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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Company raises awareness of metal can recycling
Metal packaging manufacturer Nampak’s Bevcan and Divfood divisions, together with recycling initiative Collect-a-Can and its interactive awareness brand, Can Do!, will launch local initiatives that form part of international Canvironment Week at the Green Expo, in Cape Town, later this month....
Aluminium packaging on track to meet recycling targets in 2012
The aluminium packaging sector is on course to reach its 2012 recycling targets and should achieve the increased targets for 2017, according to Rick Hindley, chief executive of the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro). Addressing an audience at the organisation's annual seminar in...
Ground-breaking laminated recycling technology firm commercialises first site
A revolutionary technology that enables the recovery of aluminium from laminated pouches will be demonstrated for the first time on a commercial scale by the end of the year. Enval has chosen a site in Alconbury, UK which will house the commercial scale plant to showcase their patented process for...
Alcoa: Aluminum Oversupply And Weak Outlook Doesn't Make The Stock A Buy
Alcoa Inc (AA) continues to operate in a difficult environment. We have a neutral rating on the company, as we continue to see the aluminum market remaining oversupplied in the near future. There is little upside potential for aluminum prices given the supply and demand situation. However, we...
First foil laminate recycling plant gets commercial go-ahead
Foil laminate packaging recycling has taken a major step forward as a site has been secured to build the world's first commercial-scale plant for recovering this material. Enval has already piloted technology capable of recycling flexible laminates and is looking to scale this up with its first...
Constellium Presents Novel Aluminium Technologies at 2012 Aluminium Trade Fair
Constellium presents the whole range of its aluminium technologies at the 2012 Aluminium trade fair from October 9 to 11 in Dusseldorf. This year's event central theme is "visions become reality" which is a great opportunity to highlight Constellium's innovative offer across the various markets it...
Enval opens up processing plant for its recycling technology at Alconbury
Recycling technology developer Enval has secured new premises in the recently designated Enterprise Zone at Alconbury in the Cambridge UK cluster. The buildings will house the world’s first commercial scale plant utilising Enval’s patented process for the recycling of laminated plastic and...
Ball Corporation to Acquire Extruded Aluminum Packaging Business in Mexico
Ball Corporation announced today that it has entered into agreements to acquire Envases del Plata S.A. de C.V., a leading extruded aluminum aerosol packaging producer with a manufacturing facility in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and to form a new joint venture in Argentina that will combine Ball's and...
Alcoa promotes its top leaders
Alcoa recently announced promotions for three top leaders at Alcoa Warrick Operations. Ed Hemmersbach, who previously served as the facility’s Location Manager for its packaging business unit at Warrick Operations, has been named the Vice President of Operations, Alcoa Global Packaging-North...
Aluminium products designer Metal Graphics completes various supply contracts
Aluminium products designer Metal Graphics has supplied aluminium-based products to various advertising, architectural, interior and product design companies. Products have been diverse and interesting, from an aluminium case housing a water bottle and the water cleaning solutions product launched...
Ess Dee Aluminium shares skyrocket after PE investor exits
The shares of Ess Dee Aluminum, the Mumbai-based company which is into packaging industry, have shot up about 20% on Monday, following an exit of private equity investor Sequoia from the company. On Monday, shares of Ess Dee were closed at Rs 170.85, up 19.31% on Bombay Stock Exchange. It is learnt...
Scrap aluminum supplies 30 percent of America’s aluminum consumption
Bauxite ore is refined into alumina (aluminum oxide), one of the primary feedstocks for aluminum metal. Scrap aluminum supplies 30 percent of America’s aluminum supply. Recycled aluminum cans supply a portion of the scrap used as a raw material. About 26.5 percent of the aluminum used in America...
Aluminium Recycling: An Interview With John Gardner
John Gardner, chief sustainability officer for Novelis, talks to azocleantech.com about the increase in aluminium recycling and how recycled aluminium can be used in the beverage and automotive industries. GT: Could you please give a brief overview of Novelis? JG: Novelis is the world’s largest...
Berli Jucker (BJC) to expand container plants in Saraburi, Thailand
Berli Jucker (BJC) plans to invest more than Bt3.5 billion on expanding its two container plants - Thai Beverage Can (TBC) and Thai Malaya Glass - in Hemaraj Industrial Estate, Saraburi province. The company will allocate Bt2 billion for TBC's facility and to boost its manufacturing capacity from...
Malta criticised for failure in recycling sytem
European Commission criticism of Malta regarding waste management confirms that the recycling system is failing. If no real action is taken the result will be the construction of more incinerators across the country. The current system used by the private sector to collect waste generated through...
Beverage can made from 100% recycled aluminium under development, says Novelis CEO
Novelis revealed they are working on a beverage can made of 100% recycled aluminium in their Q1 results conference call and described it as the “ultimate sustainable package.” Evercan is currently under development at their innovation centre which opened in June in Georgia. While discussing the Q1...
European aluminium foil deliveries down 2% in the first half of 2012
European aluminium foil deliveries saw a modest decline of 2% in the first half of 2012, the European Aluminium Foil Association said this week. EAFA issues periodical statements on foil deliveries. Total deliveries in H1 fell 2% to 411,500 mt from 420,100 mt in H1 2011. Thinner foil gauges used in...
Showa Denko Group to expand its Packaging Material Production Capacity
Showa Denko Packaging Co., Ltd., has decided to increase its production capacity for aluminum laminated films used for packaging lithium ion batteries (LIBs). Specifically, Showa Denko Packaging will expand the production facility at its Hikone Plant in Shiga Prefecture, doubling annual production...
