Soft drink giant Coca Cola and Jack Daniel’s whiskey maker Brown-Forman Corporation have teamed up to sell an alcoholic cocktail in a can with 5% alcohol. The new beverage, which will have a sugar-free version, will begin to be marketed in Mexico at the end of...
Coloured by INX has already announced the name of this year’s winner, TropiCoastal Tropical IPA. The winning 2022 design by Jameson Campbell, creative supervisor and submitted by Great Lakes Brewing Co. The marketing team at Great Lakes Brewing Company in...
The Tequila Zarpado brand has just released its two new ready-to-drink canned tequila cocktails: Zarpado Margarita and Zarpado Tequila Soda with Lime. The new small-batch cocktails are made with simple, all-natural ingredients and are an easy choice for summer...
The multinational PepsiCo has just launched Mountain Dew in Spain, a refreshing citrus-flavored beverage with an original color. It is a soft drink that has a strong link and a long history with action sports, urban culture and youth. Precisely as a promotional...
OKL’s engineering department has a new addition to its ranks. He is Jeff Harper, who will serve as sales manager of your organization for the Americas, North America, Central America and South America. Among his new duties, the new manager will face new...
At Firenze Rocks Corepla, Cial and Ricrea promote circular economy and environmental friendliness Everything is ready for Firenze Rocks: from June 16 to 19 Florence will be the Italian capital of the best of world rock and will make you feel how even recycling sounds...
Following the growing demand for aluminum cans globally, Ball Corporation has announced that it will expand its operations in South America. Specifically, it will enter Peru with a new production plant located in the city of Chilca. The operation will have a...
Aluminium Duffel is a leading European manufacturer of aluminum rolled products for various industries worldwide, including architecture and design and ABS. The company’s ambition is to be a leading sustainable rolling mill offering low carbon aluminum products...
Famed investor and speaker Robert Kiyosaki, author of the bestseller ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ warns on the subject of personal finance that global consumption is changing. Consider that it is better to devote your money to cans of tuna since you can’t...
The company Trivium Packaging has just published its latest sustainability report which revalidated that 86% of consumers among the younger generation under the age of 45 showed a willingness to pay more for sustainable packaging. It also adds that 57% of consumers...
Ambev has just announced that singer Lina Pereira, better known as Linn da Quebrada, is the beverage maker’s new Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Consultant. The singer will also be one of the ambassadors of LAGER, an affinity group that discusses and...
Lagunitas Brewing Company has just announced its first national expansion of product and distribution, with new packaging and arrival in three new regions of Brazil. Another novelty is that, in addition to its traditional 355 ml long neck, the beer will now also be...
The Calvo Group’s easy tip-up bottle has been chosen as the most innovative product of 2021 according to a study that gathers the most outstanding and successful developments in the FMCG sector in Spain. The report, which analyzes more than 1,000 new...
Final prices for steel coil products across Europe have been stable or slightly weaker over the past seven days, although buying interest remained weak, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday, June 15. Continued weak demand from end-user sectors, particularly...
Pau Decò is the project to which the Galician artisan Paula Castellano has given her name and with which she has managed to transform her passion for handmade products into her true way of life and her main profession. Inside her artisan workshop in Lugo, the artist...
Alcoa Corporation has announced that it is supplying EcoLum ™ low-carbon aluminum to Hellenic Cables SA, one of Europe’s largest cable producers with key markets in renewable energy transmission and distribution. Hellenic Cables, the cable segment of...
The multinational Alcoa Corporation has just announced that it will invest $51 million to increase production capacity at its Mosjøen smelter in Norway by 14,000 metric tons per year (mtpy). Alcoa’s Mosjøen plant currently has a capacity of close to 200,000 tpa,...
Summer is about to begin and the sunny days are already leaving numerous effects. In addition to a significant increase in temperatures and a rise in energy expenditure, there is also an increase in the shopping basket of Spaniards who, as temperatures rise, are...
Gamers have a new beverage to consume. Eneryeti Tryhard, the new drink that has just been launched on the market, has an intense green apple flavor, without sugar and with vitamins, which will help consumers to give 100% in their activities. Tryhard is a sugar-free...
Have you ever wondered why soda cans have a cylindrical shape and not a square one? There are some compelling reasons for this, and it is not the result of the manufacturer’s whim. In reality, it responds to physical, economic, logistical or marketing reasons as...
