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 recycling rate for aluminium drinks cans continues to increase year on year, hitting 72% in 2017 (up from 70% in 2016), whilst the national recycling rate for all aluminium packaging reached 51% (up from 50% in 2016). According to packaging waste recovery data, recently released by the...
As a retaliatory move to the US tariffs on imported aluminium and steel, China has revived its aluminium scrap policy and imposed 25 per cent tariffs on imported aluminium scraps. This has already created mayhem among the countries who export aluminium scraps to China, including the United Kingdom....
Canowater has revealed that it has introduced a brand new edition to its range of environmentally friendly water cans made out of aluminium and specially designed by Christopher Raeburn for London Zoo, since the zoo has decided to swap plastic water bottle for aluminium cans in order to lend a...
UK’s exports of goods and services reached GBP 52.12 billion in December 2017. The country has been following a downward pattern for the export of aluminium containers for compressed gas. UK’s export of aluminium containers for compressed gas is estimated to decline in both volume and value in...
Aeromet International, a leading supplier of aluminium and magnesium castings and fully-finished, assembly ready cast parts for the aerospace and defence industries, has acquired Stone Foundries Ltd from Langham Industries. Stone Foundries is a manufacturer of high integrity aluminium and...
The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organization, Alupro-organized Every Can Counts programme has once again come forward to support a cause, which has values similar to its own. The programme has partnered with the female UK-based Trek-Drops professional women’s cycling team for the ongoing 2018...
UK bought US$644.1 billion worth of goods from around the globe in 2017.The country’s imports of aluminium container for compressed gas witnessed a drop in volume and value in 2017. UK expects an increase in imports of this product in 2018. In 2017, Czech Republic exported 3331 tonnes of aluminium...
Derbyshire-based waste management company Ward announced £1 million investment in environmental improvements at its recycling facility in Chesterfield. The company recycles ferrous and non-ferrous metals such as steel, cast iron, cars, stainless steel, aluminium, copper, zinc and lead. The new...
DPI UK Ltd, a Midlands based business manufacturing aluminium frames and light boxes, has won a 12,000 Pound financing boost through a scheme devised to help MSMEs in Leicester and Leicestershire. The grant from Collaborate will help the aluminium frame maker to buy new automated saw and enhance...
Leading soft drinks company Britvic has announced £100milllion investment in new production lines at its manufacturing site in Rugby. The company has already installed three new can lines at the site. The new production lines will manufacture cans from aluminium and stainless steel. “The new can...
Sanjeev Gupta led GFG Alliance has won Highland Council’s permission for a new aluminium alloy wheel factory in Fort William, UK. The plant, which will come up next to its Liberty British Aluminium Smelter, will be the first large-scale alloy wheel plant of UK. Construction work at the site is...
According to a HuffPost UK a number of major coffee capsule brands in UK have set up their green agenda to recycle the plastic and aluminium coffee capsules. If not recycled, aluminium coffee pods reportedly take between 150 to 500 years to decompose. That is the reason the major coffee capsule...
UK’s imports of aluminium household articles have been declining in the last three years. UK, the 4th largest importer in the world, is estimated to import less aluminium household articles this year. According to recent statistics, China and India were the top exporters of aluminium household...
The Aluminium Federation, the trade body for the UK aluminium industry, has announced the appointment of a new chief executive. Tom Jones joins the organisation from MMC Hardmetal UK, part of the Mitsubishi Materials group, where he was general manager. Tom has more than 35 years experience of...
Ardagh Group, a global leader in glass and metal packaging solutions for the world's biggest consumer brand, announced that they will produce 25cl shaped aluminium bottle for Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola has teamed up with Ardagh to manufacture the most eye-catching packaging presentation for limited...
Aluminium beverage cans have now been certified as the world’s most recycled drinks container at the recent Smithers Pira Sustainability in Packaging Europe Conference in Barcelona. Seven out of 10 drinks cans sold in the UK are recycled and 75% of all aluminium ever produced is still in use today....
SolidCAM UK Ltd, the leading UK reseller of SolidCAM and InventorCAM suite of CAD/CAM software for manufacturing from SolidCAM, announced the move of its Technology Centre to a more spacious workshop within the premises of alimex UK Precision in Aluminium Ltd, based in Stonebridge, Milton Keynes....
Aluminium can export from UK is slated to witness a significant drop in 2017, after a gradual year-on-year decline since 2015. The largest beverage can market in Europe- UK reached 70 per cent aluminium beverage can recycling rate milestone in 2016. At a time when the country is endeavouring to...
