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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Ball partners with Coors Light to bring aluminium cups to Allegiant Stadium
Ball Corporation has collaborated with Coors Light to bring recyclable Ball Aluminium Cup to Allegiant Stadium Fans in Las Vegas. Ball Aluminium Cup is designed to meet the rising consumer demand for sustainable packaging. 100,000 of the 20-ounce aluminium cups will be available in the club seats...
Guala Closures: The packaging manufacturer introduces sustainable closures range under the brand name “Blossom”
Guala Closures Group introduced a new range of sustainable closures under the brand name, Blossom™ and with sustainability as a fundamental pillar of Guala Closures' strategy, which aims to use 35% recycled material worldwide by 2025. The closure range is built on the company’s four ethics of...
Sipful Drinks teams up with Every Can Counts to boost recycling rates for drinks cans
Sipful Drinks has collaborated with Every Can Counts to encourage people to recycle empty drink cans. The company will carry the Every Can Counts logo on its canned products. Sipful founder Darius Darwell comments: “Reducing waste and increasing recycling are two very clear objectives for us....
Aluminium foil container maker i2r Packaging eyes US market growth; appoints Dave Cobb as National Sales Manager
Over the last 12 months strategic investments, impressive growth and ongoing market penetration, especially overseas, has triggered in i2r Packaging Solutions to increase its global offering by initiating a presence in the US. i2r has appointed Dave Cobb, as National Sales Manager for the North...
Crown Holdings implements wind power across its U.S. and Canadian beverage cans plants
Crown Holdings becomes the first metal packaging manufacturer to activate 100 percent renewable power in its beverage can plants in the U.S. and Canada. The company is now operating all 14 of its plant on renewable energy. “It is the first metal packaging manufacturer to achieve this milestone,...
Henkel’s Hair Coloration portfolios now available in recycled aluminium tubes
Henkel has announced that its Hair Coloration portfolio will now be available in recycled aluminium tubes. Aluminium tubes will protect the product and allow for easy-to-handle-application by professional hair stylists and consumers. “One of the main advantages of aluminum is the recyclability –...
Sovány Beverage Company launches Sparkling Water in aluminium cans
Sovány Beverage Company has introduced the first sparkling water made with USDA organic fruit in aluminium cans. The sparkling water is available in four flavours: Ingenious Apple, Remarkable Raspberry, Brilliant Orange, and Simply Sparkling. “When I created Sovány, I wanted to offer an organic...
Wyda Packaging SA now offers a wide array, top quality aluminium foil products online
While having its roots firmly anchored in Brazil, Wyda Packaging South Africa is increasingly expanding its business in the African continent with top quality aluminium foil products and services. In October 2020, Wyda South Africa launched an online factory outlet for companies requiring small...
Birdcall teams up with Ball Corporation to launch Aluminium Cup
Birdcall teamed up with Ball Corporation to launch infinitely recyclable Ball Aluminium Cup. Birdcall, a fast-casual restaurant concept serving award-winning, all-natural crispy chicken sandwiches and fresh, nutritious salads, aims to reduce reliance on single-use plastic cups with aluminium cups....
Sea Arch launches ready-to-drink in aluminium cans
Sea Arch Drinks has announced the introduction of two new ready-to-drink alcohol-free ranges in a recyclable single-serve 250ml can. Each of two flavours, which are low in calories, is free from sweeteners, preservatives and made with all-natural ingredients. Sea Arch Drinks co-founder Sarah Yates...
Fix8 launches kombucha in 330ml aluminium cans
Fix8 has announced the launch of its kombucha range in recyclable 330ml aluminium cans. The new range is available in three flavours; Triple Ginger, Strawberry Tulsi and Citrus Saffron. This canned drinks, which is naturally low in sugar, will be available to purchase from fix8.com and soon on...
Nespresso and UNSW discover ways to use polymer-laminated aluminium packaging PLAP
Nespresso and the UNSW Smart Centre have found new ways to use polymer-laminated aluminium packaging (PLAP) materials. They have discovered a new way to use PLAP materials in steel making. The new idea comes with more widespread applications impacting Australia’s aluminum recycling and smelting...
SMaRT Centre in Sydney discovers a new sustainable recycling technology to advance ‘green aluminium’ manufacturing
Research by the UNSW Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) Centre in Sydney has discovered a new sustainable way of recycling that could initiate a new ‘green aluminium manufacturing revolution’ and help the government and aluminium industry to advance Australian manufacturing,...
Meiyume launches aluminium bottles for beauty brands
Meiyume has announced the launch of new Infinite aluminium packaging range to minimize the use of plastic packaging. The company has introduced cosmetic bottles and jars to provide consumers and brands with alternative sustainable packaging options. “Aluminium is one of the most recycled materials...
Govt. of Canada and Quebec grants financial support for a start-up Aluminium food container production unit in Saguenay
Stobia, a new company located in Jonquière, is set in motion for the production of aluminium food containers. The company secured financial support totalling $ 632,795 from Quebec and Ottawa to support its start-up. The company counts among its shareholders William and Jean-Samuel Allard, two sons...
Germany’s export of Aluminium container during 2018-20 reveals steady growth
Germany's economy slumped by 2.2% in the first three months of this year as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed it into recession. It was the biggest quarterly fall since 2009 when the country was engulfed in the global financial crisis. The Western European nation’s export of aluminium containers during...
Ball Corporation reports net earnings of $241 million in Q3
Ball Corporation reported net earnings of $241 million on sales of $3.1 billion for the third quarter 2020, compared to $92 million on sales of $3.0 billion in 2019. For the first nine months of 2020, net earnings were $358 million on sales of $8.7 billion, compared to $406 million on sales of $8.8...
RAIN Water Company introduces spring water in recyclable aluminium bottles
RAIN Water Company has announced the launch of mountain spring water in recyclable aluminium bottles to minimize plastic bottle waste. “Consumers have long been told that plastic packaging is okay, provided that it is recycled. With plastic recycling rates not breaking single digits, it is quite...
