News in Brief
Kraft Heinz to invest $199 million in UK manufacturing facility
Kraft Heinz Co has said that it plans to invest 140 million pounds ($198.83 million) in its food manufacturing facility in northwest England over the next four years, subject to U.S. approval. The investment would be the company’s biggest expansion of an existing manufacturing site outside the United States in more than 20 years. The plans…
Koenig & Bauer increases prices
Citing reduced availability of a raft of raw materials including “copper, plastics, additives, sheet metal and wood”, alongside higher shipping and logistics costs, Koenig & Bauer have announced “moderate price adjustments” across it’s entire portfolio. “The moderate price increase enables further innovations and is thus an investment in the future for the industry,” the manufacturer…
Metal remains the recycling champ
A recent report from the Aluminum Association and the Can Manufacturers Institute has used the latest industry data to reinforce the strengths of aluminium beverage cans. “With metal packaging as our primary product, sustainability is ingrained in our business and will remain a core value for our Company moving forward. Through our Twentyby30 program, we…
Beiersdorf and Nussbaum to produce aerosol cans with 100 percent recycled aluminium
Beiersdorf and the Swiss packaging specialist Nussbaum are producing aerosol cans made entirely from recycled aluminium. After a year of development, the partner companies are producing the innovative aerosol packaging entirely out of used beverage cans – and are beginning a new chapter in the area of the circular economy. The first Beiersdorf products in…
Emballator launches sustainable and optimised metal packaging
Emballator Metal Group have launched a new lighter and more optimised packaging solution. The new optimised design has several features for the environment. New UN Optimized results in decreased carbon footprint, more pallets per truck, and 25 percent less wrapping. “This product will have a great impact on the environment. Our focus has been to create…
CANPACK sees important growth in first quarter
CANPACK has announced its full year combined results for the year ended December 31, 2020 and its trading update for Q1 2021. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, beverage can bodies volumes grew 14% year-over-year, driven by significant growth in South America and Europe. During the year, consumers switched to beverage cans as…
The Can Makers welcome new member
The Can Makers, the trade body representing drinks can manufacturers in the UK has welcomed a new member, XSYS part of the Flint Group. It follows a period of sustained growth in the beverage can sector during which demand has increased to record levels. Simon Gresty, Can Makers chairman, said, “Following the exceptional challenges which…
Post-consumer aluminium scrap tops 20m tonnes for first time
The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) has released new data revealing a record 20 million tonnes of post-consumer scrap intake in 2019. This avoids 300 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions as the recycled metal reduces demand for primary aluminium. This new high, published in the latest IAI Material Flow Model update, represents nearly 60% of…
Thyssenkrupp app gets a makeover
Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH, Germany’s only manufacturer of tinplate, has given its Packing Steel app a makeover. The app has a new user-friendly, state-of-the-art interface which addresses changes in user behaviour that have taken place in recent years. “Users habits have changed since the launch of the Packaging Steel App four years ago,” said Carmen Tschage,…
40% reduction in aluminium can production carbon footprint
A new comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) by sustainability consultancy Sphera has shown that the carbon footprint of aluminium cans made in North America has dropped by nearly half over the past three decades. The Life Cycle Assessment of North American Aluminum Cans found that greenhouse gas emissions for aluminium beverage can production has dropped more than…
