New Roeslein AI camera brings real-time spoilage tracking to canmaking
Roeslein & Associates has introduced the R.U.D.I. AI Vision Camera, a new tool for aluminium beverage and food canmakers designed to track can counts and identify production losses in real time. The camera expands Roeslein’s R.U.D.I. AI platform, which has previously focused on data management and...
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...
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New York designer unveils aluminium bottles for Pepsi
Noted New York based designer Karim Rashid has created a set of aluminium bottles for drinks brand Pepsi, one of a series of megabrands that presented in Milan this year. Working in collaboration with parent brand PepsiCo, Rashid has created three aluminium containers for the carbonated soft...
Constellium publishes Annual Report 2015: Focus remains on higher margins and technological excellence
Constellium N.V. announced yesterday the Annual Report 2015. The Group's financial highlights are as follows: Total shipments in 2015 were 1,478k metric tons, a 39 per cent increase compared to 1,062k metric tons in 2014, driven mainly by the integration of Wise and reflecting good traction from...
UK aluminium packaging recycling rate underestimated by 10,000 TPA
A study commissioned by the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) into the UK’s ‘real’ recycling rate for aluminium packaging in 2015 has revealed that over 10,000 tonnes of material went unreported. According to official figures the UK’s recycling rate for all aluminium packaging hit...
Aluminium made pharma blister solutions celebrated for resource efficiency
The European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) is honoring achievements in pharmaceutical blister packaging in its annual Alufoil Trophy Awards in the category of Resource Efficiency. According to EAFA, the program is open to products either made from aluminium foil or containing aluminium foil as...
Alufoil Trophy 2016 winners set the standard for originality and performance
Once again the Alufoil Trophy competition has underlined the versatility and practical advantages of aluminium foil to create highly original new developments as well as fresh ideas to enhance existing products. The aluminium foil sector’s annual premier awards competition, the Alufoil Trophy...
India - Next big thing in global aluminium beverage can business
With consumption of beverages such as soft drinks in stylish, attractively contoured cans rapidly catching up with both urban youth as well as rural folk in the country, aluminium beverage can manufacturers like Rexam and Can-Pack are experiencing a consistent upward spiral in business....
India's promising new start-up focuses on waste recycling including aluminium cans
Ever since start-up boom hit India, a large number of companies with novel ideas have mushroomed, some with substantial growth potential. However, there existed a vacuum in the waste recycling space, since nothing noteworthy has been coming up despite Central Government's endeavour to promote it's...
Anheuser-Busch InBev breaks ground on US aluminium bottle line
Anheuser-Busch InBev has started construction on a US$175m aluminium bottle line in Florida as it looks to increase production of the format. The new line, at Anheuser-Busch's Metal Container Corp facility in Jacksonville, will produce Budweiser and Bud Light aluminium bottles, the company said...
Pepsi becomes ‘first brand’ to adopt tinplate, aluminium can recycling marque
Pepsi has demonstrated its commitment to drinks can (aluminium or tinplate) recycling by becoming the first brand to feature the marque of a major European recycling initiative on pack. Every Can Counts – or Jede Dose Zaehlt in German – has been encouraging consumers in Austria to reuse drinks cans...
Global aluminium blister packaging market to grow at 6.80% over 2015-19
According to a recently published market research report, the global aluminium blister packaging market is all set to grow at a CAGR of 6.80 per cent over the period 2015-2019. A blister pack is made up of aluminium foil (or plastic) with a cavity or pocket made from thermoformed plastic. It helps...
EAFA launches ALUNCH to make a point about value of aluminium closures and recycling
The European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) has launched a unique programme, whereby young professionals in Brussels are being invited to join ALUNCH at the prestigious Grapevine restaurant, near the European Parliament each Thursday through April and May. To ‘pay’ for their meals the lunchers...
Ban on use of plastic in Bengaluru may spike demand for aluminium foils
Karnataka's newly-imposed ban on the wide-scale use of plastic is set to change the way the food industry works in the state. On March 11, the government notified the ban and said it comes into force with immediate effect. With this, the manufacture and use of plastic carry bags, cups, spoons and...
Aluminium aerosol can market in UK witnessing unprecedented growth in 2015
The manufacturers and suppliers of aluminium aerosol cans who are operating in the UK have been witnessing an unparalleled growth in 2015. The year till now has practically pushed some aluminium aerosol can suppliers to their capacity limit, revealed a recently published market research report on...
“Foil based flexible packaging…can have a far greater positive impact on the environment, even with zero recycling...” Stefan Glimm, Chief Executive Director (EAFA)
The European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) is an international body that represents companies engaged in the rolling and rewinding of alufoil and in the manufacture of aluminium closures, alufoil semi-rigid containers and of all kind of flexible packaging. In a mail conversation with AlCircle,...
Advisory Committee on Packaging publishes PRN guide
A guide explaining the operation of the UK packaging recovery note (PRN) system has been published by the Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP). The guide is designed to provide comprehensive information for all interested parties on how the system for packaging waste recycling operates and what it...
Rexam showcases European wide support for craft brewers with Spanish Arriaca partnership
Embracing the global trend (which has seen a number of craft brewers move to the packaging format), the Spanish craft brewer will package its Rubia, IPA and Vikingathor expressions in Rexam’s 330ml aluminium cans, launching in March 2016. Designed by Arriaca with the support of Rexam, the...
Apollo, Blackstone said among bidders for Ball-Rexam assets
Apollo Global Management, Blackstone Group LP and Madison Dearborn Partners are in the second round of bidding for assets being sold as part of Ball Corp.’s acquisition of Rexam Plc, people familiar with the matter said. The divested operations could be valued at about $4 billion based on combined...
German aluminium packaging market: Over 2 bn beverage can deliveries in 2015
In a recently published EUWID quarterly report on the German aluminium market, it has been observed that the the omens for suppliers of aluminium packaging are positive all round at the beginning of 2016. EUWID respondents were predicting volume growth in all segments which might vary depending on...
