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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Innovation in packaging technology awarded
European Aluminium Foil Association annual awards this year included three innovative drinks packaging applications. The EAFA this year included a discretionary award – a cross-category award that recognises an exceptionally remarkable achievement, application or design using alufoil, which takes...
Novelis study reveals 70% of consumers would consider switching to environmentally sustainable brands
According to a recent study undertaken by Forum for the Future and made by Novelis, the aluminium recycler has found 70% of consumers would want to switch brands if one brand is showing more environmental credentials. The study was conducted with the help of Madano Partnership, the marketing...
Heineken plays up with the aluminium element in newly designed can
Heineken is introducing a fresh redesign to its beer cans that dials down the brand’s trademark green to emphasise the aluminium in the hope of appealing to contemporary men. Heineken has redesigned its cans to appeal to contemporary, city-dwelling men. The new ‘Star Can’ is rolling out to the 170...
China Aluminum Cans Holdings Ltd gives the outlook for H1 2014
According to China Aluminium Can Holdings Ltd, the initial phase review of the management accounts for 4 months that ended on 30th April, 2014. It expects that a material reduction in total revenue and net profit for H1 2014 for the group in comparison to H1 2013. The expected reduction in the...
Nespresso launches compostable collection bag for coffee capsule recycling
Made from paper-based materials with a biopolymer coating, a new collection bag for Nespresso allows Austrian customers to conveniently gather coffee capsules for recycling. Nespresso has introduced a collection and recycling system for used aluminium capsules as part of the Nespresso...
Dufex process helps Frith’s Flexible Packaging win trophy in Interpack 2014
Frith’s Flexible Packaging was the recipient of an Alufoil Trophy for an outstanding decorative print finish on a limited edition cigar humidor made for Integral Logistics. The Alufoil Trophy 2014 featured many original, yet practical, solutions for products using alufoil packaging and aluminium...
Ess Dee Aluminium ties up with Chemnitz University
Ess Dee Aluminium, the Mumbai-based specialist in primary packaging for FMCG and pharma, has entered into a technical collaboration with the Chemnitz University, Germany, to develop innovative packaging solutions for pharmaceutical and food industries. The collaboration was signed by Sudip Dutta,...
Every Can Counts announces European expansion
Every Can Counts, an ‘away from home’ drinks can recycling initiative, is to expand into Greece five years since first being launched in the UK. Managed by Alupro in the UK, plans to target the estimated 30% of drinks cans discarded outside of the home were originally revealed in May 2008 amid...
China maintains its surplus aluminium by making beer cans & foils
Aluminium factories located in China are using the metal more for making beer cans as well as cigarette packaging. They have maintained their surplus production for the eighth year although other producers like United Co. Rusal & Alcoa Inc. (AA) has cut down their output. China’s total production...
Ess Dee Aluminium enters into tie-up with Germany’s Chemnitz University for R&D in packaging
Ess Dee Aluminium, a leading manufacturer of primary packaging material for pharma and FMCG segment has entered into an agreement with Germany's Chemnitz University of Technology for co-operation in research in the field of packaging and aluminium foils. The tie up aims to improve the existing...
Invento launches aluminum-PET hybrid containers in US
Invento Americas is launching dual-material beverage containers geared toward consumers thirsty for stand-out packaging. The company introduced the containers, composed of transparent PET bodies and aluminum ends, two years ago in Europe. According to the company, the container improves upon the...
Ball aluminium technology for lighter-weight Fa brand aerosols
Henkel and Ball Corporation have collaborated to launch a new, lighter weight industrial aluminium aerosol can for the popular beauty care brand, Fa. Ball describes the metal technology with which it manufactures the new, lighter extruded aluminium can as “revolutionary”, as it utilises recycled...
Novelis expands finishing capacity for beverage can sheet in Europe
Novelis, the world leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, today announced the commissioning of a new aluminium slitting and packing line at Aluminium Norf GmbH (Alunorf), its joint-venture facility in Neuss, Germany. With an investment of approximately 15 million Euros, it will increase the...
Antrim Council allows recycling of aluminium caps and lids with glass bottles
Antrim Borough Council, as part of the arc21 waste management group, has made it even easier for you to recycle as you no longer have to remove caps and lids before taking glass to any of the recycling points throughout the Borough. The metal caps and lids on glass bottles and jars are 100%...
Henkel beauty care launches in lighter, more sustainable Aerosol packaging from Ball
Henkel and Ball Corporation collaborated to launch a new, lighter weight industrial aluminum aerosol can for the popular beauty care brand, Fa. Ball manufactures the new, lighter extruded aluminum can using revolutionary metal technology, which utilizes recycled aluminum to create a metal alloy...
Environment Secretary backs MetalMatters recycling campaign
The industry-funded MetalMatters recycling communications campaign has received backing from Environment Secretary Owen Paterson. As it launched new campaigns in Lewisham, Shropshire and Glasgow, Owen Paterson, who is also MP for North Shropshire, gave his support to the launch of the campaign in...
Study proves aluminium household foil a sustainable sandwich wrap option
A recent study at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IFEU) in Germany, disproves the common consumer belief, namely that a disposable product has a far greater environmental impact than a reusable solution and shows that aluminium household foil is a sustainable option that...
Worldwide Aluminium Aerosol cans production tops seven billion
AEROBAL, the International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers, reported a record result for 2013. With output rising by some two per cent to more than seven billion cans, the industry continued its upward trend. The industry managed to top the major seven billion mark despite...