Housing with tin walls. This was the dream of American architect Mike Reynolds, who designed countless projects for the needy. His particular heterodoxy in understanding his profession is known worldwide. This veteran architect was responsible for the earthship...
United States Steel Corporation has announced the appointment of Jessica T. Graziano as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Graziano will take over the position directly from David B. Burritt, president and chief executive officer. Graziano will be...
Any action is always welcome to combat the heat and high summer temperatures. The town of Montefrio has just announced an unusual initiative: it will give away a 25-kilo can of paint to each family in the municipality to clean their house from the haze of last March....
Pewter is an alloy of tin with small amounts of zinc, lead, and antimony, soft and white in color, quite similar to silver, not very reactive and melts at 320 ºC, so its use for ornaments is very common. Among its many advantages, it is durable and malleable, and over...
It is estimated that the average time a shopper spends in a supermarket looking at a product on the shelf is on average between one twenty-fifth and one fiftieth of a second, this time corresponds to a spontaneous visual shock that stamps an impression on the retina...
The Board of Directors of the Russian multinational RUSAL, a world leader in aluminum production, has just approved a strategy for the management of production waste until 2030. In particular, it is based on the ‘Zero Waste to Landfill’ approach, an...
Ecoembes, the non-profit environmental organization that coordinates the recycling of household packaging in Spain, has announced that it is strengthening its governance model with the incorporation of an Advisory Council to monitor and make proposals for its...
The premium coffee brand L’OR has just announced the launch of another novelty for Brazilian consumers. This is the Sabores line, which is marketed in aluminum capsules, with vanilla and caramel flavors. Susana Hernández, Marketing Director of Jacobs Douwe...
Launch of BHM antiviral nasal spray in Singapore BHM Antiviral Nasal Spray is an easy-to-use nasal spray device with a patented formula, Norizite, designed to help prevent infections from inhaling airborne viruses into the nasal passages. It has been carefully...
Alcoa Corporation (AA: NYSE) announced today that it is supplying EcoLum ™ low-carbon aluminum to Hellenic Cables SA, one of Europe’s largest cable producers with key markets in renewable energy transmission and distribution . Hellenic Cables, the...
Rationalize energy use in order to provide much more energy and environmentally efficient production. In this way the energy saving projects achieve a more efficient production at Emballator in Ulricehamn, achieving a 10% improvement in energy efficiency in two years....
Mundolatas, the web portal specialized in the metal packaging industry, remains for the second consecutive month as the most visited specialized media in its category worldwide. According to the latest data obtained for the month of May, the number of visits to the...
Multinational Ball Corporation has received notice of an unsolicited mini-tender offer from TRC Capital Corporation (TRC) to purchase up to 2,000,000 shares of Ball common stock, representing approximately 63% of the company’s outstanding shares. TRC’s...
Our commitment to strengthening the circular economy is illustrated by several targets in our Twenty by 30 sustainability program, including increasing metal recycling rates in all of our major markets. Ambitious targets have been set, ranging from a recycling rate of...
A powerful mosquito repellent coating to combat dengue fever. This is the latest proposal from the multinational AkzoNobel, which has just launched a new coating that will help the Brazilian population to have a new ally in its fight against the invasive carrier of...
The French spend less on personal care. Over the past year, it did not reach its 2019 level: personal care accounted for the largest segment of activity, with 23 percent of the total. Specifically, the Comité Français des Aérosols (CFA) has announced a 5.9% decrease...
Carlsberg Germany brand, 2022 signals that it is a year of non-alcoholic beers. As a result, it reveals that the German business has innovated its entire beer portfolio with multiple new 0.0s. Alcohol-free has shown steady growth in recent years in Germany. Building...
Since 2021, Backus and its allies such as Ciudad Saludable, Cencosud, Placor, Nestlé, Emsal, Hombro a Hombro and LATAM have collected a total of 700 kilograms of cans. An initiative that has enabled the production of more than 300 industrial aluminum pots, which have...
Sustainability is at the core of the Brazilian aluminum industry, as a driver for decision making and for the implementation of actions and projects. The Brazilian Aluminum Association (ABAL), which represents companies in the entire value chain, from mining to...
