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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Nagpur NGO planning tetrapack recycling unit
Following the best from waste concept, city-based NGO Centre Sustainable Development (CSD) has carried out a survey to quantify tetrapack waste generated in the city. At a later stage, it is planning to recycle it because tetrapack waste can be of great value as it contains paper and aluminium. A...
Recycling Campaign urges Ayrshire to make its metal matter
East, North and South Ayrshire Councils have joined forces to call on residents to make their metals matter and boost household recycling of metal packaging across Ayrshire in south-west Scotland. The campaign aims to make everyone think more about the waste metal in their everyday drinks cans,...
Rexam first to produce commercial beverage cans with ‘Metal Recycles Forever’ logo in UK
Rexam is proud to announce the first commercial use of the Metal Recycles Forever logo in the UK market, printed on cans produced for micro-brewing customer Concrete Cow. The logo, endorsed by all members of Metal Packaging Europe, provides a definitive symbol for the metal packaging industry. Its...
Rexam creates personalised cans for Coca-Cola Italia’s ‘Share a Kiss’ campaign
Rexam, a leading global can maker, has partnered with Coca-Cola HBC Italia to create a range of limited edition cans for the Coca-Cola Italia ‘Share a Kiss’ summer campaign. The standard 330ml cans, created specifically for distribution in vending channels, use Rexam’s innovative first-to-market,...
India's aluminium beverage can market expected to reach INR 15 bn by 2017
India's beverage packaging industry reported a significant growth in 2014. Backed by rising disposable income among urban Indians and resulting need for increased convenience, consumption of beverages reached a new height previous year. Now, the main focus of the industry lies on sustainable...
Ball runs into antitrust wall over Rexam purchase
The ball is in the European Union's court. The $6.8 billion merger between the world's two biggest can and bottle manufacturers looks like it is running afoul of European antitrust concens. Earlier this year, the top can maker, Ball, offered to buy No. 2 manufacturer Rexam in a cash and stock deal...
Laminazione Sottile Group to acquire Lamp Ariflex
Laminazione Sottile Group, based in Naples, announces the agreement for the acquisition of Lamp Ariflex, company located in Spinetta Marengo (AL) and specialised in the production of flexible packaging. The company’s new name is IPS Ariflex (Industrial Packaging Solutions Ariflex). Laminazione...
Aluminium recycling 'way behind' where it needs to be
The latest Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) figures show that aluminium is struggling to meet recycling targets. The Q2 figure is over 6,000 tonnes lower than where it needs to be and follows a 3,000 tonne shortfall in Q1. For the first half of the year, the figure is 20% down. Phil Conran, director...
Alupro funds project to reveal “Real” aluminium packaging recycling figure
Following concern expressed by Alupro about the suitability of the Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) system for recording aluminium packaging recycling it has commissioned a research project to reveal the real recycling rate. Alupro has repeatedly voiced concerns to Defra and the Environment Agency...
Rexam produces celebratory can range to mark Grolsch’s 400th anniversary
Rexam has partnered with Dutch brewer Grolsch to produce a range of celebratory cans to mark its 400th anniversary of brewing. The range is made up of three separate cans featuring Gerard Brummer, iconic Art Director and creator of Grolsch advertisements. Rexam HD printing and a matt over-varnish...
Galena Brewing Company offers three beers in Rexam cans
Just in time for the prime summer months, Galena Brewing Company has expanded its packaging lineup to include three beers in Rexam 16 oz. cans. Anna Belle's IPA is a ruby beer with a burst of hop flavors and aromas paired with a solid malt backbone and a clean and pleasant bitterness that lingers...
Noah's Spring Water brings environmentally-friendly, re-sealable aluminum package to consumers
Noah’s Spring Water has added the Rexam 24 oz. Cap Can® with closure technology from Dayton Systems Group (DSG) to its packaging mix, becoming the only bottled water available in this innovative, re-sealable aluminum container. Noah’s Spring Water comes from Adobe Springs in California, has a...
US demand for beverage containers to reach 283 billion units in 2019
Demand for beverage containers in the US is expected to increase 1.9 percent a year to 283 billion units in 2019, with a value of 31.5 billion USD. Freedonia’s latest Beverage Containers report has cited the proliferation of different package sizes, new product introductions, and increased...
Ball Corporation reports notable achievements on its sustainability journey
Ball Corporation recently released its 2014 global sustainability data, indicating noteworthy improvements toward its corporate and operational sustainability priorities and goals since issuing its biennial sustainability report last year. "For Ball, sustainability is an integral part of who we...
Rexam supports innovative start up, acáo, to launch new vegan ‘smart drink’
Rexam has partnered with acáo, the forward-thinking German drinks start-up, to launch a new organic vegan ‘Smart Drink’ in Rexam’s stylish 250ml slim cans. Patenting the ‘Smart Drink’ as a new generation of beverage, acáo, made from 100% natural ingredients, offers consumers a healthy alternative...
Nespresso wins award for packaging recycling project
Nespresso France has won Best Environmental Initiative in Trophées Défis RSE 2015 for supporting innovation in recycling technology and developing partnerships to improve the recycling of aluminium coffee capsules and other small-sized metal packages, Nestlé said on its website. Although aluminium...
Hilton Head Brewing Company debuts in cans with Novelis evercan™
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, and Hilton Head Brewing Company today announced the launch of Hilton Head Brewing Company beer in aluminum cans, made from Novelis evercanTM – the world’s first and only certified high-recycled content aluminum can sheet. "Our customers...
Enval ready for commercial waste recycling
United Kingdom-based Enval Limited has developed a technology which allows the recyclable foil to be extracted from laminate packaging like food and drink pouches, pet food pouches and toothpaste tubes. The firm's factory is now ready to undertake commercial waste recycling, and it has launched a...
