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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France to import higher volume of aluminium cans this year at a lower cost
According to the report revealed by Grand View Research, the global demand for beverage cans is likely to grow between 3.7 per cent and 4 per cent in 2018, with a similar growth trend over the next five years. In the European Union, the beverage cans market is also expected to grow at a CAGR of...
Tesco in UK becomes the first supermarket to sell spring water in aluminium cans
Tesco in UK becomes the first supermarket to sell water in aluminium cans instead of plastic bottles. The retailer is now selling spring water in 500 ml aluminium cans at its 700 stores under the CanO Water brand. The brand was started two years ago in London with a sustainable vision. These are...
Japan’s Toyo Aluminium obtains 33% stake in Svam Packaging
33.4 per cent stake in the capital-based pharma packaging firm Svam has been taken over by Japanese packaging giant Toyo Aluminium K.K. for an undisclosed amount. As agreed in the joint venture, Svam Packaging will now be known as Svam Toyal Packaging Industries. This partnership is expected to...
The world’s first POAL recycling plant to go online in September
The world’s first POAL recycling plant for producing Ecoallene will start in Italy in September 2018. POAL is a polyethylene + aluminium polycomposite recovered from food packaging. The plant will recover POAL and then turn it into a new recyclable material suitable for use in automotive,...
Alufoil Trophy 2019 calls for novel Alufoil and aluminium closure concepts
The Alufoil Trophy, organised annually by the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA), provides practitioners from across the European foil and closure sectors with the most prestigious and widely recognised stage to showcase their products and concepts, rewarding both excellence and innovation....
Coca-Cola Turkey uses thermochromic inks for its summer promotional aluminium cans
Coca-Cola Turkey has reportedly obtained thermochromic ink technology from one of the renowned packaging product suppliers called Crown for designing its new aluminium beverage can. For the first time, the company is using thermochromic ink technology as a decorative tool, which is otherwise known...
Ardagh produces aluminium aerosol can for Nivea
A Luxembourg-based producer of glass and metal products Ardagh Group has produced a taller sleek shaped aluminium aerosol can for Nivea, one of the world’s most popular deodorants. Image Source:Ardagh Group Bernhard Meier, Commercial Director at Ardagh’s metal division said: “With our long-standing...
Data shows aluminium containers export by Italy to increase in 2018
Italy exported US$506.3 billion worth of goods in 2017, an increase of 10 per cent year on year. The country exports aluminium containers to many countries around the world. Italy’s aluminium container export witnessed a drop in volume and value in 2017. Global trade data suggests that Italy’s...
Aluminium beverage can recycling rate in EU, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland increased to 74% in 2015
The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the European Union, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland increased by 0.7% to a new record level of 73.6% in 2015. This is well above the recently approved new EU 2025 recycling target of 65% for all packaging. On the whole European continent...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative certifies first aluminium foil roller and converter against ASI Performance Standard
Constantia Teich, which carries out rolling of aluminium foil to basic and final conversion in Weinburg, Austria, has become the first aluminium foil roller and packaging converter and first European company to be certified against Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s Performance Standard for...
European Aluminium welcomes new waste directives of the EU Circular Economy Package
After the Council of Ministers has voted for the amended Waste Directives of the Package, European Aluminium has said that Europe now has the proper framework to make the Circular Economy work in the true sense. The 28 EU Member States would now start delivering on reducing landfill of household...
Alcoa to resume its Warrick smelting operations this summer
Alcoa Corporation, the world’s sixth largest aluminium producer with headquarter in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has started working towards resuming its south-west Indiana smelter by this summer and already hiring workers for it. The Pittsburgh-based company had announced the permanent shut at its...
Advanta trials new aluminium tray and film packaging for poultry industries
Britain’s poultry production increased 1.4 per cent in 2017, which is increasing the food wastage issue often associated with higher production. Global aluminium packaging supplier Advanta, has successfully done a pilot run of a unique skin pack aluminium poultry tray and film combination. A first...
Development in packaging sustainability and efficiency secure Amcor two 2018 Alufoil Trophies
Two sustainable packaging innovations from Amcor that boost efficiency and improve consumer convenience have won 2018 Alufoil Trophies at the European Aluminium Foil Association awards. The company’s PolyInert laminates, which enable sensitive pharmaceuticals to be packaged in stick-pack form, won...
Aluminium foil exports by South Korea may go up in 2018
The global aluminium foil market is poised to show strong growth for the next five years. Technavio's analysts forecast the global aluminium foil packaging market in food and beverages industry to grow at a CAGR of 5.58% during the period 2018-2022. South Korea’s exports of aluminium foils are...
Ball Corporation reports strong results in Q1 driven by improved performance in all product lines
Ball Corporation reported net earnings of $125 million in the first quarter of 2018 compared to $68 million in last year’s first quarter. Excluding items, the company posted adjusted earnings of $180 million compared to $136 million last year. "Ball Corporation started the year strong, posting...
Ball Corporation’s new aluminium cans allow for branding on lids
Ball Corporation aims to help its customers boost branding on the top aluminium cans with new colourful lids. The company said its proprietary Cameo End Printing will add appeal for consumers looking for their favourite beverages. Jay Billings, Ball Corporation North and Central America vice...
Ball wins two Euro CanTech 2018 Awards for metallic aluminium aerosol can and two-piece beverage decorative design
Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) recently won two 2018 Euro CanTech Awards from CanTech International for its metallic Ball-branded aluminium aerosol deodorant can and beverage cans created for Heineken Serbia's Zaječarsko brand. For the aerosol can, Ball developed a cost-effective, captivating...
