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International Marine Products signs $78m deal for fish canning project
International Marine Products Company, an affiliate of Fisheries Development Oman (FDO), is planning to set up a seafood canning project in Duqm with an estimated investment of around RO30mn ($78m USD). The company will set up a large complex for the canning of tuna, sardines and other marine products over an area of 85,000sqm in…
LIDL launches deposit return scheme for cans
Lidl Ireland has announced the roll out of its reverse vending machines to facilitate the nation’s first Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). The machines will enable customers to deposit used plastic beverage bottles and aluminium cans in return for money-back vouchers redeemable in-store, the retailer explained. A first in the Irish retail industry, Lidl’s reverse vending machines will aim to…
Alcoa’s Canadian smelters awarded ASI certifications
Alcoa Corporation’s Deschambault and Aluminerie de Bécancour (ABI) smelters in Canada have earned Performance Standard certifications from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), the industry’s most comprehensive system for third-party validation of sustainable manufacturing processes. All three of the smelters that Alcoa operates in Canada are now ASI-certified, as the Baie Comeau smelter was certified in…
Bolton Group acquires US seafood canner
Bolton Group International has acquired Wild Planet Foods, with the aim of further strengthening its position in the global canned tuna market. Milan, Italy-based Bolton Group and McKinleyville, California, U.S.A.-based Wild Planet will “work together on a path toward a best-in-class sustainable supply chain – a path that both companies have long-embraced,” Bolton said in a press…
Trivium, Tubex and CCL amongst the winners at the World Aluminium Aerosol Can Awards
AEROBAL has held its annual competition for the world’s best and most innovative aluminium aerosol cans. AEROBAL Secretary General Gregor Spengler has said he was pleased to find that the innovative strength of the industry had not diminished at all, despite the particularly challenging situation market businesses have found themselves in. Nine renowned journalists from…
Waterloo Brewing faces cost pressures from global can shortage
Waterloo Brewing has warned that a shortage of aluminium cans continues to put pressure on the Canadian regional brewery’s cost of materials, though its gross margin improved in the latest quarter, in part thanks to a new canning line. Waterloo Brewing said it expects to continue to show margin improvements during the balance of the…
UK Coca-Cola bottler struggles with aluminium can shortage
The bottling business for Coca-Cola in the UK and Europe has become the latest company to face supply chain issues as it reported a shortage of aluminium cans. Coca-Cola Europacific (CCEP) told the PA news agency that it had faced “a number of logistics challenges” recently that also included a squeeze on lorry driver numbers.…
CANPACK collaborates on alcohol free sports beer
Pivovarna Union has collaborated with CANPACK to package its latest 0.0% innovation – a beer-based sports drink called Union Radler 0.0% Isotonic. The drink created in partnership with the Football Association of Slovenia is made from non-alcoholic beer and lemon-flavour juice, as well as added vitamins and minerals for regeneration after sport. The can is…
Canned salmon brands see 1.2X increase in demand
The global canned salmon market is projected to reach US$ 4.5 Bn in 2021. Increasing demand for high protein foods is steering growth in the market. Expanding at a healthy 6.8% CAGR, the market is anticipated to total US$ 8.6 Bn in 2031. Growing awareness regarding a healthy lifestyle and the importance of a balanced diet is propelling sales of…
Alldae Cascara launches trio of canned sparkling coffee fruit drinks
Licensed Q Grader Ryan McDonnell has worked his way outward from seed to fruit with the launch of Alldae Cascara, a line of sparkling beverages incorporating the dried coffee husk. Alldae Cascara partners with coffee producer Jamison Savage for the fruit separated from Gesha coffee cherries on his Panamanian farm, Finca Deborah. The cascara comes from coffee…
