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Coca-Cola Company Wins DuPont Award for Packaging Innovation

The Coca-Cola Company received high honors at the 22nd annual, global DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. The Company’s PlantBottle™ packaging earned a gold award, out of more than 160 global entrants in the overall program, for its demonstrated breakthrough packaging innovation.

28 May 2010

C2C Aluminum Bottle Wins DuPont Diamond Award

Alcoa Inc. and Exal Corporation announced today that the lightweight, sustainable Coil-to-Can®, or “C2C”, aluminum bottle made from Alcoa’s bottlestock sheet and Exal’s C2C manufacturing technology won the top honor, a prestigious Diamond Award, in the 22nd annual DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation.

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 28 May 2010

Novelis Announces Expansion of Aluminum Rolling Plant in Brazil

Novelis announced today that it will invest approximately $300 million to expand its aluminum rolling operations in Pindamonhangaba, Brazil, in response to the growing demand for its products in South America. ...

27 May 2010

Novelis Becomes Sole Supplier of Aluminum Sheet for BMW’s New 5 Series sedan

Novelis announced today that it has been selected as the main supplier of aluminum sheet for the sixth generation BMW 5 Series sedan, which went on sale this spring. This latest model features lightweight aluminum sheet in the doors, hood, front fenders and reinforcement parts.

From Novelis Corp 27 May 2010

Hydro to Build Aluminium Recycling Plant in Norway

Hydro will build Norway’s largest plant for aluminium recycling at Karmøy. The plant will have an initial capacity of 35,000 mt. The total investment will be approximately NOK 260 million and will establish close to 40 new jobs in the plant.

From Hydro - Aluminium Alloys and Products 27 May 2010

New Aluminium Heat Seals for PCR, Storage and Life Sciences from Porvair

Porvair Sciences, specialists in microplate technology, has announced a new range of aluminium heat seals for PCR, storage and life science applications.

From Porvair Filtration Group 25 May 2010

Eriez's Eddy Current Separators Effectively Split Nonferrous Particle from PET Flake

The recycling of beverage containers made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is garnering higher purity and yield with high speed, high strength eddy current separation technology from Eriez®.

From Eriez Magnetics 25 May 2010

Novelis Receives Aluminum Supplier Quality Award from Fujifilm

Novelis announced today that it has won Fujifilm USA's Aluminum Supplier Quality Award and has been named Fujifilm's Preferred Supplier for aluminum sheet in both North America and Europe. The company's pr...

From Novelis Corp 25 May 2010

Global Aluminum Manufacturer Joins in Launch of Green Products Innovation Institute

Alcoa, an early adopter of Cradle-to-Cradle (C2C) certification for its Kawneer architectural aluminum products, joined in the launch of the Green Products Innovation Institute (GPII), which took place yesterday at Googl...

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 23 May 2010

Novelis Becomes Sole Supplier of Aluminum Sheet to Rexam

Novelis do Brasil Ltda., a subsidiary of Novelis Inc., the worldwide leader in aluminum rolled products and can recycling, has signed a multi-year agreement with Rexam, a leading global beverage can producer and the domestic leader in Brazil, to supply aluminum sheet for can production.

20 May 2010

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