A new report for the European aluminum industry by independent commodity analyst CRU highlights the negative impacts of one of the Carbon Border Adjustment Measures (CBAM). According to the study, European aluminum smelters will become uncompetitive if the CBAM covers...
The UK’s largest steelmaker, Tata Steel, has announced that it will invest tens of millions in a new plant in Corby, Northamptonshire. The site, which produces vital products for everything from sports stadiums and iconic skyscrapers, such as the Shard in...
Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of raw materials, from wheat and grain to oil, natural gas and coal, gold and other precious metals. What has been demonstrated is that they play a strategic role in world markets. The current armed conflict between the two...
Until the invention of the first can opener, the first cans were very heavy and thick-walled, which meant a great effort to open them. Until the invention of the first can opener, cans had to be opened with a hammer, a blow or a sharp object. The first can openers...
Nearly 6 billion cans are produced in France each year. France has some of the most modern production lines in Europe, since 80% of the cans sold are manufactured in the country, while 30% of the metal cans are destined for international markets. The French can...
The multinational AkzoNobel has opened a new global research and development center. The new facility is budgeted at £10 million (11,838,000 euros) and is located in Slough in the United Kingdom, adding to a growing list of similar facilities in countries around the...
Buenos Aires already has the most modern recycling plant in the country. The new facility recovers ten tons per hour of dry materials such as cans, paper, cardboard, glass and plastic from separate waste collection. The new plant, installed within the Villa Soldati...
The multinational Ball Corporation has already started the construction of what will be the largest aluminum can manufacturing plant in the United Kingdom. With this new commitment, the American company has decided to invest heavily in this new state-of-the-art...
The Cuban economy is still unable to take off. The decades-long blockade, the economic consequences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the high prices the island has to face when acquiring raw materials and their transportation due to the significant increase in the...
The first canned food with reduced CO2 intensity is now a reality. German tinplate manufacturer Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein has launched the world’s first food can made of bluemint® reduced CO 2 steel together with Swiss companies Hoffmann Neopac and Ricola in...
The Coster Group has announced the start-up of its new production plant to be located in Neemrana, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The 60,000-square-foot facility will be used for the assembly of perfume pumps, aerosol pumps and aerosol valves. The Italian company...
The Aluminum Association has released preliminary estimates in its latest monthly report revealing that the aluminum situation is experiencing healthy growth amid the U.S. economic recovery. Specifically, it points out that the estimated growth in demand for the...
AMB Sports and Entertainment (AMBSE) and official recycling partner Novelis have joined forces to build their third home with Habitat for Humanity in Atlanta’s historic Westside community. Funds for construction have been accumulated through the Recycle for Good...
30 million is the investment that CCEP France will inject for the start-up of its new canning line and a syrup plant in Dunkerque. The new line will generate at least 10 additional jobs, in addition to the 400 jobs already existing at the French plant. This new...
Demand for aluminum aerosol cans declined slightly last year. The International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (AEROBAL) confirms that worldwide sales of its members were down 1.2% in 2021, falling to approximately 5.6 billion units. AEROBAL...
Prefabricated mixtures of alcoholic beverages in cans are popularly known as ‘ready to drink’. RTD beverages are pre-mixed beverages that are ready to drink immediately and generally have a lower alcohol content compared to traditional spirits and...
Did you know that only 1% of the Earth’s surface water is suitable for human use? As the world’s population continues to grow, the amount of available freshwater remains the same. According to the latest United Nations population report, the world’s...
From 680,000 to 750,000 tons per year. This is the significant leap in aluminum sheet rolling capacity that the multinational Novelis will implement at its Brazilian plant in Pindamonhangaba, until mid-2024. This new investment package will considerably boost the...
Sustainability is a maxim today in construction and soda cans can be 100% recyclable construction parts. It’s not all bricks and mortar. There are a multitude of objects that can be given a second life, and more and more architects are betting on using this type...
La Rioja will be the headquarters of the National Center for Packaging Technology, which will be located in Calahorra. The program Activa Retos de la Industria del Envase y el Embalaje de La Rioja, will allow the packaging industry of La Rioja to solve its...
Satish Pai has been appointed as the new president of the International Aluminum Institute (IAI). The only body representing the global primary aluminum industry also notes that Pai is the CEO of Hindalco Industries, one of the world’s largest integrated...
