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Mill Street Brewery and Toronto Blue Jays release Blue Wave
Ahead of baseball’s triumphant return to Toronto, Mill Street Brewery and the Toronto Blue Jays have released Blue Wave – a unique brewing collaboration between two iconic Toronto brands. Perfected in the north and described as a ‘Rally Cry in a Can’, Blue Wave was brewed with Blue Jays fans in mind as the perfect pairing…
Boosting aluminium can recycling rate by 90% would generate $6.6bn for the US economy
Ball and Resource Recycling Systems (RRS), a sustainable material and resource consulting firm, have released a new nationwide study showing the economic and environmental benefits of improving the aluminium can recycling rate in the United States to 90% – an increase from the current rate of 38%. Infinitely recyclable and economically valuable, aluminium is among…
‘More bang for your buck’: 19.2-ounce cans are a win
The team at Terrapin Beer Co. knew they wanted to make an imperial IPA. As an IPA-forward craft brewery, an imperial IPA would round out its diverse portfolio. But the brewers also knew it would stand out against its roster of IPAs sold in 16-ounce cans, and not in a good way. The solution? The…
New President of Sonoco Metal Packaging announced
Sonoco has appointed Ernest Haynes to the role of President of Sonoco Metal Packaging. In this new role, Haynes will lead Sonoco’s newly acquired Metal Packaging business, reporting directly to Howard Coker, Sonoco President and CEO. Haynes will replace Jim Peterson who will be transitioning from the business after more than 15 years of leadership.…
Anheuser-Busch to invest $50M at its St. Louis brewery
Anheuser-Busch yesterday announced a $50 million investment at its St. Louis brewery. The investment includes a new dedicated seltzer building, the first addition to the campus in over 15 years. The investment is part of the brewer’s announcement made at the beginning of 2021 to invest $1 billion over two years in the company’s facilities…
Forcasting for 2022 challenging for Koenig & Bauer after significant improvements in 2021
Despite challenging underlying conditions such as supply chain constraints and the associated increases in material and energy prices, as well as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Koenig & Bauer Group improved significantly over the previous year in 2021. In addition to the P24x efficiency programme, this performance was largely underpinned by Koenig & Bauer’s unique…
ASI certifies 25 Ball plants in North America
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) have certified Ball against the ASI Performance Standard and Chain of Custody Standard for responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium at the following operations: Management activities for centralised operational functions, global support functions, quality assurance and graphics at the regional headquarters in Westminster (CO), United States. Manufacturing of Beverage Can…
Pret A Manger joins coffee pod recycling scheme podback
UK food-to-go retailer, Pret A Manger has joined coffee pod recycling scheme – the first retailer of its kind to do so. The company becomes the first UK food-to-go retailer to join the scheme, which was created by Nestlé and Jacobs Douwe Egberts UK. The move is aimed to help customers to recycle their aluminium…
Vedanta launches first low carbon aluminium from India
Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added products, has launched Restora, its low carbon, green aluminium brand, under which it unveiled two product lines — Restora (low carbon aluminium) and Restora Ultra (ultra-low carbon aluminium). Vedanta is the first Indian aluminium producer to manufacture products for addressing the fast-growing global demand for low…
Ball plans to exit Russia
Ball Corporation has decided to reduce operations immediately at its three manufacturing plants in Russia while evaluating the option of selling its Russian business. Previously, Ball announced the suspension of future investments in the country. These moves support the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion. Ball has been operating three manufacturing…
