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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US beverage industry lobbying against tariff on can sheets
<p>Trump administration’s protective policies that claim to boost the struggling U.S. industries and protect national security may create wide-ranging repercussions like increase in the price of beer and soda cans.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
Six years old boy from Indiana starts aluminium can recycling service
<p>Aluminium as a green metal not only inspires the environmentalists but also a six year boy who has started a can recycling service recently. A southern Indiana boy who has a passion for aluminium and recycling has started an aluminium can recycling service from home. He wants to save...
CPMC Holdings gets approval for $20 million aluminium can project in east China
<p>CPMC Holdings Limited, manufacturer and seller of packaging products in the People’s Republic of China , has received approval for its can project in Haining, Zhejiang. The $20 million project will have an annual capacity of 2 billion pieces of cans.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align:...
No exemption to aluminium cans in Sec. 232 probe: Aluminum Association urges U.S. Commerce
<p>The Aluminum Association President Heidi Brock wrote a letter to the secretary of the U.S. Commerce Department urging him not to exempt aluminium cans allegedly dumped by China in the U.S. market from the ongoing Section 232 investigations. Earlier this month, Can Manufacturers Institute...
Showa Denko, Carabao Group establish Asia Pacific Can Company Limited for aluminium cans
<p>Showa Aluminium Can Corporation (SAC), a consolidated subsidiary of Showa Denko (SDK), and Carabao Group Public Company Limited (CBG), a leading beverage maker in Bangkok, have established a joint corporation “Asia Pacific Can Company Limited” (APC), and had a foundation stone-laying...
Aluminium foil and can stock shipments in North America drop in June; sheet and plate shipments up
<p>According to the latest reports from Aluminum Association, estimated net shipments of Aluminium Sheet and Plate by U.S. and Canadian producers were up in June 2017. Domestic producers shipped 750.5 million pounds of Aluminium Sheet and Plate during June 2017, a rise of 2.9 % over June 2016....
Ball Corporation to showcase aluminium bottles & other cans range at Drinktec
<p>Ball Corporation, one of the leading can manufacturers in the world, will showcase its latest range of cans at Drinktec, the world's leading trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry. The event will take place in Munich, Germany from 11th-15th of September this year.</p> <p>The...
NYC’s Governors Island has a new pavilion cast from 300,000 recycled aluminium cans
<p>The cast aluminium pavilion which recently found place at Governors Island in New York City is catching eyeballs- not only for its design, a winner in itself of the Cast & Place competition but also for its make. The structure, designed by Team Aesop, is entirely made from waste: five tonnes...
Can manufacturers seek duty exemption on aluminium can sheets
<p>The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) has asked the U.S. Commerce Department to exempt aluminium can sheets and other aluminium products, which are used to make beverage cans, from tariff or trade restrictions. CMI told aluminium can sheets are not a security risk that requires government...
Every Can Counts starts can recycling campaign in Belgium this summer
<p>A press release from the Every Can Counts initiative says that their members would now make the general public aware of the sorting of cans outside their residences by conducting events on major events, offices, schools, beaches or public spaces. They aim to count on each citizen to do...
Fraser Yachts teams-up with CanO Water to supply water in aluminium cans
<p>To address the issue of plastic pollution in oceans, Fraser Yachts teamed up with CanO Water to reduce ocean plastic wastes that have a negative impact on the environment. CanO Water will be given to Fraser’s yachts to spread the message of the importance of reducing plastic...
Aluminium sheet and plate shipments in North America up through May 2017
<p>According to the latest Aluminum Association report, estimated net shipments of aluminium sheet and plate by U.S. and Canadian producers stood at 752.3 million pounds during May 2017, up 7.1% YoY. On a month on month comparison, shipments rose 7.6% over April 2017. YTD shipments through May 2017...
Constellium on track to achieve 2020 Sustainability Targets
<p>Constellium, the global aluminium semis product manufacturer, reported an increase in used beverage cans recycling rate following the installation of a new furnace at its facility in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, US. The company in its recently released 2016 Annual Business and Sustainability...
Georgia’s Borjomi to sell its products in aluminium cans
<p>IDS Borjomi, the market leader in mineral waters in Georgia, will sell water packaged in aluminium cans to represent innovative packaging in the country’s bottled water industry. The cans will be available in 0.33 litre aluminium bottles.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display:...
URBB to sell cans with aluminium foil packaging with EUR 2 million investment
<p>United Romanian Breweries Bereprod (URBB) will be selling its cans covered in an aluminium foil. The URBB invested EUR 2 million for the implementation of the new technology. The company decided to wrap the top of its can with an aluminium foil in order to protect against external...
Global aluminium cans production reaches around 285 billion in 2016
<p>According to a new research report by Technavio, the global aluminium cans market has grown at a CAGR of around 2.7 per cent during 2009-2016. The total aluminium cans production volume stood at around 285 billion in 2016.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left:...
Rise in import cost to dent Japan aluminium can imports in 2017
<p>Japan is the biggest aluminium and aluminium products importer in the Asia Pacific region. The premiums it agrees to pay per quarter for the primary metal shipments, over the LME aluminium cash price set the benchmark aluminium price for the entire region. The country’s annual consumption...
Duty-free imports threaten Pakistan’s first can manufacturing plant
<p>The financial viability of Pakistan’s first aluminium beverage can manufacturing plant has been put to test within first month of its inauguration as the company expects stiff competition from duty-free imports of the same product from Sri Lanka under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA).</p>...