The American multinational Molson Coors has begun construction of a new packaging warehouse in Fort Worth. To build the new state-of-the-art facility, the company will invest nearly $65 million as part of the brand’s ambitious long-term plan to increase domestic...
Recycling is a reward for IVECO employees. The multinational has announced that it will reward its workers who recycle their beverage cans. All this thanks to the company’s commitment to RECICLOS, the Return and Reward System (RDS) developed by Ecoembes, with...
The United Nations warns that if we do not practice responsible consumption, by 2050 there will be more plastics than fish in our oceans. To partially reverse this serious environmental problem, hundreds of companies are working to find a solution, as is the case with...
Mamba Water is born, the new brand of 100% water bottled in aluminum cans with a Brazilian seal and the particularity that it uses solar energy. The architect of the new launch is Better Drinks, a newly created holding company focused on discussing innovation and...
The Russian giant, RUSAL, one of the world’s leading aluminum producers, has just published its annual Sustainability Report. Under the title ‘Human Focus’, the recent report refers to the current economic conditions in the post-pandemic period. The...
The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) has warned of the presence of histamine, a toxic substance, in one-kilo cans of Montey and Didilo brand canned tuna. AESAN has become aware of this food contamination through the Coordinated System for the Rapid...
Summer is just around the corner and Coors Light is Molson Coors’ bet for the high summer temperatures. To increase sales, the brand’s core cans are adorned with ‘Chill’ and are designed to appear to be encrusted with ice. There are six...
More and more people are choosing to incorporate a pet into their homes. The number of pets in the Old Continent has increased in the last decade by almost 20 million, reaching the not inconsiderable figure of 90 million companion animals. This significant growth also...
A large group of Fanti USA representatives, as well as local, county and state officials gathered in Weirton have attended the groundbreaking event in order to officially welcome the company to the Ohio Valley. Fanti USA will thus be the first facility in the United...
Dover Corporation has announced new changes to its senior management. This is the appointment of David Mammolenti as President of Belvac. This company is the world leader in the design and production of continuous motion rotating machinery. Mammolenti, who has held...
Torus Technology Group has announced its expansion into South America. Specifically, the company will begin its foray into the South American continent with the opening of an office and spare parts warehouse in Vila Madalena, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The new office will...
Easy-open ends (EOEs) were first introduced in Europe in the 1990s and are now used on more than two-thirds of food cans sold in Europe. Trivium was one of the first to introduce pre-cut notches in the EOE. Now, the new steel grade has reduced the tear strength of...
HydrOxy Walsum, STEAG’s hydrogen project in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany), is taking shape. Thyssenkrupp Steel and STEAG have agreed on the supply of green hydrogen, a prerequisite for climate-neutral steel production. This operation is an important...
Good packaging connects with the consumer in less than 8 seconds. This is the time it takes for the potential consumer to decide whether or not a product will end up in the shopping cart. Aware of this, brands use different seduction weapons in their packaging. One of...
Multinational Sonoco, one of the world’s largest sustainable packaging companies, has just named Ernesto Haynes president of Metal Packaging, a leading manufacturer of sustainable metal packaging for food and household products and the largest producer of...
JSE-listed South African packaging multinational Nampak has announced solid results with strong demand for most of its products. These good figures are due in part to strong beverage can volume growth in its key markets and higher prices that contributed to revenue...
PPG has just announced the appointment of Jenica Eisenbach as the company’s new manager of Global Packaging Technical Services. Specifically, Eisenbach will lead PPG’s global Packaging Coatings technical service team. Eisenbach has more than 17 years of...
The multinational Holding GmbH, based in Rangendingen, Germany, has acquired the Hungarian packaging manufacturer Matrametal Kft, which specializes in the production of aluminum aerosol cans and aluminum tubes. TUBEX has been the packaging specialist for aluminum...
Industry leader in responsible aluminum production, Rio Tinto has commissioned a new remelting furnace at its Laterrière plant, which will add 22,000 metric tons of recycling capacity to its aluminum operations in the Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec....
Multinational AkzoNobel and Microsoft have teamed up to explore how quantum computing could help accelerate the development of high-performance, more sustainable paints and coatings. Specifically, quantum chemical computing is capable of simulating chemical reactions...
Multinational Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) has submitted a full planning application to build a new state-of-the-art beverage can plant with an initial investment worth $200 million (£150 million) in Northern Ireland. Specifically, AMP plans to build the new plant at...
