Latest Beverage can Stories

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- According to recycling industry sources, it's estimated that less than 20% of aluminum pet food cans are recycled each year, compared to 54 percent of aluminum cans. As a result, Friskies and Fancy Feast have joined forces to educate cat owners about the recyclability of cat food cans in a mission to help increase the total number of pet food cans recycled each year. In support of the effort, the brands have created the "Together We Can" campaign to get...

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Beer cans have come a long way since January 24, 1935, when Krueger introduced its Special Beer and Cream Ale in steel cans. As the largest supplier of beer cans in the world, Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) has played a key role in the evolution of the beer can, one of the most widely used and sustainable beverage packages on the market today. Innovation - Building a Better Beer Can From the beginning, cans have offered a light weight,...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors, Novelis Inc. and Keep America Beautiful, Inc. (KAB) announced the winners in the sixth annual Cans for Cash: City Recycling Challenge at the U.S. Conference of Mayors 78th Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C. The "Challenge" pits cities of comparable sizes in a competition of creativity and execution, offering monetary awards to the cities that conduct the most innovative campaigns and collect the most aluminum cans....

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ABB, Aurora, Ill., has introduced Pure Pro 50 ready to drink shakes in recloseable, lightweight, 16-oz. Alumi-Tek aluminum bottles from Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL). "The resealable Alumi-Tek aluminum bottle is a sports nutrition industry first," said Alan Yengoyan, General Manager, Growth Initiatives, ABB. "It distinguishes Pure Pro 50 from the pack and represents an incredible convenience to hard-training athletes and 'weekend...

CHICAGO, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Three decades ago, a study revealed that beverage can pull-tabs were being swallowed by children, prompting a switch by U.S. manufacturers to stay-tabs. But a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) found that the new tabs are still potentially unsafe."One of the driving factors leading the change in beverage can construction in the U.S. was to eliminate inadvertent swallowing of the pull-tab and...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors, Novelis Inc. and Keep America Beautiful, Inc. (KAB) announced that Cincinnati, Ohio is the winner of the first Cans for Cash: American Recycler Video Award. The city of Cincinnati will receive a grand prize of $5,000 to enhance local recycling efforts. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070809/NOVELISLOGO ) The American Recycler Video Award is a fun, new component of the national Cans for Cash City Recycling...

CHICAGO, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fitness enthusiasts usually have to choose between an energy or a protein drink to quench their thirst pre- or post-workout. Not anymore. Distinct Beverages has combined these two key features in a unique beverage hybrid called Protegy. It is the first carbonated protein energy drink on the market, and is available now in 12 oz. Rexam SLEEK(TM) aluminum beverage cans. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091012/CG90832) Targeting athletes...

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) recently expanded its metal beverage packaging pilot manufacturing line at the Ball Technology & Innovation Center (BTIC) in Broomfield, Colo., by adding a new palletizer, a state-of-the-art decorator and several other improvements. This multi-million dollar investment opens up numerous new opportunities for Ball's metal beverage packaging customers. "Ball provides metal beverage cans and bottles in many...

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (www.crowncork.com), today announced that its Brazilian subsidiary, CROWN Embalagens S.A., plans to build a new $60 million beverage can plant in Brazil. The new facility is expected to be operational in the second quarter of 2011 and will have an initial annual capacity of 700 million cans. The new plant will be located in Southern Brazil to meet the growing demand of that region. CROWN Embalagens has...

DOLTON, Ill., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple Rush Co., Inc. (Pink Sheets: APRU), is pleased to announce that the Company will be starting up the canned production, later this month, of the three top selling flavors of its organic sparkling 100% juice drink products: Original Apple, Pomegranate and Cranberry. The Company expects to add several new flavors in to its canning operation by the end of the year. The Company, to this point, has produced its entire, all natural, organic...