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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Nestlé, Walmart, Coke, Pepsi and Unilever support recycling network
Nestlé, Walmart Chile, Coca-Cola Chile, PepsiCo, and Unilever have signed a partnership to reduce waste and support a new recycling network in Chile. The companies have backed the Collective Recycling Project, which aims to recycle about 1,200 metric tons of waste per year through the installation...
Ball Corporation receives Triple Can of the Year honors at 2013 Canmaker Summit
Ball Corporation received Can of the Year honors for three packaging innovations at the 2013 Canmaker Summit, held recently in Edinburgh, Scotland. In the beverage two-piece category, the Coors Light World's Most Refreshing Can(TM) won a gold award and the Coca-Cola Dynamark(TM) can won a silver...
Rexam and Alcon Launch Milkshake in aluminium can
Alcon Group, has chosen to partner with Rexam to launch MIO, a unique and refreshing lemonade flavoured milkshake. Recognising a gap in the market amongst teenagers and young adults for a carbonated milk based drink, Rexam and Alcon have worked together to produce an innovative can design to launch...
Can-One Bhd worth more than market value
Can-One Bhd, which once hogged the limelight when it battled to acquire the 32.9% stake in Kian Joo Can Factory Bhd from the See family, probably warrants investors taking a second look at this packaging company. Being the single largest shareholder, Can-One’s investment is riding high on the rally...
EBRD supports growth of leading Croatian aluminium packaging manufacturer
Strengthening its engagement in Croatia’s corporate segment, the EBRD is granting a €20 million loan to AFP, a Croatian aluminium packaging manufacturer, to support the company’s development under a comprehensive capital expenditure programme. The investment will include the procurement of...
AB InBev starts selling auminum bud light bottles
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (ABI) is rolling out Bud Light in screw-top aluminum bottles as the world’s biggest brewer seeks to stabilize the waning brand in the U.S., where consumers are turning to craft beers and other beverages. AB InBev has invested $150 million to create the new packaging, a...
Pouches recycling plant to start commercial operations
The first commercial scale plant dedicated to recycling laminated plastics and aluminium packaging has entered the final stage of commissioning. The Alconbury facility has been built by Enval, a spin-off of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Enval’s business...
ISRI seeks nominations for Design for Recycling Award
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the Voice of the Recycling Industry, today released a call for entries for the 2014 Design for Recycling® (DFR) Award. The DFR Award is ISRI’s highest award given annually to the most outstanding contribution to products designed with recycling in...
Constantia Flexibles Leads at Alufoil Awards
Once again, Constantia Flexibles receives most recognitions at European Aluminium Foil Association’s Alufoil Awards. The company’s foil-based products were honored in four main categories, plus a special discretionary award. Constantia Flexibles, a global corporation that develops, manufactures and...
Communications are ‘fundamental’ to recycling: WRAP
Communications are a fundamental part of a waste and recycling service for councils, according to Louise Bowe, head of community partnerships at WRAP(Watford Recycling Arts Project). The comments came in a presentation on behaviour change at the LARAC Conference and Awards, which took place in...
AEROBAL presents aluminium Aerosol Can Award winners
The winners of the World Aluminium Aerosol Can Award 2013 were presented at this year’s congress of AEROBAL, the global association for manufacturers of aluminium aerosol cans. A truly global competition: the 18 AEROBAL members with their production facilities in Europe, North and South America,...
MetalMatters Makes Difference to Kerbside Recycling
Latest figures from industry recycling programme, MetalMatters, show that it has successfully delivered sustained increases in the volumes of metal packaging collected at the kerbside long after the initial communications campaign intervention period. Analysis of recycling collections by two of the...
Companies provided with facilities to aid recycling of cans
A number of new recycling boxes are to be put in place across London and the south east to help businesses recycle more aluminium and steel cans. It has been reported that the drinks can recycling programme, Every Can Counts, has teamed up with waste management company, Greenaway Waste Management,...
KM Packaging creates supermarket ready meal tray
KM Packaging has worked alongside tray manufacturer, i2r Packaging Solutions, to create an aluminium tray with transparent lid for a UK supermarket ready meal. The company, which celebrates its 30th anniversary next year, faced technical challenges of anti-fog and potential risk of product...
Alupro to use RWM 2013 show to promote the recycling of aluminium and metal packaging
The Aluminium Packaging and Recycling Organisation (Alupro) will be using this year’s RWM show to promote the campaigns and programmes it runs on behalf of its members to promote the recycling of aluminium and all metal packaging. Visitors to the show are invited to drop by the Alupro stand, which...
21st International Recycled Aluminium Conference in Dubai to highlight sustainable development
The 21st International Recycled Aluminium Conference is setting out to better the aluminium industry’s understanding of recycling by highlighting sustainable development, says Rio Tinto, product group Rio Tinto Alcan product stewardship director Jerome Lucaes. The conference from November 3 to 5 at...
Crown Holdings trims Q3 Guidance citing weaker demand
Crown Holdings, Inc. reduced its third quarter earnings per share guidance to a range of $1.05 to $1.10 citing weaker-than-expected demand in European food cans and North American beverage can markets. Shares of the packaging company fell 4.5% to $41.50 in after-hours trading on Tuesday. Crown...
Ball Packaging Europe presents special effect finishes for aluminium cans
Beverage can producer Ball Packaging Europe has revealed three new aluminium beverage can finishes at Munich's recent Drinktec exhibition. The company's new can designs include a silk & shine creation that combines the effects of high gloss and matt printing for a unique look and feel – a neon...
