Brazilian can demand prompts $50m Novelis investment
The world's largest producer of rolled aluminium, Novelis, has announced plans to invest around $50m to install a coating line for beverage can end stock at its site in Pindamonhangaba, Brazil.
Archives for December 22, 2011
Buyer’s market again for BOPET as prices drop - analyst
BOPET film prices continue to fall on increased supply and weaker demand from one major market, said industry researchers PCI Films, as it forecast that tariffs may not yet have bottomed out.
Red Bull fights Pit Bull filler to EU court defeat
Simply filling a soft drink bearing a trademarked brand name does not itself violate an EU directive regarding use of that sign, according to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) in a high-profile ruling involving Red Bull.
Soft drink sales stalled when clear caloric information given, Johns Hopkins study
Sales of soft drinks to adolescents in Baltimore City nose-dived when study participants were exposed to ‘easily understandable’ information about calorie content, according to a new US study.