Next Stop: Aluminum Recycling Station

Next Stop: Aluminum Recycling Station

During World Environment Day week, we remember that we must get on board the recycling train with rigid, semi-rigid, and flexible aluminum packaging. More than 75% of the aluminum produced over a century ago is still in use today, thanks to recycling. At ARPAL, we...
Silgan Announces Closure of its Wisconsin Plant

Silgan Announces Closure of its Wisconsin Plant

Silgan Containers has announced the closure of its production plant located in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. This decision will impact a total of 56 employees, including operational staff and administrative positions, and is scheduled to begin around July 21, with reduced...
Five Finalists Compete in INX Can Design Contest

Five Finalists Compete in INX Can Design Contest

The five finalists of the annual Colored by INX Can Design contest are now known, and the public is currently voting for their favorites through INX’s Facebook and LinkedIn pages. The public vote will count as an additional collective decision. This competition,...
Geoff Courtney, New President of MPMA

Geoff Courtney, New President of MPMA

Geoff Courtney, Sales Director for the UK and Ireland at Envases UK, has been appointed new president of the Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association (MPMA), replacing Aidan Ruddock, who had held the position since April 2019. Courtney, who has been MPMA Vice...
Snow Monkey or the Reinvention of Sake

Snow Monkey or the Reinvention of Sake

Snow Monkey Sake Remix is a new line of ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages made from American sake. With only 100 calories per can and 4.5% alcohol, it offers a light, refreshing alternative without artificial ingredients or excessively sweet flavors, in contrast to many...
Photograph of the Bohemian Museum

Photograph of the Bohemian Museum

Czech hikers discover 19th-century gold treasure buried in an old aluminum can What seemed like a simple hike in the Podkrkonoší mountains, in the northwest of the Czech Republic, ended in a historical discovery: an aluminum can and an iron box concealed nearly 600...