Tata Steel has invested in a D&I bodymaker at its R&D facilities in the Netherlands to test the production of food cans in what it calls a “dry-forming process” to save energy and water use. The initiative marks a significant step toward sustainable packaging manufacturing, aimin...
Breweries in Belarus are facing a shortage of beverage cans, as sanctions bite the country, which is a close ally of Russia. The crisis has disrupted production for major breweries, forcing them to scale back operations or seek alternative packaging solutions amid dwindling supplies.
Sanctions impo...
Malaysia’s government has imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of flat-rolled steel products and tinplate from several Asian countries, following a nine-month investigation. The move is aimed at protecting the domestic steel industry from what it deems as unfair competition due to cheap impo...
A second two-piece beverage can plant is being built in Cambodia, for Baosteel Can Making (Cambodia) Company, the fifth overseas facility in Southeast Asia. This new project, a significant expansion of Baosteel's operations in the region, is set to further strengthen its footprint in the beverage pa...
In a significant move highlighting the aluminium sector's shift towards sustainability, representatives from Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) and the Brazilian Association of Large Energy Consumers (Abrace) recently visited Alcoa Brazil. Their destination was the Poços de Caldas f...
In a development that sends ripples through the aluminium industry and local communities, Aluminium producer Novelis has made the tough call to shutter another one of its US manufacturing facilities. This announcement comes on the heels of a series of challenging decisions the company has had to ma...
Alcoa has charted a path forward for its San Ciprián aluminium complex in Spain. The company has entered a joint venture (JV) with Ignis Equity Holdings to breathe new life into the smelter's operations. Alcoa will hold a 75% stake and remain the managing operator, while Ignis takes a 25% sh...
In a significant development that sends shockwaves through the local community, Novelis has made the difficult decision to close its manufacturing facility in Fairmont, West Virginia. The news, delivered to the workers earlier today, April 1, brings with it the unfortunate loss of 191 jobs.
A Worke...
Aluminium beverage canmaker Royal Can Making Company is installing two new lines at the second plant it is building in the city of Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
With an investment in excess of USD100 million for both lines, the company will be running seven production lines i...
US President Trump’s 25% tariffs on products imported from Canada, China and Mexico have been met with a raft of retaliatory import taxes, amid fears that the measures may spark a wider trade war.
The three countries targeted by the tariffs are the US’s top trading partners &ndash...
Beverage producers and customers of canmakers in war-torn Ukraine are expected to steadily increase demand during 2025, according to analysts consulted by The Canmaker.
Despite tough conditions in the country, which has been under bombardment from Russia since 2014, with around 20% of land un...
Global can shipments increased 3% for Ardagh Metal Packaging in 2024, with more than 4% growth in Europe and a 2% rise in the Americas, according to the beverage can manufacturer’s full-year results.
Sales increased 2% to USD4.9 billion, and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, dep...