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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Pierini Develops Aluminum Bottle with innovative graphics for Quilmes
Quilmes launched a new aluminum bottle developed by Pierini Partners, which changes its graphic when exposed to ultraviolet light. This unique and surprising characteristic has been magnified thanks to an attractive and original design, regardless the light you see it under. "There are moments in...
Enval Limited develops process for recycling aluminium foil from laminated films
THE first company to occupy the enterprise zone at Alconbury Weald looks set to be at the cutting edge of recycling technology. Enval Limited, which was spun off from Cambridge University’s department of chemical engineering six years ago and is currently based in Luton, wants to expand the...
KM Packaging excels in lidding film technology
Leading flexible packaging specialist, KM Packaging Services Ltd, is celebrating 15 years since the development of its revolutionary lidding film technology for smooth wall aluminium trays, which is now one of the most popular packaging solutions used by the food manufacturing industry. Fuelled by...
Arcadia Ales launches Sky High Rye in12 oz. aluminium cans from Rexam
Continuing the move of craft beer to aluminum cans, Sky High Rye from Arcadia Ales has launched its West Coast-style Pale Ale in 12 oz. cans from Rexam. Sky High Rye is brewed with 80 percent English barley malt and 20 percent rye malt. It boasts a floral aroma of resinous hops with contributing...
GEORG finishing lines division to supply packaging lines for KUMZ Aluminium Co.
At the end of 2011 GEORG finishing lines division was assigned with the development and delivery of two cut-to-length lines and one slitting line, each with packaging line for the Russian aluminium producer Kamensk-Uralsky Metallurgical Works (KUMZ). Those lines are able to process aluminium coils...
Hotel staffs push recycling efforts
Visitors to Camana Bay last Saturday would have found flyers urging them to recycle aluminium cans and glass on their windshields as members of staff at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman and the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort spread the message of recycling. The group of five, who chose recycling...
SDK to expand its aluminum laminated films Business in China
Showa Denko Packaging Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Showa Denko K.K. (SDK), has started cooperating with Iwatani Corporation's two subsidiaries in China to expand its business in aluminum laminated films used for packaging lithium ion rechargeable batteries (LIBs). The Iwatani Group's Suzhou ISR...
Premium beers to be sold in limited-edition aluminum bottles
Oskar Blues Brewery of Colorado and Sun King Brewing Co. of Indiana have partnered on Chaka, a limited-run handcrafted Belgian-style ale. Because the beer is one-of-a-kind, the two breweries decided the beverage called for packaging that matched its singularity. The team ultimately selected a...
Novelis announced the sale of three European aluminum foil and packaging plants to Eurofoil
Novelis Inc. today announced it has completed the sale of three European aluminum foil and packaging plants to Eurofoil, a unit of American Industrial Acquisition Corporation (AIAC). The transaction includes foil rolling operations in Rugles, France; Dudelange, Luxembourg; and Berlin, Germany,...
Palm Recycling teams up with Alupro's 'MetalMatters' for recycling campaign
Working in partnership with Sefton Borough Council, Palm Recycling joined forces with Alupro's 'MetalMatters' Campaign - an industry-funded recycling programme aimed at helping local authorities and their waste management partners to boost recycling rates by encouraging more households to recycle...
UK's aluminium packaging recycling rate rises by 4% in 2011
Alupro has also confirmed that the country achieved 2011 recycling rate of 60% for drinks cans, which represents an increase of more than 6% compared to 2010, which is despite continued growth in drinks can sale and an increase in the amount of aluminium packaging on the market. Alupro executive...
Research and Markets has published report on Aluminum Industry in Brazil
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Aluminum Industry in Brazil - Market Opportunities and Entry Strategies, Analyses and Forecasts to 2016: Market Profile" report to their offering. Brazil was the sixth-largest aluminum producer in the world in 2010. The country's domestic...
Record Rise in UK Aluminium Recycling Rate
Aluminium packaging recycling rates rose by more than 4% last year, the biggest increase reported so far. According to the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro), the overall recycling rates for aluminium packaging and drinks cans in 2011 was 45%. The figures are based on PRN data from...
Tetra Pak and LoveNZ join hands to promote recycling
Tetra Pak has teamed up with recycling advocate LoveNZ to help New Zealanders recycle coffee cups and cartons, as well as cans and plastic bottles, outside the home. LoveNZ provides strategically placed recycling bins around the country and aims to raise awareness of recycling in NZ. While cartons...
Can collection bins placed across UK to encourage recycling
Each year, more than 3bn drink cans are discarded in offices, town centres, at festivals and on beaches. Yet aluminium is 95% recyclable. Twenty new cans can be made with recycled aluminium on the energy it takes to produce a single can from raw materials. Every Can Counts (ECC) is a partnership...
Gaston J. Glock Style Lp Introduces Recycled Aluminum Sport Bottles
GASTON J. GLOCK style LP, the purveyors of fine quality hunting and shooting sports apparel and accessories, continue to grow their accessory line with new 100% recycled aluminium sport bottles just in time for the summer. The two new sport bottle models are made in the U.S.A. with 100% recycled...
Sunidhi Securities recommends buy rating on Parekh Aluminex
Sunidhi Securities is bullish on Parekh Aluminex and has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target of Rs 390 in its May 17, 2012 research report. "PAL, a Mumbai based company established in 1994, is engaged in the production and sale of Aluminium Foil Containers (AFC) together with lids or...
New perspectives for aluminium tube
With the “your tube award“, the 1. International Aluminium Tube Design Award conceived by the Cologne-based Jeschenko MedienAgentur company, in 2012 the European Tube Manufacturers Association (etma) wishes to demonstrate its appreciation of outstanding design concepts for the aluminium tube. From...
