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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LATAM to recycle aluminium, glass, plastics through its new-launched on-board recycling programme
LATAM Airlines Group has reportedly launched an on-board recycling scheme called ‘Recycle Your Journey’. Through this scheme, waste from Mercado LATAM will be recycled on all domestic flights in Chile, separating aluminium, glass, and plastic. This initiative will soon be introduced throughout...
Xiamen Xiashun Aluminium Foil Co., Ltd. certified against ASI Performance Standard
Xiamen Xiashun Aluminium Foil Co., Ltd. has been certified against Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s (ASI) Performance Standard for responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium. Xiashun’s sites manufacture and sell foilstock, litho stock (CTP), light-gauge aluminium foil that is...
Western Australia’s container deposit scheme to be launched next year
According to a recent report, Western Australia will launch its much-awaited container deposit scheme in 2020, with a 10 cent refund on offer for every eligible container returned. This initiative is designed to encourage people to recycle empty containers and reduce litter. Aluminium containers...
More rose wine makers in Europe are turning to aluminium closures for convenience and sustainability
With the growing consumption of rose wine during the summer months, more producers of rose wine are turning to aluminium closures as their preferred choice. According to a press release from Aluminium Closures Group, even in the traditional European markets, winemakers are using convenient twist...
X5 teams up with Coca-Cola to test reverse vending machine for collecting and recycling aluminium cans
In association with Coca-Cola, Russian food retailer X5 Group will reportedly test reverse vending machines in Pyaterochka stores in Moscow, aiming to collect and recycle used plastic bottles and aluminium beverage cans of different brands. As per the report, the vending machines will dispense a 15...
Ardagh and Exal to jointly form a new metal packaging company Trivium Packaging
Ardagh Group, a Luxembourg-based producer of glass and metal containers, has reportedly agreed to combine its good and speciality metal packaging business with one of the world’s largest extruded aluminium containers producers Exal Corporation. As per the report, they will together form a new metal...
Amcor’s operations certified against ASI Performance Standard and Chain of Custody Standard
Amcor operations in Singen, Germany have been certified against Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard and Chain of Custody Standard. The company will now offer its customers products with ASI certified aluminium and the option for on-pack ASI certification labels. Dr. Gerald...
SIG partners with Unilever to launch aseptic cartons with ASI-certified aluminium foil
SIG, a leading systems and solutions provider for aseptic packaging, has entered into a partnership with B-Better®, a start-up brand from Unilever’s Future Platform, to launch aseptic cartons with ASI-certified aluminium foil. Martin Herrenbrück, SIG’s President & General Manager, Europe said: “SIG...
Cafeahaus launches sparkling flavoured coffees in Ardagh’s 250ml slim cans
Cafeahaus AG has launched Goldbrew, the ready-to-drink (RTD), cold brew coffee range in the German market. The products are packaged in Ardagh’s 250ml slim cans and are a first in the German market. Goldbrew is available in ‘Goldbrew ginger & lemon’ and ‘Goldbrew grapefruit & lemon’ flavours....
Yellowstone National Park sells Montana Silver Springs water in recyclable aluminum bottles to cut down on plastic
Philipsburg Brewing Co. has ventured into a new packaging market after bottling its Montana Silver Springs mountain fresh spring water into re-sealable aluminium bottles last year. Now they have won a contract to sell this bottled water in Xanterra Parks & Resorts’ Yellowstone National Park. "We...
Toaste Ale raising fund to switch to aluminium cans for its craft beer in UK
Toaste Ale, an award-winning craft brewery based in London, is reportedly raising £35,000, in a bid to make a move from glass bottles to 330-millilitre aluminium cans. The decision to switch to aluminium cans followed research conducted by Advance London, part of the London Waste and Recycling...
Aluminium China and Lightweight Asia 2019 continue to look at the advancements in the aluminium application field
Aluminium China and Lightweight Asia, from July 10-12 in Shanghai, will showcase a new chapter in the aluminium industry by exploring the green manufacturing trends involved in the developments and products in the automotive, construction, transport, aerospace and consumer durables industries....
Ardagh to launch 187ml slimline aluminium wine can in Q1 2020
Ardagh Group will reportedly introduce a new slimline 187ml wine can in the first quarter of 2020. Made of fully-recyclable aluminium, the airtight, lightproof, and shatterproof can is specially designed to present and protect wine and wine-based drinks. In what the company describes as a Europe...
PepsiCo to replace Aquafina plastic water bottles with aluminium cans in its U.S. locations
As an initiative towards cutting down the use of plastic in its products, PepsiCo is planning to replace its Aquafina plastic water bottles with aluminium cans in the U.S. Consumer backlash against the use of plastic has been growing across the country because of its terrible impact on the ocean...
Funkin Cocktails collaborates with Ardagh for its canned cocktails
Funkin Cocktails has collaborated with Ardagh Group for the first-ever range of ready-to-drink canned cocktails in Nitro Can. The 200ml slim aluminium can features a fixed nitrogen-infused widget that mixes the cocktail instantly, producing an unrivalled multisensory experience for the consumer....
Svyatoy Istochnik uses Ball aluminium cans for its new flavoured water
Svyatoy Istochnik, the leading brand in the Russian bottled water market, has launched new flavoured water in Ball Corporation aluminium cans on the Russian market. The water comes in a Sleek® 33-centiliter aluminium can and has sparkling tastes of raspberry and lemon with mint. Irina...
Vintage Wine Estates to launch new wine beverage in aluminium bottles
Wine producer Vintage Wine Estates has unveiled an innovative new wine beverage at the Food and Wine Classic in Aspen, America’s premier wine and food event. Vintage Wine Estates' GAZE Wine Cocktails are packed in is a sleek, portable, recyclable aluminium bottle with twist-off closure. Terry...
French luxury packaging material company conducts surface treatment tests on recycled aluminium
G. Pivaudran, a French company specialising in metal processing to make stoppers, caps and coverings for perfumes, cosmetics and spirits packaging, demonstrated surface treatment tests made on recycled aluminium during the Édition Spéciale by Luxe Pack show in Paris. The tests show promising...
