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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Novelis expands its evercycle™ portfolio to cosmetic packaging
On 20 th July 2022, the world leader in sustainable aluminium solutions and also the largest producer of aluminium rolling and recycling announced it is expanding its evercycle™ portfolio to the cosmetic packaging market. The evercycle™ cosmetics line is 100% certified to contain recycled aluminium...
Stora Enso and Tetra Pak come together to recover aluminium & fiber from cartons, recycling them as raw material
Pulp and paper industry head from Finland, Stora Enso has partnered with Tetra Pak in scrutinizing a joint beverage packages recycling scheme that would house a specialized venture in Langerbrugge for extracting fiber and making recycled containerboard, with a dedicated partner chipping in for...
Recycled aluminium weekly recap: Nestlé launches 'Starbucks at Home' coffee capsules made from 80% recycled aluminium; AMAG's new Al4®ever product line ensures low carbon emissions
The recycling sector has seen a sudden boom in the past few years with major companies turning towards sustainability. Mitchell Avenue’s Weston Aluminium suffered a grave trauma on July 12 as molten aluminium was spilt at the Kuri Kuri smelter, later to be controlled by state firefighters. It is a...
Nestlé launches 'Starbucks at Home' coffee capsules made from 80% recycled aluminium
Nestlé breathing high on environmental issues has declared that the coffee capsules from its luxury brand, ‘Starbucks at Home’ by Nespresso are made out of 80 per cent recycled aluminium. The company is on a quest to transform all of its packing materials into 100 per cent recyclable or reusable...
Vita Coco launches its first packaged coconut juice in sustainable aluminium cans
New York-based refreshing coconut water brand Vita Coco has released its strongest and tastiest coconut water in 16.9-ounce aluminium cans. This is the company’s very first ready-to-drink juice, and with this product, Vita Coco ventures into the refreshing drinks genre. The use of aluminium cans...
Irish canned water brand ‘Well’ signs aluminium can recycling deal with Every Can Counts
Ireland’s first and only canned water brand Well uses water originating from the country and packs it locally. Well has now collaborated with Every Can Counts to build a circular recycling scheme for aluminium cans. Recycling non-profit organisation Every Can Counts signed a deal of partnership...
Wolverhampton Council gains Podback’s trust for aluminium and plastic waste recycling
Wolverhampton Council is the first local government body in the West Midlands to partner with Podback, a not-for-profit coffee pod recycling service that takes care of used aluminium and plastic coffee pods. This latest inter-city Podback scheme will aid the council’s goal of reducing waste,...
High-tech aluminium packaging firm Sortera Alloys sources $10 million in funding from Assembly Ventures
Sortera Alloys, a Fort Wayne, Indiana-based firm that produces aluminium packaging from shredded automobiles using proprietary sorting technology and artificial intelligence (AI), acquired $10 million in fundraising led by Assembly Ventures with additional capital from Breakthrough Energy Ventures...
Organic Oral Care to go the sustainable way by replacing plastic with aluminium
Organic Oral Care (ORL) is taking a step closer to a sustainable and eco-friendly environment with the introduction of its new recyclable aluminium bottles for its expanding line of mouthwashes. These new eco-friendly bottles are lighter, environmentally responsible, and shatterproof than their...
Teaspoons & Co. shifts towards sustainability with aluminium cans
Aluminium beverage cans are one of the most widely recycled beverage packagings globally. The main reasons that have contributed to the popularity are its easy recyclability over an unlimited number of times and the maximum amount of recycled content. Vancouver-based beverage company, Teaspoons &...
Downstream weekly recap: Hindalco to grab 26% stake in Cleanwin Energy SIX; Kaiser Aluminum to house a new row coat line in Newburgh with $200 million investment
The downstream segment of the aluminium industry derives its major raw material from the primary sector and is considered the most vital part of the industry. This week, the global aluminium downstream segment witnessed limited but strong events. To begin with, on June 29, Hindalco Industries...
Emballator adds another twist-off variation to its small-dose tubes range featuring recycled aluminium
Swedish packaging company Emballator Tectubes has introduced its latest twist-off recap solution to the patent small-dose tube range. Other related products in the queue are Twist off Reseal, Twist off Reclose, Twist Off, Tear off reclose Aluminium and Capped aluminium. Emballator’s twist-off recap...
Every Can Counts to promote aluminium can recycling through Soapbox Race
On Sunday, July 3, a team of four members from Every Can Counts will be competing in Red Bull’s renowned Soapbox Race. The main goal behind this participation is to motivate individuals to responsibly dispose of their used beverage cans by emphasising both the endless recycling potential of cans...
Groupe BEL achieves dual certification from ASI for responsible sourcing and stewardship of aluminium for product packaging
For the first time in history, a company from the food industry has attained the Aluminium Stewarship Initiative’s dual certification – Performance Standard and Chain of Custody Standard. As per the report released by ASI on Tuesday, June 28, Groupe BEL, a multinational cheese marketer centred in...
Ball Corporation introduces lightweight aerosol cans with lesser carbon footprint
Ball Corporation was founded in 1880 originally, by five brothers and now has grown to become the largest producer of aluminium beverage cans in the world. It has been reported that Ball Corporation has introduced a new aluminium aerosol can featuring almost half the carbon footprint compared to a...
Coffeeza shifts to aluminium for its coffee capsules to retain flavours and aromas for a long time
Coffeeza, a premium Italian brand of coffee capsules and machines, has reportedly launched a new range of recyclable aluminium coffee capsules used to make espresso, cappuccino and latte. The brand has switched to aluminium for coffee capsules with the intention to retain the flavours of coffee for...
Coca-Cola Middle East, Veolia extends collaboration to avert aluminium and plastic waste from landfills in UAE
Coca-Cola Middle east and French Veolia Group have intertwined in a partnership where they would provide cost-free, door-to-door recycling services in the UAE with a unified intention to begin a waste sorting arrangement through an efficient recyclable collection scheme. RECAPP, the brainchild of...
Aluminium can demand drives Ball Corporation to land in Peru
Colorado-based Ball Corporation is extending its activities in South America with a new production facility in Chilca, Peru. The beverage can manufacturer has estimated a production capacity of more than 1 billion aluminium cans each year and will start commercial supply by 2023. This publicised...
