Japan-based Mitsui has announced an agreement to acquire 15% stake in Turkey’s integrated packaging manufacturer Sarten Ambalaj Sanayi ve Ticaret. In a statement, Mitsui said that it will acquire the stake after accepting a ...
Rexam, a global beverage can manufacturer, has secured land in Sri City, located near the southern Indian city of Chennai to develop a new beverage can plant. Scheduled to be launched by the second half of 2016, the plant in Sri City is ...
Tags: Beverage Can, Packaging
British beverage can maker Rexam, along with Envases Universales de Mexico (EUM), has acquired Envases Del Istmo (Endelis), a single line beverage can plant in Colón, Panama. The acquisition complements Rexam's existing Central ...
Tags: soft drinks, beer, energy drinks, Agriculture
Irwin & Sheehan has ceased to manufacture steel cans. This is the story. The business has been making steel cans in Waterloo since the '30s. Much has changed in eighty years. Waterloo is now an inner urban suburb. And residents are much ...
Tags: Irwin&Sheehan, Packaging, Printing
Pouches are giving world dominance a good and ardent go but cans remain the food and drink package of choice. Three of every four people prefer steel cans, based on features such as recyclability, taste quality, shelf life, safety and ...
Oskar Blues Brewery has partnered with packaging giant Ball to introduce its craft beer in a new 32oz can – Crowler. Crowler is a recyclable 32oz can that is made from aluminum with 68% recycled content at the bar in the Tasty ...
Tags: Crowler Cans, Beer, Oskar Blues
About two-thirds of consumers prefer steel cans for sustainable food packaging, according to a research study conducted by MindClick Global for Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI). The choice was made as consumers considered ...
Tags: Steel Cans, Food Packaging
ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe (FCE) is all set to supply about 140,000t of drawn and wall iron (DWI) steels to beverage can producers across the globe in 2013. The company will produce the steel at its FCE Packaging Europe sites ...
Tags: Beverage Can, Packaging
Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the opening of its new product contamination evaluation facility in Sugar Land, Texas, US, in a bid to enable food and pharmaceutical manufacturers address safety and quality issues. The Product ...
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An independent research study commissioned by the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), revealed 65 percent of decision makers at Fortune 500 consumer product companies ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, steel, consumer packaged goods
A total of 245 will lose their jobs by the end of the year, the firm said. The Elgin, Illinois plant which is 481,000 square feet, opened in 1967 and produces aerosol and specialty steel cans as well as flat steel sheet used by other food ...
Tags: aerosol, specialty steel cans, household products packaging facilities
Allied Development Corp. has published Barrier Materials for Rigid Packaging 2013 to 2017, a global industry report which provides in-depth analyses of the barrier materials that are used for the production of rigid barrier packages. The ...
Tags: Allied Development, Rigid Packaging, 2012
Switzerland-based packaging firm Ball is set to cease production at its food and aerosol packaging manufacturing facility in Elgin, Illinois, US in December 2013. The Elgin plant produces aerosol and specialty steel cans, flat steel sheet ...
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Packaging supplier Ball has announced its decision to cease production at the company's Elgin, Illinois food and aerosol packaging manufacturing plant in the US in December 2013. According to the US-based company, its other facilities ...
The recycling rate for steel has reached an all-time high of 92%, according to a recent announcement from the Steel Recycling Institute, an industry association that promotes the recycling of all steel products. In 2011, more than 85 ...
Tags: recycling rate, steel, Steel Recycling Institute, steel products