Novelis successfully commissioned a state-of-the-art aluminum shredding and sorting system from Wendt Corporation at its Guthrie recycling facility in Kentucky. This is part of the company’s $365 million investment project to build a highly advanced recycling center in Guthrie that will support closed-loop recycling for the automotive market in North America. Constructed next to Novelis’ […]
Novelis and TOMRA Recycling presented groundbreaking advancements in aluminum recycling technologies via a new webinar titled, “From AI to Dynamic LIBS: How new sorting technologies drive growth in aluminum recycling,” hosted by industry experts Frank van de Winkel, business development manager – Metal, and Tom Jansen, head of the Metals segment, TOMRA; and Wilhelm Kiefer, […]
Gerhard Lang Recycling GmbH installed an AUTOSORT™ PULSE system supplied by TOMRA at its metals sorting plant in Gaggenau, southwestern Germany. The investment is part of the KANAL project, a research project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. “This is a very exciting project for TOMRA to be involved […]
Skapa Recycling GmbH, a recycling operation in in eastern Austria, improved its aluminum recycling activities with a new x-ray fluorescence (XRF) sorting machine from REDWAVE. By using state-of-the-art technologies and optimized processes, they are able to maximize the recyclability of aluminum cans while reducing their environmental impact. The partnership between the two companies shows how […]
TOMRA and REDWAVE, the two leading scrap sorting solutions providers, formed a strategic agreement aimed at providing customers with a seamless supply of sorting systems based on x-ray fluorescence (XRF) and x-ray transmission (XRT) technologies. This new arrangement will make it easier and more efficient for customers to access top-tier sorting technologies from one turnkey […]
Alusort LLC, the 50/50 joint venture between Hydro and PADNOS, started up operation of its new aluminum scrap sorting line using advanced HySort technology at PADNOS’ existing facility in Grandville, Michigan. The new facility will supply Hydro’s Cassopolis and Henderson recycling plants with raw post-consumer scrap material for large-scale production of low-carbon Hydro CIRCAL, a […]
Hydro plans to invest NOK 180 million (US$16.6 million) in a state-of-the-art scrap sorting facility at the recycling plant in Wrexham, U.K. The plant will have the capacity to source and sort over 30,000 tonnes of aluminum scrap annually, enough aluminum for over 100,000 electric vehicles. The investment will also create 16 new local jobs. […]
Hydro is forming a joint venture with PADNOS, a Midwest leader in recycling and scrap management, to enable more upcycling of post-consumer aluminum scrap. Named Alusort LLC, the 50/50 joint venture will industrialize Hydro’s proprietary sorting technology, HySort®, bringing it to the U.S. market. “Digging deeper into the scrap pile and returning more aluminium to […]
Metallco Group installed two advanced sorting systems to improve its aluminum recycling operations in Norway. This enables the company to achieve a high purity level (up to 99%) in its aluminum scrap. According to Laurie Feinberg, CEO and majority owner of Metallco (in an interview), international recycling businesses are facing a number of challenges and […]