The world leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands in spirits and beer, Diageo, has announced that it will invest £40.5 million in its beer packaging facilities. This investment will expand capacity at the beer packaging facilities in...
Multinational Crown Bevcan has been recognized by the Turkish government for its commitment to sustainability at its beverage can facility in the country. This recognition is supported by a Zero Waste Certificate initiative granted by the Turkish government for the...
Gran Coffee, a company that offers coffee solutions outside Brazil, has just announced the new professional line Astro Café PRO in aluminum capsules and compatible with Nespresso machines. The new capsules are manufactured in Switzerland, with Rainforest Alliance...
Consumer Convenience Technologies (CCT) has announced an aluminum-handled version of its EEASY lid, which allows consumers to vent a bottle by pressing a button on the lid for easy opening. According to CCT, its patented EEASY Lid reduces the amount of torque required...
Aarón Gómez stars in the finale of the miniseries ‘Regreso al Carnava’. The Canarian beer brand launches ‘Back to Carnival’. Thanks to the hand of the Canarian artist Aarón Gómez, a new audiovisual piece is launched that puts the finishing...
André Baron has just been appointed president of Henkel Latinoameica, the multinational adhesives, sealants and functional coatings company. The new manager replaces Hannes Schollenberger, who recently completed his work in Latin America for the German-based company....
The Federation of Metal Entrepreneurs of Zaragoza, FEMZ, has launched an employment exchange in the sector to try to alleviate one of the problems faced by companies such as the lack of human capital to carry out the required generational replacement in an aging...
Ball Corporation and Novelis have joined the World Economic Forum’s coalition of pioneers to foster value chain collaboration to drive decarbonization in the aluminum sector. From the aluminum branch of the World Economic Forum’s First Movers Coalition...
ASI has a new member in its ranks. Guangyuan Linfeng Aluminium & Electricity Co., LTD has just joined as a new member of Production and Transformation. China Guangyuan Linfeng Aluminium & Electricity Co., LTD. established in December 2018, is located in...
Multinational AkzoNobel will further strengthen its presence on the African continent after reaching an agreement with Kansai Paint to acquire its paints and coatings activities on the continent, which will continue for the next year. AkzoNobel CEO Thierry Vanlancker...
UGT and Ecoembes have renewed their collaboration agreement in order to continue working together to promote the circular economy and packaging recycling among workers’ representatives. The renewal was made affective in a ceremony held at the headquarters of UGT...
The UK Trade Remedies Authority has announced its intention to impose provisional anti-dumping duties on aluminum extrusions originating in China. The TRA opened an anti-dumping investigation in June 2021. The investigation covered aluminum bars, rods, profiles, tubes...
Segovia will participate in the International Recycling Tour with a giant mural of recycled cans on the occasion of World Environment Day, June 5. This campaign is part of the European program ‘Every Can Counts’, ‘Cada Lata Cuenta’ in Spain,...
There are no cans for canning in Cuba. The Cuban company ‘Los Portales’ is unable to produce soft drinks due to the lack of cans. The production of domestic soft drinks in Cuba has suffered a 90% drop in the last three years due to a lack of cans. The...
The Dos Tercos beer brand has just launched, together with The Juju, the ‘Cervezas Inolvidables’ (Unforgettable Beers) campaign. With this original proposal, the brand seeks to immortalize the proposals of the main candidates for the presidential elections...
The multinational Alcoa Corporation has ratified the signing of a renewable energy contract to support the planned 2024 restart of aluminum smelting at the company’s San Ciprián smelter in Spain. The long-term power purchase agreement is with Greenalia, an...
B Water & Beverages is partnering with Brita to design sustainable packaging for its first retail bottled water product that includes a durable, eye-catching, refillable and recyclable aluminum bottle. Brita Premium retail purified water is packaged in an aluminum...
Russian multinational RUSAL, the world’s leading aluminum producer, has just announced the launch of the educational program for Guinean medical students ‘RUSAL Scholarship 2022’. Specifically, the aforementioned program will help 50 young Guineans...
For many Germans, Rothaus’ ‘Tannenzäpfle’ is Germany’s strongest beer brand and is not only popular with farmers in the Black Forest, but also with the city’s hipsters. One of its hallmarks is its iconic logo, which has remained virtually...
