Ahead of the festive period, Pepsi has added a new Gingerbread flavor to its Zero Sugar cola lineup in the UK. The limited-edition drink was announced this week by Carlsberg Britvic—PepsiCo’s UK manufacturing partner—and is now available exclusively in Tesco stores across the count...
Heineken Brazil announced its Brazilian canned water brand, Mamba Water, will be served at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém. Partnering with Brazil’s federal government, the company will donate 1.5 million cans of Mamba Water to participants in COP30’s Blue Zone&m...
Sonoco’s third quarter of 2025 delivered record top-line and bottom-line results, largely driven by its December 2024 acquisition of Eviosys. The company reported $2.13 billion in net sales—up 57.3% year-over-year (YoY)—with consumer packaging sales leading the...
Shifts are underway in the global beverage industry: Coca-Cola HBC AG will acquire a 75% stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) for $2.6 billion (approximately 45 billion South African rand). Once the deal closes, it will become the world’s second-largest Coca-Cola bottling partner...
The Aluminium Federation (ALFED) has confirmed that aluminium will be classified under both the critical and growth categories in the UK government’s upcoming Critical Minerals Strategy, which is scheduled for release in October.
This recognition positions aluminium as a core element of...
Speira has poured €40 million into expanding can recycling capacity at its Rheinwerk site, with the goal of achieving annual CO₂ savings of up to 1.5 million metric tons (mt).
As part of this #investment, a new melting furnace—specifically designed for processing scrap—has b...
Sun Chemical and X-Rite Incorporated have unveiled new metal packaging color libraries as part of the PantoneLIVE digital color ecosystem. These libraries are specifically designed for the drinks industry, with a focus on enabling precise visualization and communication of both Pantone colors and br...
Red Bull, Ball Corporation, and Rauch Fruchtsäfte have officially broken ground on a new facility in Concord, North Carolina, spanning 2.3 million square feet. This site will serve as an integrated hub for production, manufacturing, and distribution—marking the second collaborative campus...
August 8, 2025 – Lion, a leading beverage company in Australia and New Zealand, has announced its achievement of Certified B Corporation status, marking a significant milestone as the certification now applies to its entire business, following individual brand certifications like Stone &...
Florida-based Canovation has passed two milestones in the development of resealable can ends, introduced key improvements to the beverage can design in ease of manufacturing and sustainability, and signed prospective agreements with a large beverage canmaker, and an aluminium rolling mill.
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A struggling project to offer beverage can manufacturing and filling operations in a ‘disruptive’ integrated plant near Salt Lake City in Utah has found a new owner.
The plant, called Vobev, was originally constructed on a greenfield site in 2021 with a promise to disrupt the ind...
South America’s largest country reached a recycling rate of 97.3% for aluminium beverage cans in 2024.
Figures from Brazil’s recycling agency Recicla Latas, as the country prepares to host the United Nations COP30 meeting, show a 15-year record of recycling rates above 95%.
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