Items Tagged with 'aluminum'

One of the biggest forms of transparency that consumers want is a look inside a company’s sustainability efforts. Previously, packaging companies relied on retailers and brands to deliver messaging about waste, recycling and circularity. But now, under pressure from NGOs and other groups to reduce waste, the packaging industry is having to address consumers directly.

Announcements of drinks in aluminum containers seem to be picking up, and two that stood out recently were for some of the beer and water served at the Super Bowl.

The CMI says 42 percent of tinplate steel needs to be imported to manufacture food cans that provide nutritious product for American consumers. More than 60 percent of primary aluminum needs to be imported from foreign sources to produce aluminum cansheet, used to manufacture beverage cans.

QC Industries AS40Z angled frame conveyors have a 1.95-in. high, rigid aluminum frame that resists twisting and a Z-Track design; optional V-guide belts are available to assist in tracking, especially in hard-to-reach applications.

Conveyor Technologies Advanced aluminum conveyor stand has wide-stance leveling pads and a user-friendly mounting arrangement that allows leveling adjustment with the pads bolted to the floor.

Integrated with Intel Processing Technology, VarTech multi-functional, industrial-grade panel PCs are available with a gasket-sealed, aluminum, NEMA 4 (IP65), black powder-coated, front-beveled bezel with a front USB access door or a waterproof, NEMA 4X (IP66), 316 stainless steel-type beveled bezel.