness on plastic and aluminium recycling. This initiative is based on a circular economy-focused study by Gone Adventurin, which argued that two areas that can...
Volatile aluminium price to affect US domestic aluminium finished products manufacturers
The US domestic aluminium finished products manufacturers such as automakers and can makers have been in real distress over the past few months on increasing volatile aluminium price range across the world. Series of events like the United States’ tariffs on imported aluminium and steel, followed...
Japan exported about 50 thousand tonnes of aluminium plates, sheets and strips in Q1 2018
The production of aluminium flat rolled products in Japan is on the rise. The total flat rolled aluminium products production in April reached 107,000 tonnes, an increase of 4.7 per cent year on year, According to the data released by the Japan Aluminium Association. The country produced 14,000...
Showa Denko performs aluminium can recycling of 4.81 million in FY2017
Japan’s leading manufacturer of chemical products and industrial materials, Showa Denko and its group companies and their cooperative companies continued to perform aluminium can recycling activity in fiscal 2017, ended on 31 st of March, 2018, by collecting approximately 4.81 million cans, which...
Beer Institute requests Department of Commerce address anticompetitive activities driving increases in aluminium prices
In comments filed with the Department of Commerce regarding the recently implemented tariff on imported aluminum, the Beer Institute requested that the Department work with the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to address potentially anticompetitive activities in the aluminum...
Skinny Brands launches its 4% ABV Skinny Lager in aluminium bottles for festivals
Aluminium is again taking the better of glass when UK-based Skinny Brands has decided to replace its current glass bottles with aluminium bottles at festivals and events throughout the year with The company has launched its 4% ABV Skinny Lager in aluminium bottles in response to a consumer backlash...
Ball Corporation’s new aluminium cans allow for branding on lids
Ball Corporation aims to help its customers boost branding on the top aluminium cans with new colourful lids. The company said its proprietary Cameo End Printing will add appeal for consumers looking for their favourite beverages. Jay Billings, Ball Corporation North and Central America vice...
Ball wins two Euro CanTech 2018 Awards for metallic aluminium aerosol can and two-piece beverage decorative design
Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) recently won two 2018 Euro CanTech Awards from CanTech International for its metallic Ball-branded aluminium aerosol deodorant can and beverage cans created for Heineken Serbia's Zaječarsko brand. For the aerosol can, Ball developed a cost-effective, captivating...
Bud brewer hopeful that aluminium tariffs won't hit U.S. allies
Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, is hopeful that the United States will grant permanent exemptions to aluminium imported from allies and wants U.S. Congress to look into price spikes that have already set in. U.S. President Donald Trump last month imposed import tariffs of 25 per...
Crown Holding reports net sales of 2,197m in Q1 2018, plans to build third beverage can line in Q4
Crown Holdings, Inc. announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018. The company reported net sales of $2,197 million in Q1 2018, from $1,901 million in Q1 2017, reflecting increased beverage can volumes, the pass through of higher material costs to customers, and $121...
