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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Now you can recycle aluminium foil and trays
THE household recycling service in Larne is being expanded to include clean aluminium foil and trays. Larne Borough Council announced it is making it easier for people to recycle more at home through its fortnightly blue bin recycling scheme by accepting clean foil trays such as those used for...
Aluminum Foil with Huge Development Space
According to EAFA, aluminum foil total output decreased 4% in September in Europe. Stefan Glimm, the executive director of EAFA is still cautious about 2011 especially in the third quarter. He said aluminum foil enables a bright future as a kind of cyclic utilization packing material and...
Constellium signs can recycling deal
Constellium has signed a multi-year agreement with Canibal, France, to contribute to the development and deployment of a used beverage can (UBC) collection network in France. This partnership aims to support the development of Canibal beverage can collectors, expand the French network of UBC...
International Aluminium Institute Launches Aluminium Packaging Website
The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) Chairman Svein Richard Brandtzæg today welcomed the launch of the latest in the series of product-related sustainability websites from IAI, highlighting the advantages of the use of aluminium in packaging. Recognising the demand from customers, consumers...
Council expands kerbside recycling service
Aberdeen City Council has expanded its fortnightly black box kerbside recycling service to include empty aerosol cans and clean foil trays and kitchen foil. The move is expected to prevent up to three million aerosol cans and 20 million foil containers ending up in local landfill every year. The...
Aluminium foils packaging market optimistic despite decline - EAFA
The decline brings the total aluminium foil production down to around 609,000 tonnes, according to data published by the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA). Whereas, exports of aluminium foil outside of the EAFA region - which represents aluminium foil flexible packaging manufacturers...
Alufoil production remains steady
The economic slow down in Europe affected the deliveries of aluminium foil in the first nine months of 2011. According to data published by the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) total production declined by almost 4% to 609kt. The thinner foil segments mainly used for flexible packaging...
Constellium invests €28m in value-added aluminium
French aluminium producer Constellium has announced plans to invest €28m in production processes across French and German sites in response to ‘growing customer demand’. The plan includes the building of a new pusher furnace that the company said would consolidate its leading position within the...
America soon to have Scottish Spirits in can
Scottish Spirits Imports, a US based liquor company owned by Scottish Spirits of Cayman Islands, will launch both single-grain and blended Scotch whiskeys in cans in the US. Scottish Spirits in a can will be available at more than 100,000 liquor stores across the country starting December. Scotch...
UC Rusal completes foil modernisation plan
A $1.5M modernisation programme has been completed at Sayanal, the UC Rusal-owned foil and foil packaging producer. It included a change of the rolling mill's thickness gage and strip profile management system to improve foil's overall quality. The second stage of modernisation includes the...
Packaging recycling resilient despite market fears
Packaging recycling and recovery rates appear to have remained resilient over the summer despite a recent slowdown in the export market and ongoing fears of a double-dip recession. The Environment Agency of UK has published data for the third quarter of 2011 on its National Packaging Waste Database...
Aluminium Industry to play significant role in Indian economy
The Aluminium industry, a leading segment of the Indian economy, is expected to play a significant role as the Indian Aluminium industry is forging ahead with rapid expansion in both primary metal and downstream sectors, according to Aluminium Association of India (AAI) General Secretary Prof KSS...
Constellium and Sumitomo partnership
Constellium’s Speciality Sheet division will evaluate business opportunities with Sumitomo Light Metal (SLM) and Sumitomo Corporation. Both Sumitomo Light Metal and Constellium operate aluminium rolling activities with a high level of technical focus and expertise. With a strong presence in their...
Amcor on track for strong profit growth this year
Australian packaging group Amcor stood by its forecast for "substantially" higher earnings this year,expecting cost savings tied to its Alcan and Ball plastics acquisitions to outweigh rising raw materials costs. "Although economic conditions remain uncertain, the momentum of cost synergies already...
Rexam has ‘The Total Package’ at BRAU Beviale 2011
Rexam Beverage Can Europe and Asia will be showcasing its commitment to industry leadership, customer partnerships and innovation at this year’s BRAU Beviale in Nuremberg from the 9th to 11th of November. Rexam’s ‘Total Package’ offering will highlight the bespoke packaging solutions Rexam provides...
World demand for metals
An insatiable demand for consumer electronic products could threaten worldwide shortages and bottlenecks of some metals, British scientists warn. Leading geologists, writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, say there's danger in the ongoing surge in demand for metals. Mobile phones contain...
Jindal Aluminium to set up Rs 500cr foil plant
Jindal Aluminium will invest Rs 500 crore to set up a factory for making foils and sheets near its existing extrusion facility in Bangalore, a top company official said today. "The plant will come up near our plant in Bangalore. It will go on stream by March next year. We are investing Rs 500 crore...
Constellium participating in the Canmaker Summit 2011 "East meets West"
Constellium is participating in the Canmaker Summit 2011 on September 29-30th in Istanbul, Turkey. "The prime objective of the Canmaker Summit is to draw together decision makers, leaders and experts of the global metal packaging community with the objective of exploring business ideas and...
