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Green Sheep Water launches in aluminium bottles
Green Sheep Water is launching in recyclable 16 oz aluminum bottles made by Ball Corporation. “Studies show that Americans use about 1,500 plastic water bottles every second, and only about 30 percent of those bottles are recycled – the rest end up in landfills and oceans,” explained Jess Page, co-founder of Green Sheep Water. “While […]
Fish canning
Richard Piper spoke with Jon Walsh, marketing director at John West, about the fish canning industry and the role packaging plays.
Novelis joins WWF Climate Savers
Novelis has today announced the company has been accepted into World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Climate Savers program, an exclusive initiative of WWF to encourage companies to reduce their operational carbon footprint and act as agents of change within their sphere of influence. The company is the only metals business to be accepted into the program. […]
Artiseal PVC-free water based compound for lug caps
Plasticisers are one of the main causes of migration problems in food containers, particularly in glass containers where caps with PVC sealing compounds are used. Since the coming into force of the plastics directive 10/2011, and as a consequence of the previous modifications, since 30 April 2009 an overall migration limit (OML) of 60 ppm […]
Ball recognised for green efforts
Newsweek, in partnership with Corporate Knights Capital and sustainability experts, has ranked Ball Corporation third among 500 US companies on overall environmental performance. The Newsweek Green Rankings evaluate the 500 largest publicly-traded companies in the US by market capitalisation and score them based on performance on eight key performance indicators. The eight key indicators are: […]
Perrier launches in new Slim Cans
Perrier, a UK-based sparking water brand owned by Nestlé Waters’, is launching in 33cl Slim Cans. The move takes place amid research that shows that Slim Cans are the preferred format amongst consumers. Emma Lewis, assistant brand manager for Perrier, explains: “As the only sparkling water sold in a can, Perrier is in a unique […]
Sun Chemical publishes fifth Corporate Sustainability Report
Sun Chemical has published its fifth Corporate Sustainability Report. The latest report focuses on its data-driven sustainability efforts by reporting the performance measurement for seven key sustainability metrics: energy consumption/conservation at production and non-production sites, the energy carbon footprint at the production sites, process waste reduction, water consumption, materials safety, and employee safety. In the […]
April 2014
Regulars: New products; Filling Focus; Candid Features: Aerosols; Water Recycling; Metpack 2014
CMB Engineering apprentice takes gold at the Skills Show
Dominic Trees, a third-year apprentice at CMB Engineering, won a gold medal in the Mechanical Turning competition at the UK’s Skills Show, the nation’s largest skills and careers event. The show also plays host to the WorldSkills UK national competitions, where apprentices from companies across the country test their talents. In total, over 60 […]
Aluminium Closures – Turn 360°, the all-round sector focus
The pan-European promotional campaign ’Aluminium Closures – Turn 360˚’ has been extended to include new contents. The multilingual internet campaign portal www.aluminium-closures.org provides detailed information on the numerous advantages offered by aluminium closures. By expanding the scope from wine to spirits, water, and oils, the extensive promotional campaign – directed in particular at decision-makers […]
Expanding the categories for metal closures
The aluminium closures campaign Turn 360˚ is being expanded to spirits, water and oils. In the past few years, the number of aluminium closures used for wines, spirits, table waters, and oils throughout Europe has grown rapidly to a total figure of over 16 billion. The campaign will highlight the benefits, such as flavour […]
Alkaline advances
Frank McDonough and Jim Vandenberg of Quaker Chemical Corporation explore the benefits of using advanced alkaline cleaning technology for aluminium beverage cans
Novelis reaches sustainability milestones
Aluminium rolling and recycling specialist Novelis has announced significant progress in its commitment toward reducing its carbon footprint and delivering on key measures of sustainable business performance. Sustainability Through Disruptive Innovation, the company’s third annual sustainability report, details recent milestones including an increase in the recycled content of its products from 33% to 43% in […]
Envirogen Water Technologies Group buys Derwent Water
Water treatment and filtration specialist Envirogen Water Technologies has acquired the assets of Derwent Water Services and Derwent Water Systems. This latest acquisition enhances Envirogen’s presence in the UK industrial water treatment and filtration market. Derwent Water has established itself as a leading manufacturer and supplier of quality water treatment plant, ranging from basic water […]