Fun Kids, the UK’s leading radio station for children, families and parents, released the final episode of the Amazing Aluminium podcast series on 2nd September. Co-created by the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro), Amazing Aluminium touches on the metal’s composition, its...
The Aluminium Federation (ALFED) has issued an urgent briefing to government setting out key concerns from the UK aluminium industry around the implementation of the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) ahead of its planned introduction in January 2027. The briefing has been shared with...
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The installation of aluminium contact wires through the Severn Tunnel to prevent the corrosion that delayed the project by three years already. The infrastructure manager Network Rail has disclosed that this system has been used in Britain for the first time. The 134 years old tunnel with a stretch...
Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has reportedly signed a deal with Resource Efficient Data to have access to the Cardiff-based data start-up’s UK waste data platform. The platform houses open source data from Waste Data Flow, which is a web-based system for municipal waste data...
Vetroplas, a provider of a full range of high quality packaging solutions designed for the UK cosmetics and personal care markets, announced the addition of aluminium bottles to its expanding range of packaging. The company specialises in premium glass, plastic and aluminium bottles, jars, airless...
Hydro announced that it has planned to restructure its operations in the UK due to challenging market conditions. The restructuring is expected to be completed by end 2020. The company has also decided to close the aluminium fabrication business unit in Bromyard. The Bromyard plant has 56...
Liberty Aluminium Technologies has resumed production after a two-month halt, provided with safeguarding from COVID-19 epidemic by reducing the risk. The staffs have started re-joining to their work this week for the production of components towards the automotive sector at sites in Coventry and...
The British company based in Liverpool scaffolding supplier George Roberts ensured a £1m loan from Barclays bank to support cash flow issues during the lockdown. The £38m-turnover firm used the government-backed Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), which was announced by...
The aluminium packaging recycling rate in the United Kingdom has increased by 4 per cent year-on-year and recorded a new high to 56 per cent, the highest ever level, found the Environment Agency data, published on the National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) earlier this month. The aluminium...
The United States and the United Kingdom initiated formal negotiations on a free trade agreement on 5 th May’20, assuring to work quickly to obtain a deal that could prevent the worst economic impacts of COVID-19. The discussions will be conducted virtually and include over 300 US and UK officials...
Lixil Group Corporation, the Japanese owners of Permasteelisa has made public that it is selling the company to US firm Atlas holdings, the owners of Aludium. Lixil Group has been trying to offload the multinational – the UK’s largest envelope specialist by turnover – for several years, with...
Lancashire-based precision engineering firm DA Design Automation has boosted up its production of key equipment used by the NHS in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. The company is has been a specialist in machinery design and build and has begun to produce hundreds of headbands for face...
Prowrap, the Bristol-based professional re-winder and manufacturer of aluminium foil has secured investment from Longacre Group. The deal incorporates Longacre will be funding both brands within the Prowrap portfolio – Procare and Wrapex – and would be maintaining the long-term future of the...
ALVANCE British Aluminium has confirmed plans to lay-off 30 to 40 of its workers at the Lochaber smelter in Fort William in response to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. The company stated that it is closely tracking the impact of the pandemic and has been adjusting operations to address the...
MRT, the die-casting company based in Hampshire is enhancing its production space by around 50% and opening a new foundry with the help of the MTC. A team from the MTC’s manufacturing support services operation worked with managers and operators from Queens Award-winning die-casting supplier MRT...
Metalex staffs are presently working overtime at its sites in Poole, Horsham, Birmingham, Chepstow and Milton Keynes to process the orders for aluminium plate and bar billets to be used in the rapid production of medical equipment. Paul Nicola, MD, said: "To date, we have supplied over 80 tonnes of...
Liberty British Aluminium, Britain’s only remaining aluminium smelter, is supporting the fight against COVID-19 by making metal for NHS oxygen bottles. The Fort William plant has assisted with an emergency job to produce 20 tonnes of oxygen bottles for treating coronavirus patients. The order was...
Ball Corporation has reportedly created a collection of newly designed, infinitely recyclable 250ml cans for Dorset-based UK beverage brand Jimmy’s Iced Coffee (‘Jimmy’s’). With the adoption of aluminium cans, Jimmy’s can achieve its environmental aim of removing plastic from packaging in 2020....
Turmec has reportedly designed, supplied, and installed an advanced MRF plant in Wiltshire to treat kerbside collected comingled recyclable materials picked from around 220,000 households across the region. The plant will have the capacity to process 20 tonnes per hour of dry mixed recyclables,...
The Alvance British Aluminium stated that it has designed a plan to keep it staffs safe while continuing to operate at a reduced level of output at its Lochaber smelter and hydropower station. The production activities of the smelter at Fort William have been reduced to 25% and it is operating at...
