Aluminum can sector shows 12% growth in Brazil

Aluminum can sector shows 12% growth in Brazil

Aluminum can industry shows 12% growthThe most sustainable beverage container on the planet is gaining ground and increasingly winning over consumers November 2024. The Brazilian Association of Aluminum Can Manufacturers (Abralatas), the entity that represents the...
Ball acquires Alucan

Ball acquires Alucan

The Ball Corporation group has acquired Alucan, the company of Catalan origin specialized in the manufacture of bottles and aluminum aerosols. The operation has been closed for 82 million euros, according to sources of the multinational. Ball Corporation has...
Amcor reports 2.6% decrease in sales in 3Q2024

Amcor reports 2.6% decrease in sales in 3Q2024

Amcor reported a 2.6% decrease in sales in 3Q2024, compared to the same period last year. Net sales totaled $3.35MM and flexible net sales were  $2.55M, down 0.6% from the prior year.  Net sales of rigid containers totaled US$801 million, 8.5% less than in...
AB InBev grows 7.1% in pre-tax profits

AB InBev grows 7.1% in pre-tax profits

AB InBev has reported its results for the third quarter of 2024 and claims that its tax-free profits have grown by 7. 1%, it has also achieved a growth underlying EPS (earnings per share) of 14%, according to Michel Doukeris, CEO of AB InBev. “Beer is a passion...
BNG supports the canning sector

BNG supports the canning sector

A delegation of the BNG, composed of MEP Ana Miranda and deputies Carmela Gonzalez and Brais Ruanova, met Thursday with representatives of Anfaco-Cecopesca, moving the commitment of the block by the canning sector, to be of “vital importance” to the...
What Trump brings to metal packaging

What Trump brings to metal packaging

The new mandate initiated by Donald Trump starts with some uncertainties and many certainties, as far as the packaging and metal packaging sector is concerned. Immigration reform is on the starting line of his reforms and immigration raids in American factories are...
ORBIS introduces the 60×48 industrial pallet

ORBIS introduces the 60×48 industrial pallet

ORBIS® Corporation, a global leader in reusable packaging solutions, is proud to announce its latest innovation in sustainable packaging materials with the introduction of a new 60×48 industrial pallet designed specifically to meet the unique requirements of electric...
One can of mussels at Garcia’s Foods

One can of mussels at Garcia’s Foods

The TikTok content creator known as @Familialospeques has popularized a Spanish store in London where you can find food made in spain.  Garcia’s Foods and Wines of Spain has a wide variety of latería, so typical of our country:  tuna,...
INX acquires Coatings & Adhesives Corporation

INX acquires Coatings & Adhesives Corporation

INX Group Limited has completed the acquisition of Coatings & Adhesives Corporation (C&A), a leading player in the coatings industry in North America, especially recognized for its specialty products. The new entity, INX International Coatings and Adhesives,...
IMPDA appoints and renews its executive officers

IMPDA appoints and renews its executive officers

IMDPA has appointed new officers for its next term. For the next two years officers Tim Duca, Andy Layden and Kyle Hurla will serve as president, secretary-treasurer and vice president of INX International, respectively. All have demonstrated strong leadership in...
The air of Lake Como, canned as souvenirs

The air of Lake Como, canned as souvenirs

Lake Como, one of Italy’s most popular tourist destinations, has a new souvenir for visitors to take home. It is a can of “fresh air” collected directly from the shores of the lake.   This product, launched by the marketing agency...
FEMM joins AME

FEMM joins AME

FEMM has recently joined AME, the Spanish Metallographic Association. FEMM is one of the leading companies in the production of metal and plastic components and accessories for industrial packaging, mainly to industrial manufacturers of three-piece cans for the...
Cans: the food lifeline in the aftermath of DANA

Cans: the food lifeline in the aftermath of DANA

The Military Emergency Unit is distributing emergency food and how could it be otherwise, cans are the real lifesaver in difficult times. After the disaster of the DANA experienced in Letur, but above all in different municipalities of the Valencian Community, what is...
A power wheelchair costs 1.4 million cans

A power wheelchair costs 1.4 million cans

A mother from the Canary Islands is collecting cans to finance a wheelchair for her daughter Daniela, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor when she was 15 months old. The girl has just turned six years old and needs  change his wheelchair. The new one costs...
A tin of wafers to celebrate El Rocio

A tin of wafers to celebrate El Rocio

The fervent devotees of the Virgen del Rocío are already preparing for this year 2025 and for this they have a new dessert that comes in a colorful tin containing cinnamon wafers. The invention comes from the sweet shop La Abuela Asunción, which dedicates this unique...
Recycling campaign in Punta Arenas, Chile

Recycling campaign in Punta Arenas, Chile

The company Yo Reciclo is launching a recycling campaign aimed at promoting the recycling of aluminum cans and canned food, contributing to the collection of funds for the 37th edition of the Magallanes Rehabilitation Days. This year, the campaign focuses on educating...
ORBIS acquires the assets of Creative Techniques

ORBIS acquires the assets of Creative Techniques

ORBIS Corporation, a leader in reusable packaging solutions, has announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Creative Techniques, Inc. (CTI), headquartered in Orion Township, Michigan. ORBIS is a subsidiary of Menasha Corporation. Terms of the...
Only 8% of foodstuffs are packaged in metal

Only 8% of foodstuffs are packaged in metal

A pioneering study of 1,500 supermarket products has revealed the excessive use of plastic in food and beverage packaging in Spain. The report is called l  Material Change Index , prepared by Retail Economics for DS Smith, identified that 44%...
Sonoco divestment in China

