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Europe’s Beverage Can Shipments Outpace the Americas by 6% as Ardagh Expands in the UK and Spain

Europe’s beverage-can market outperformed other regions in the third quarter, prompting Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) to accelerate its investment plans with two new production lines at existing facilities in the UK and Spain. Global beverage can shipments rose 2 per cent year on year in the three months to September 30, while Europe recorded 6 per cent growth, contrasting with a 1 per cent decline across the Americas. AMP announced the expansion alongside third-quarter results that exceeded its own earnings guidance, allowing the company to raise its full-year adjusted EBITDA outlook. Chief executive Oliver Graham said demand remained resilient across the company’s markets, supported by strength in key beverage categories and continued gains for cans within the wider packaging mix. The...

26 OCT 20265MINS

Alstone adds series 5000, 3600 and 2600 to its aluminium louvers range as Indian façades turn to passive shading

Energy codes, glass-heavy skylines and rising cooling loads are pushing louvers from accent feature to core façade component. Three new aluminium profiles are arriving to meet that demand. Look at newer commercial projects in Indian cities and a pattern is hard to miss: glazed façades now wear a second skin of fins, blades and screens. The same idea is spreading to residential balconies, gates and boundary walls. In most cases, the material behind it is aluminium. Alstone India has added three profiles to its louvers range: Series 5000, Series 3600 and Series 2600. This article looks at why demand for aluminium louvers is shifting, what the new series offers, and what specifiers should ask any supplier before committing to a system. Why louvers are moving up the specification list...

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