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Flint Group launches chlorine-free heat sealable coatings
Flint Group Packaging Inks has revealed its new range of chlorine-free heat sealable coatings under the NexisCode brand name. Launched in support of its overall sustainability vision of ‘supporting packaging markets with responsibly built products and sustainable solutions designed for circular economies’, the new portfolio is designed for a wide range of film, paper and…
Party Can launches Cosmicpolitan and Gold Rush Old Fashioned
Party Can has just released two new editions right in time for the holidays. Party Can, the world’s first large craft canned cocktail line, is the ultimate entertaining hack when the holiday season starts to get too hectic, offering 12 delicious craft cocktails in every can by renowned mixologist Scott Baird (from Trick Dog bar…
Hydro on track to build new recycling plant in Michigan
Hydro has made the investment decision for the construction of a new state-of-the-art aluminium recycling plant producing 120,000 tonnes of aluminium extrusion ingot per year. Construction is set to start in early Q2 2022, with production commencing in 2023. The plant will have approximately 70 direct employees. “The Cassopolis greenfield development will mark the first…
Fruit canning factory recommissioned in India
The Advisor to Horticulture & Borders Affairs, Mhathung Yanthan, has formally recommissioned the fruit canning factory at Longnak, Mokokchung, India. According to a DIPR report, Mhathung lauded all involved in bringing the Longnak canning factory back to life. He stressed the need to run the factory consistently and urged villagers to take up farming as…
EU fines Conserve Italia €20 million for participating in canned vegetables cartel
The European Commission has fined Conserve Italia Soc. coop. Agricola and its subsidiary Conserves France S.A. (together ‘Conserve Italia’) a total of € 20, 000, 000 for breaching EU antitrust rules. The Commission has found that, for more than 13 years, Conserve Italia participated with other market participants in a cartel for the supply of…
Irish DRS scheme in place from next year
Drink cans and bottles will be returnable for cash from next year as part of a countrywide scheme to reduce litter and increase recycling. Legislation underpinning the ‘deposit return scheme’ was published last week and paves the way for the appointment of operators to run it. Under the scheme, drinks in plastic bottles and aluminium…
Ball unveils new ordering restrictions, increasing minimum orders
A statement from the Brewers Association said that members who have previously been supplied directly via Ball Corporation are being notified that the minimum order, if supply is available, has moved to five truckloads per SKU for printed cans for non-contracted customers. In addition, Ball has said it will no longer warehouse inventory on behalf…
AMP to open beverage plant in Ireland
Ardagh Group is planning to build a beverage cans plant near Belfast at a cost of $200 million (€178 million), bringing manufacturing back to Ireland for the first time since its controversial closure of the Irish Glass Bottle facility in Ringsend in Dublin almost two decades ago. The group’s New York-listed Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) unit, in which Ardagh Group owns a 75 per…
Ball named in 2021 Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America Indices
Ball has been named to the 2021 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) World and North America. This marks the eighth year the company has been recognised by DJSI for its sustainability practices across its aluminium packaging and aerospace businesses. Ball scored 76/100 in the 2021 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment and performed in the 97th percentile…
Aluminum beverage can demand to surpass nearly 70% of global demand
Newly released data by Fact.MR on the beverage cans market reveals that sales were valued at above US$ 45 Bn in 2020. The forecast estimates that beverage cans revenues will expand 1.5x until 2031, reaching US$ 70 Bn. Increasing need for recycled, lightweight and easy to carry beverage cans along with emphasis on sustainability are…