Sonoco divestment in China

Sonoco discloses pending $419 million divestiture in China amid period of significant change, Packaging Dive reports CEO Howard Coker said the pending purchase of Eviosys and two other potential divestitures would create a company focused primarily on metal and fiber...
Iquique collects 3Tn of packaging waste

Iquique collects 3Tn of packaging waste

Iquique collects three tons of packaging waste in the Chilean town of Iquique, through the “Iquique Circular” initiative, which has been underway since before the summer. This environmental action includes the installation of eight clean points for...
Canned designer drugs in Grenada

Canned designer drugs in Grenada

The Guardia Civil has captured a plot that distributed and manufactured designer drugs, which were then packaged in metal cansThe offer included speed, ketamine, ecstasy, MDMA, amphetamines, methamphetamines, poppers, hallucinogenic mushrooms and LSD. The agents...
5% of Europe’s packaging waste is made of metal

5% of Europe’s packaging waste is made of metal

Of all the waste produced in the European Union, only 5% corresponds to metal packaging, according to the latest data published by Eurostat, which also shows that 82% of metal packaging is recycled in Spain. In 2022, a total of 83.4 million tons of packaging waste was...
KUKA expands its portfolio to include 3D and AI

KUKA expands its portfolio to include 3D and AI

With KUKA Digital, the company is expanding its software and digitization business. The focus is on the comprehensive digitization of a wide variety of machines and production systems, from initial 3D simulation to connectivity and data analysis, including the use of...
Sangria in a can from La Mancha

Sangria in a can from La Mancha

inJoy is a new range of canned wine from the La Mancha winery, Vinos Uvalca. It is a sangria with hints of citrus and berries. The creative agency Meteorito is in charge of the naming, branding and packaging of the wine range, therefore, it is in charge of developing...
Stolle appoints Michael Larson as new CEO

Stolle appoints Michael Larson as new CEO

Stolle Machinery Company has announced that Gus Reall has retired as CEO and has named Michael Larson, Stolle’s director of global operations, as his successor as CEO. Mr. Reall will continue as an executive member of the board of directors. Gus Reall’s...
Kona cans its tuna in Spanish oil

Kona cans its tuna in Spanish oil

Kona Tuna, a fishing and branding company, is thriving by using its own global supply chain to bring more sustainably sourced tuna to Libya, which has the highest per capita consumption of tuna in the world. From skipjack and yellowfin tuna caught using traditional...
Alupro, sponsor of the CLAIRE conference

Alupro, sponsor of the CLAIRE conference

Alupro, the aluminum packaging recycling organization, will be one of the sponsors of this year’s CLAIRE Wales Conference. The event, which will take place at the University of Wales on Wednesday, November 6, will explore the future of recycling and the role of...
Novelis recycled more than 2,300 tons of aluminum

Novelis recycled more than 2,300 tons of aluminum

Novelis achieved a 27 % reduction in absolute carbon emissions in FY2024 against its FY2016 baseline (includes Scopes 1, 2 and 3). The company also achieved an average of 63 % recycled content in its rolled aluminum products in FY2024, recycling more than 2,300 kt of...
Suzhou Hycan injects capital Hycan Packaging

Suzhou Hycan injects capital Hycan Packaging

Hycan Packaging (Xianning) announced that it will receive CNY100,544,600 (Yuan) in an equity financing round on January 27, 2022. The transaction will include the participation of existing investor Suzhou Hycan Holdings According to the transaction, CNY70,000,000 will...
Packaging policy an electoral issue in the U.S.

Packaging policy an electoral issue in the U.S.

Packaging policy does not always appear at the forefront of voters’ interests or even at the top of the agenda in American election campaigns, but, this time around, they have had their place in the presidential debates.Tariffs were a hallmark of the previous...
Hyperion to acquire Damen Carbide Tool Co.

Hyperion to acquire Damen Carbide Tool Co.

Hyperion Materials & Technologies, a leading global materials science company developing advanced hard and super-hard materials, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the operations of Damen Carbide Tool Co, Inc. Damen Carbide is a Wood Dale, Illinois, USA...
Coca-Cola opens new production line in Australia

Coca-Cola opens new production line in Australia

Coca-Cola has made a $43.7 million investment to open a new production line in Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia. Brand sources say this will help supply the growing demand for canned beverages and offer a number of sustainability benefits. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners...
Budwiser UK catches up with the environment

Budwiser UK catches up with the environment

Budweiser Budvar UK Ltd, a Bristol-based beer importer, has contributed more than £400,000 to a national environmental charity after failing to register as a packaging producer. The company should have registered in 2004 under the Packaging Waste Regulations and taken...
Ready-to-drink coffee in aluminum capsules

Ready-to-drink coffee in aluminum capsules

Diamond Brew is a revolutionary innovation in the coffee industry that uses aluminum packaging and has just been officially launched in the U.S. as the country’s first no-brew coffee: a new generation of instant coffee that offers a barista experience without...
Industrial Physics acquires Sensory Analytics

Industrial Physics acquires Sensory Analytics

Industrial Physics, the global provider of materials and packaging testing and measurement has announced the acquisition of Sensory Analytics, the suppliers of industry-leading SpecMetrix. The addition of SpecMetrix to the growing family of this specialized...
Thai Union expands facilities in Ghana

Thai Union expands facilities in Ghana

Thai Union officially opened its new 8,000 metric tonne cold storage facility for the Pioneer Food Cannery (PFC) plant. Located in Tema, near the PFC manufacturing plant, the cold storage facility will ensure year-round temperature-controlled storage of Atlantic tuna...
True recycling

True recycling

Jason Galley, executive director of the Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association (MPMA) says that Europe has missed a real opportunity to have a stronger definition of quality recycling that encourages materials that can withstand multiple recycling cycles without...