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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AB InBev brings out rum-flavoured beer in cans for on-trade
Rum-flavoured beer Cubanisto has been launched in a sleek can to capitalise on the rise of canned beers in the on-trade. Introduced last year by AB InBev in 330ml bottles, it is now also available in 330ml cans which are lighter, more durable and chill faster than the glass counterpart. With a...
Etihad plays its part to reduce waste and promote recycling
As the population of UAE grows, so does the waste generated by the Emirates, said experts from Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD) on Tuesday. EAD has released a booklet named 'Sustainable Waste Management for Organisations' that highlights the benefits of reusing materials, reducing waste and...
Ball and Henkel launch an even more sustainable aluminum aerosol package
Ball Corporation and Henkel Beauty Care continue their aluminum aerosol lightweighting journey with the introduction of an even lighter iteration of ReAl, Ball's revolutionary technology utilizing recycled aluminum to create a metal alloy that exhibits increased strength and allows weight reduction...
Global flexible packaging market to reach $99 bn in 2019
Aided by escalating demand from Asia Pacific and rest of the world, the global flexible packaging market is anticipated to reach $99.1 billion by 2019, according to a new Transparency Market Research (TAM) report. Based on volume, the demand for flexible packaging is expected to reach 24,728 kilo...
Packaging data confirms challenge for aluminium
Obligation data indicating the amount of packaging waste producers will have to recycle in 2015 has confirmed there could be a challenge in meeting demand for aluminium PRNs. The figures – which are subject to change as more producers submit market data – have been published by the Environment...
Bon Affair expands into single-serve with Rexam's FUSION aluminum bottle
Bon Affair, the innovative beverage company had released a line of wine spritzers keeping with their "vice meets virtue" motto and formulated to appeal to consumers with an active, healthy lifestyle. The comapny has now expanded into the single-serve market, launching its Sauvignon Blanc Wine...
Aluminum cans: Most recycled and highest value beverage container on US market
Aluminum cans are the most recycled and highest value beverage container on the market today, according to a new report released by the Aluminum Association and Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI). The aluminum can has the highest recycling rate of any beverage container and contains 70 percent...
Aluminium Federation cans the can
The Aluminium Federation (ALFED), the trade body for the UK aluminium industry, has introduced drinks can recycling at its offices. The organisation is one of seven metals organisations based at the National Metalforming Centre in West Bromwich. Depositing the first cans into the new collection...
Rexam premiers new 400ml super sleek® can with launch of Strongbow range
Rexam has partnered with Heineken to launch a range of Strongbow Apple Ciders in Rexam’s brand new 400ml Super Sleek® can. The latest addition to Rexam’s sleek can range, the 400ml Super Sleek®, provides a stylish on-the-go packaging format, appealing to Strongbow’s key audience of twenty year old...
Scottish Government proposes deposit scheme for beverage cans to increase recycling
The Scottish Government is planning to initiate a deposit scheme alongside packaging recovery note system in a bid to reduce waste and increase recycling. Research published by the Zero Waste Scotland carried out by waste consultancy Eunomia, suggests the scheme could be a beneficial one. Minister...
Aluminum Association study finds aluminum cans to be the most recycled, highest value beverage container on the market
Aluminum cans are the most recycled and highest value beverage container on the market today, according to a new report released by the Aluminum Association and Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), and available at www.aluminum.org/CanAdvantage . The aluminum can has the highest recycling rate of any...
Constellium reports solid first quarter 2015 financial results including Wise Metals
Constellium N.V. today reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. Highlights below are in comparison to the first quarter of 2014. • Shipments of 381 thousand metric tons, up 41% • Revenue of €1.4 billion, up 58% • Adjusted EBITDA of €95 million, up 34% • P&ARP revenue more than...
Group touts beverage container recyclability
A new brochure from the Washington, D.C.-based American Institute for Packaging and the Environment (AMERIPEN) portrays what the group calls the sustainability benefits of different beverage package types and the materials from which these containers are produced. The brochure, titled Beverage...
New study affirms metal as a packaging material perfectly suited to a circular economy
Aluminium and steel fulfil the criteria for ‘permanent materials’ as defined in a study by the Swiss consultancy Carbotech AG. The study confirms that the current approach of classifying materials as renewable or non-renewable is insufficient for the development of good practices in sustainable...
Second Self Beer Company moves into cans with high-recycled content Novelis evercan™
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, and Atlanta brewery Second Self Beer Company today announced the launch of Second Self beer in aluminum cans, made from Novelis evercan™ – the world's first and only certified high-recycled content aluminum can sheet. The news was...
European aluminium industry sets new objectives for the next decade
The Sustainability Roadmap to 2025 launched today by the European aluminium industry paves the way for the sector to maximise its contribution to a more sustainable future in Europe. Promoting a new and ambitious set of voluntary commitments, the Roadmap will drive the industry’s agenda to further...
Alupro calls for changes to PRN system
Metal recycling organisation Alupro has called for an “overhaul” of how PRNs are issued, following a shortfall in the amount of aluminium packaging recovered in the first quarter of 2015. Alupro, which represents aluminium packaging producers, claims that delays in the accreditation process means...
'Made for Seychelles' - Uniquely packaged Coke, Fanta and Sprite cans hit the market
Seychelles Breweries Ltd (SBL), the Indian Ocean island archipelago's only brewery, is for the first time making available canned versions of Coca-Cola, Sprite and Fanta, three of its lines of soft drinks bottled and sold locally. All three soft drink brands are produced under license from the...
