Alcoa will spend $40m to increase production of its specialty foils for aseptic and flexible packages at its rolling mill in Itapissuma, Brazil, creating 50 extra jobs.
Aluminium giant Alcoa has agreed to sell its packaging and consumer
businesses to New Zealand's Rank Group Limited for $2.7 billion in
cash, it announced late last month.
Alcoa said yesterday it will close a number of plants, including a
smelter in Hamburg, Germany, as part of the company long range
plans to cut costs but increase aluminium production.
A new recycling plant in Brazil is the first in the world that can
separate the aluminium and plastic components used in packaging
cartons, according to Alcoa, a joint partner in the project.
Alcoa has announced a significant jump in sales and profit for it
first quarter on the back of strong steel prices, a sign that
packaging costs will continue to impact many food and beverage
producers, reports Simon Pitman.
Aluminium packaging firm Alcoa, just named as one of the top three
most sustainable corporations in the world, has bought two
factories in Russia with a view to both dominating the region and
using its rich aluminium resources to...
Alcoa has created a new aluminium and alumina division and a new
global extruded products business in a move to better align itself
with global packaging markets.
A prototype label for PET bottles has been developed by packaging
giant Alcoa. The label features cutting edge technology that could
open up a number of new packaging design possibilities.
Alcoa has announced that its Alcoa Closure Systems International
(CSI) business is set to expand further into the $100 million dairy
packaging business.
Alcoa will feature several new products at the forthcoming Pack
Expo Las Vegas. The stand will feature two of the company's
packaging and consumer business units, Alcoa Closure Systems
International (Alcoa CSI) and Alcoa Consumer...
Alcoa has announced plans to expand its plastic closure division
for bottle caps and lids by increasing the manufacturing capacity
in North America and China.
Alcoa, the global aluminium manufacturer, has announced a
disappointing fourth quarter loss, which the company claims is due
to one-off charges. A planned restructuring will include the sale
of a number of the group's packaging...
Alcoa has announced that its Southern Graphic Systems (SGS) digital
imaging and communications business has acquired privately held
Colorbrite, a leading provider of pre-press and flexographic plates
- the steps between design and...
Alocoa, the US packaging solutions provider, has introduced a new
line of more heat-tolerant Reynolon PVC shrink films, aimed at the
packaged foods market.
Alcoa, the US packaging group which makes the Reynolds and Baco
food wrap brands, is to buy the Chicago-based Ivex Packaging
Corporation for around $790 million, broadening its presence in the
food packaging sector.
