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Aluminium can shortages threaten the future of US craft breweries
Cans are in short supply across the US resulting in an increased demand for aluminium, creating huge issues for independent brewers. Following the popularity of canned cocktails has squeezed demand for aluminium in a manufacturing industry still recovering from lockdown-induced shortages ...Read more -
Interiors of two-piece beer and beverage cans
The beer and beverage can is a form of food packaging, and must not add excessively to the cost of its contents. Can-makers are constantly seeking ways of making the package cheaper. Once the can was made in three pieces: the body (from a flat sheet) and two ends. Now most beer and beverage cans...Read more -
Evaluating Your Canning Options
Whether you’re packaging beer or going beyond beer into other beverages, it pays to carefully consider the strength of various can formats and which might be the best fit for your products. A Shift in Demand Toward Cans In recent years, aluminum cans have surged in popularity. What once was viewe...Read more -
Sustainability, convenience, personalization… aluminum can packaging is becoming more and more popular
Considering the importance of packaging to the consumer experience, the beverage market is very concerned with choosing the right materials that meet both the demands of sustainability and the practical and economic needs of the business. Aluminum can packaging is becoming more and more popular....Read more -
Why tall cans dominate the craft beer market
Anyone walking through the beer aisles of their local liquor shop will be familiar with the scene: rows and rows of local craft beer, swathed in distinctive and often colourful logos and art — all in tall, 473ml (or 16oz.) cans. The tall can — also known as the tallboy, king can or pounder — was...Read more -
WHAT IS CAUSING THE ALUMINUM CAN SHORTAGE AND WHAT GRADES ARE USED IN ALUMINUM BEVERAGE CANS?
The history of the aluminum can While today it would be hard to imagine life without aluminum cans, their origin goes back only 60 years. Aluminum, which is lighter, more formable and more hygienic, would quickly revolutionize the beverage industry. At the same time, a recycling program o...Read more -
Why Choose Aluminum Beverage Packaging?
Sustainability. Aluminum has been the packaging material of choice for the most recognized consumer brands around the world. And its popularity is growing. The demand for infinitely recyclable aluminum packaging has surged due to a shift in consumer preferences and the desire to be more environm...Read more -
America’s Beer CEOs Have Had It With the Trump-Era Aluminum Tariffs
Since 2018, industry has incurred $1.4 billion in tariff costs CEOs at major suppliers seek economic relief from metal levy The chief executive officers of major beer makers are asking US President Joe Biden to suspend aluminum tariffs that have cost the industry more than $1.4 billion sin...Read more -
Canned wine market
According to Total Wine, wine found in a bottle or a can is identical, just packaged differently. Canned wine is seeing significant growth in an otherwise stagnant market with a 43% increase for canned wine sales . This segment of the wine industry is having its moment due to its initial popular...Read more -
Glass Bottles VS aluminum can wine packaging
Sustainability is a buzzword in every industry, sustainability in the wine world comes down to the packaging just as much as the wine itself. And though glass may appear to be the better option, those pretty bottles you keep long after the wine has been consumed are actually not that great for th...Read more -
What’s behind the craze to can cold brew coffee
Just like beer, grab-and-go cans by specialty coffee brewers find a loyal following Specialty coffee in India got a tremendous boost during the pandemic with equipment sales going up, roasters trying new fermentation methods and a spurt in awareness about coffee. In its latest attempt to attract...Read more -
WHY IS THE CRAFT BEER INDUSTRY MOVING TO CANNED BEER?
For hundreds of years, beer is mostly sold in bottles. More and more brewers are making the switch to aluminium and steel cans. The brewers claim the original taste is better preserved. In the past mostly pilsner was sold in cans, but in the last couple of years a lot of different craft beers sol...Read more -
ALUMINUM BEVERAGE BOTTLES
A BETTER BOTTLE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION Safe, shock-resistant, and stylish. Step aside, plastic and glass. Ball aluminum bottles are a game-changer for sporting events, beach parties, and the always active beverage consumer. From water to beer, kombucha to hard seltzer, you customers can feel g...Read more -
What are the advantages of beverage cans?
Taste: Cans protect product integrity Beverage cans preserve drink’s flavor Aluminum cans help to preserve the quality of drinks for a long time. Aluminum cans are completely impervious to oxygen, sun, moisture, and other contaminants. They don’t rust, are corrosion-resistant, and have one of t...Read more -
Seven Things To Know Before Your Beverage Production
Aluminum cans are gaining ground as one of the most popular packaging choices for new beverages. The global aluminum cans market is expected to generate around USD $48.15 billion by 2025, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 2.9% between 2019 and 2025. With more consumer dem...Read more -
Global aluminum demand affecting beverage, pet food packaging
Aluminum cans increasingly popular in ever-growing beverage industry Demand for aluminum is impacting the food and beverage industry, including craft beer brewers. Great Rhythm Brewing Company has been treating New Hampshire consumers to craft beer since 2012 with kegs and aluminum cans, the vess...Read more -
How COVID upended beer packaging for local breweries
Parked outside Galveston Island Brewing Co. are two large box trailers loaded with pallets of cans waiting to be filled with beer. As this makeshift warehouse illustrates, just-in-time orders for cans were another victim of COVID-19. Uncertainty over aluminum supplies a year ago led Houston’s Sa...Read more -
Soda and Beer Companies Are Ditching Plastic Six-Pack Rings
In an effort to cut down on plastic waste, packaging is taking on different forms that can be more easily recycled or that do away with plastic altogether. The plastic rings ubiquitous with six-packs of beer and soda are gradually becoming a thing of the past as more companies switch to greener ...Read more -
Beverage Cans Market Size Estimated to Grow at CAGR of 5.7% During 2022-2027
Growing Consumption of Carbonated Soft Drinks, Alcoholic Drinks, Sports/energy Drinks, and Various Other Ready-to-eat Drinks Surging the Usage of Beverage Cans That Have Readily Aided the Market Growth. The Beverage Cans Market size is estimated to reach $55.2 billion by 2027. Furthermore, it is...Read more -
Price to buy aluminum beer cans will increase for local brewers
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The price of aluminum beer cans will begin to increase as prices continue to rise across the country. An extra 3 cents per can might not seem like a lot, but when you’re buying 1.5 million cans of beer a year, it adds up. “Nothing we can do about it, we can complain...Read more
