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AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings urges industry to shape change together and convert to bisphenol-free world
Minimising the risk of ‘regrettable substitutions’ in converting too quickly to a bisphenol-free world, and ensuring an aligned, right-first-time position that protects both consumers and manufacturers alike, are the largest challenges the can packaging industry has ever faced. With a limited quantity of experts based on steady state industry to support can-makers transition to a…
Pacific Foods expands canned food offering
Just in time for fall, Pacific Foods is giving soup lovers 14 more organic reasons to enjoy soup season with the introduction of canned ready-to-eat hearty soups and plant-based chilis in infinitely recyclable non-BPA lined packaging. The shift to hearty, ready-to-serve soup in steel cans comes at a time when one-third of millennial consumers consistently…
International Aluminium Associations highlight need for secure supply chains
The Aluminum Association joined partner associations in Europe, Canada and Japan on a joint letter and briefing paper, International Cooperation on Supply Chains for Critical Materials: Aluminium, highlighting the need for robust public-private action to ensure resilient and secure aluminium supply chains. The paper was shared with global trade ministers ahead of the G7 trade ministers…
Rio Tinto and Volvo Group partner to source low carbon products and solutions
Rio Tinto and Volvo Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a strategic partnership where Rio will supply responsibly sourced low-carbon products and solutions to Volvo Group and the companies will work towards decarbonising Rio Tinto’s operations through piloting Volvo Group’s sustainable autonomous hauling solutions. The multi-materials partnership will allow Rio Tinto,…
Austria adds €0.25 deposit to price of cans and plastic bottles
Austria has announced a 25-cent deposit will be levied on plastic bottles and aluminium cans, according to the Climate Protection Ministry. From 2025, consumers will be able to return the items to any seller of these products and get €0.25 back on the price they paid. “Austria is getting a deposit system. This way, we protect…
SolSummit, a new sustainable canned wine launched
SolSummit is a woman-owned and Ann Arbor-based business partnering with a fourth-generation family vineyard in Clarksburg, CA. The product is a first of its kind in the regional market. SolSummit offers to consumers a certified sustainable and certified green canned wine option that is premium and portable. SolSummit is developed from grape to glass with…
AMP and Crown Holdings sponsor first global Aluminium Can Sustainability Summit
The Global Aluminium Can Sustainability Summit, September 13-14, in Rome, Italy, brings together more than 100 leaders from organisations globally across the aluminium beverage can value chain to operationalise the decarbonization of aluminium produced for can sheet and generate transparent information on recycling and circularity including how to measure recycled content in beverage cans. The can…
ZOA announces limited-edition ‘Black Adam’ cans, featuring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
ZOA is getting the superhero treatment. The fast-growing energy drink co-founded by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is swapping its traditional look for a superhero makeover as part of a first-of-its-kind collaboration with DC on the highly anticipated upcoming feature film, “Black Adam.” ZOA’s limited-edition “Black Adam” cans are available now in five sugar-free flavours, featuring…
WestRock adds CanCollar X to its sustainable packaging solutions
WestRock Company, a leading provider of sustainable paper and packaging solutions has announced an expansion of its CanCollar family of multipack solutions with the introduction of CanCollar X, a fibre-based solution for sustainable large format canned beverage packaging enabling as much as fifty percent material reduction compared to fully-enclosed traditional packaging. As the newest addition…
Novelis develops laminated aluminium can ends
Novelis Inc., a leading sustainable aluminium solutions provider and the world’s largest aluminium recycler and manufacturer of beverage can sheet, has released the company’s new laminated aluminium surfaces for beverage can ends that will be showcased September 27 to 29 at ALUMINIUM 2022 in Düsseldorf. This innovative application improves beverage container appearance, increases production process efficiencies…
