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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New design solution for the aluminium tube
The YOUR TUBE AWARD competition, held for the very first time in 2012, presents new, attractive design solutions for the aluminium tube: In a six-month submission phase the Aluminium Tube Committee of the European Tube Manufacturers Association (ETMA) looked out for outstanding and innovative...
Dry Dock Brewing Co. to offer Craft Beer in Ball Corporation's aluminum cans
Dry Dock Brewing Co., the 2009 Small Brewing Company of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival, is combining four of its award-winning, hand-crafted beers with the convenient, environmentally friendly technology of Ball Corporation's aluminum cans. For the first time in Dry Dock's eight-year...
SML launches new extrusion lamination line
In recent years, the flexible packaging market has demonstrated continuous growth. The demand for new packaging materials is on the rise due to pressure for longer product shelf lifes, a smaller CO2 footprint, reduced packaging weights, better optics, etc… Extrusion lamination is increasingly...
Nicholl Food Packaging will showcase their latest aluminium tray ranges at Pro2Pac 2013
Sustainability and convenience will be key themes of the Nicholl Food Packaging stand at Pro2Pac 2013 where the company will showcase a variety of latest tray developments, including an ‘eco-friendly’ hybrid format and further additions to its market leading aluminium tray ranges. Nicholl is the...
First South American packaging plant commenced operation in Brazil
SIG Combibloc is stepping up the pace in Brazil. In 2011, the company’s first South American packaging plant commenced operation in Campo Largo, near Curitiba in Brazil’s Paraná state. By the end of 2012, SIG Combibloc South America has recorded growth of more than 60 per cent compared to the...
Closures campaign promotes aluminium
Organised through the European Aluminium Foil Association, the “Aluminium Closures – Turn 360°” campaign will run throughout 2013, spearheaded by the launch of a multilingual website, www.aluminium-closures.org. Backed by scientific research findings, the site highlights areas where this closure...
Aluminum Association urges residents to use sustainable aluminum water bottles and cans
Following a landmark decision by the city of Concord, MA to ban the sale of single-serving plastic bottles for drinking water, the Aluminum Association is calling on residents to use infinitely recyclable, sustainable aluminum to get their bottled water fix. Aluminum is by far the most recycled --...
Amcor promotes use of aluminum screw cap pet bottles in spirits market
Amcor Rigid Plastics has expanded the use of its unique roll-on pilfer-proof (ROPP) finish design for aluminum screw-cap PET bottles to meet growing market demand for premium packaging for the wine and spirits segments. Amcor is already strongly positioned in the wine market with aluminum screw-cap...
Bright Packaging Industry Bhd shares jumped to their highest
Bright Packaging Industry Bhd shares jumped to their highest in more than 10 years on Wednesday on news that the aluminium-foil packaging material manufacturer may see a change in its board and management. Bright Packaging rose as much as seven sen or 4% to RM1.90, the highest since May 2002,...
Constellium supports Aluminium Closures campaign
As the worldwide leading supplier of aluminium strip and sheets for the aluminium closures market, Constellium is at the forefront of an ambitious pan-European promotion campaign "Aluminium Closures -Turn 360°", along with the leading European manufacturers of aluminium closures, through the...
Ball Corporation Completes Acquisition of Extruded Aluminum Packaging Facility in Mexico
Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) today completed its acquisition of Envases del Plata S.A. de C.V., a leading producer of aluminum aerosol packaging with a manufacturing plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The San Luis Potosi plant produces extruded aluminum aerosol cans for personal care and household...
Packaging waste targets in UK to increase in 2013
Higher recycling targets for plastics, aluminium and steel packaging will be set for January 2013, following an agreement in Parliament to amend packaging waste regulations. The regulations will replace existing packaging recycling legislation, which expires at the end of this year, and set...
Rexam HTW inaugurates new aluminium beverage can line in India
Rexam, one of the leading global beverage can makers, together with its partner Hindustan Tin Works today inaugurated its new aluminium line at its manufacturing plant in Taloja, Maharashtra. The new high speed production line represents a capital investment of c£30m (Rs 250 cr.) to c 950m cans per...
Brazil aluminum beverage can recycling rate is the largest in history
The Brazilian Aluminum Association and Associação Brasileira dos Fabricantes de Latas de Alta Reciclabilidade – ABRALATAS, the Brazilian Association of Cans of High Recyclability inform that the country has recycled 248.7 thousand tons of aluminum beverage cans of a total of 253.1 thousand tons...
Thanksgiving items are now easily recyclable
Many items associated with Thanksgiving dinner, including aluminum products, are now recyclable in the municipalities served by the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MCMUA). “We’re entering an aluminum-intensive season when many of us are doing lots of holiday cooking,” said Penny Jones,...
Ball Packaging Europe significantly reduces weight of aluminium cans
Beverage can manufacturer Ball Packaging Europe has succeeded in reducing the weight of 33cl aluminium cans to just under 9.5g. This quantum leap in lightweighting will significantly reduce beverage cans’ ecological footprint. The seemingly minor drop in weight will have major effects. Assuming...
Every Second Alufoil Container is Recycled in Europe
Recycling rates for alufoil trays and semi-rigid containers across Europe rose above 50 per cent in 2010 (2008: 45 per cent) helped by the industry’s commitment to promote the benefits of resource efficient and sustainable packaging options. Aluminium is endlessly recyclable, which saves up to 95...
Flexible packaging demand boosts aluminium foil industry in Europe
The first nine months of this year showed a positive development for the European manufacturers of aluminium foil, according to the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA)." The trade body said 618,500 tonnes were delivered compared to 611,400 tonnes in 2011, representing an increase of 1.2%....
