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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Aluminium Closures campaign makes convenience fun at ProWein
Following last year’s first, successful attendance at ProWein, the leading trade fair for wine professionals, the Aluminium Closures – Turn 360° campaign that promotes the advantages of aluminium closures for winemakers, will be back in Düsseldorf in March. The campaign team can be found in the...
Hospitality and food packaging industry boom driving demand for aluminium foil
Food packaging industry is booming because of the requirement of food-on-the-go. The global packaging industry is expected to grow to $820 billion by 2016. The Indian packaging industry, growing at roughly15% annually, is estimated to become the fourth-largest in the world, with revenues of $43.7...
Multivac's BASELINE P 650 machine facilitates packaging of aluminium film pouches
Multivac, the leading provider of packaging solutions for food, medical and pharmaceutical products as well as industrial and consumer goods, worldwide, has announced the expansion of its BASELINE series with the introduction of Double Chamber Machine P 650. The new machine will be presented for...
PPG launches innovative internal powder liner for aluminium aerosol cans
PPG Industries' packaging coatings business has announced that it will feature HOBA™ PURAIR™ coating, an innovative Bisphenol A non-intent (BPA-NI, or with no BPA intentionally added) powder liner for the internal protection of aluminium aerosol cans, during the Aerosol and Dispensing Forum in...
More effort needed to boost aluminium can recycling
Although the overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in Europe is on the increase, more effort is necessary to reach the 80% recycling target set for 2020, insists Maarten Labberton, director of the European Aluminium Packaging Group. There is a need, he says, for more efficient...
SaucePM launches ergonomically shaped aluminium beverage can
Packaging and print consultancy SaucePM has developed a new concept within drinks packaging - an ergonomically shaped aluminium can. The innovative packaging format, called Recanize, has been launched today. The shaped can aims to emulate on-trade glassware while offering all the benefits of a...
Aluminium beverage can recycling at new record high
The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the European Union, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland increased by 1.8% to a new record level of 71.3% in 2013. European Aluminium considers this result an important milestone on its path towards its voluntary recycling target for used...
Aluminium foil project goes on stream in China Guizhou
Guizhou Xintianli Aluminum Foil Co. brought into service its precision aluminium foil project in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, on January 8, as per a recent report. The aluminium foil manufacturing plant, with total investment at 1.2 billion yuan ($ 185 million), has an annual capacity of 50,000...
Xolution secures €45m investment for next-gen resalable aluminium beverage can-ends
Xolution GmbH has successfully closed a €45m equity investment round with the Singapore-based equity fund Inventure Management Pte Ltd to fund the production capacity increase for Xolution’s next generation XO2.0 resealable beverage can technology. Xolution plans to use the investment proceeds to...
Ess Dee Aluminium shares dip as rating agency downgrades debt
Ess Dee Aluminium has dipped 16% to INR 216 on the BSE after rating agency CARE downgraded the company’s debt. “CARE has revised rating assigned to bank facilities of Ess Dee Aluminium. The ratings for fund-based long term bank facilities worth INR 180 crore and long term non-convertible debentures...
Rexam supports Metalman to launch first ever craft beer in cans
Rexam, a leading global can maker, has partnered with Irish craft brewer, Metalman, to launch the brand’s first ever range of canned beers; marking a move from traditional draught to a single serve in can. Designed by Rexam’s own creative team in the recently expanded Graphics and Design Centre,...
Aluminium bottle can for beer suits Montanans’ outdoor lifestyles
Philipsburg Brewing Company’s Maddy Mason knows Montanans work hard and play hard in Big Sky Country. That’s a big reason the company chose to package one of its most popular beers-Tramway Rye Pale Ale-in Alumi-Tek® reclosable aluminium bottles from Ball Corp. “Montanans spend much of our time...
UK's aluminium foil recycling rate more than doubled
The number of local authorities collecting empty aerosol containers for recycling has increased from 87 to 96% in the UK, according to new figures published by Alupro, the aluminium packaging recycling body. The figures also show that over the past three years the number of councils collecting...
Coca-Cola mulls expanding the global availability of aluminium contour bottle
Coca-Cola is celebrating its 100-year-old glass bottle in 2015 by expanding the global availability of the iconic package's 10-year-old aluminium sibling. Coca-Cola Amatil (Fiji) Ltd general manager Roger Hare said the company was looking at introducing this in the country as one of its primary...
Over 85% of councils in the UK are collecting aluminium foil for recycling
Over the past three years, the number of councils collecting aerosols has increased from 87 per cent to 96 per cent, providing almost complete coverage throughout the UK. Meanwhile, foil recycling has also seen a dramatic increase in collection, from just 35 per cent of councils in 2007 to 86 per...
Ball's aluminium aerosol innovations receive multiple 2015 Can of the Year honours
Ball Corporation recently received multiple 2015 Can of the Year honors for its aluminum aerosol packaging innovations. The ReAl® impact extruded can for Henkel's Fa deodorant brand won AEROBAL's World Aluminium Aerosol Can Award and a gold award from The Canmaker magazine. The impact extruded...
Alupro praises aluminium collection growth
Local authority (LA) collection of aluminium foil and aerosols has grown rapidly in recent years, according to new data released by the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro), which works on behalf of members from across the aluminium supply chain to fulfil the industry’s obligation to...
Packaging maker RPC Group eyeing Global Closure Systems
RPC Group, Europe's plastic packaging market leader with a robust portfolio featuring glass and aluminium-packaging solutions, announced it is buying French bottle-top maker Global Closure Systems (GCS Group) for an enterprise value of €650 million. RPC has been on the prowl looking for deals in...
