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    STEINERT Expands Its Presence in Mexico

      STEINERT, a sorting and separation technologies specialist for the recycling and raw material industries, is broadening its activities in Mexico to provide customers in the region with direct support. The move to Mexico reflects the growing importance of the Mexican market for the waste management, metal processing, and mining industries and reinforces the company’s […]

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    Trimet Strengthens Aluminum Recycling Operations in Europe

    Trimet Aluminium SE significantly expanded the capacity of its recycling facility in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, while also fundamentally modernizing its energy supply. In addition, Trimet is investing in additional recycling capacity in Essen, Germany, and is expanding its scrap sorting infrastructure in Hamm, Germany. “Industry depends on sustainably produced materials to meet its climate targets,” said […]

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    TOMRA Recycling Opens Americas Test & Training Center

    TOMRA Recycling opened its new Test & Training Center at its headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. The event was attended by recycling customers and partners, who received a first-hand tour of the expanded facilities, including a testing circuit complete with the latest sorting technologies, warehouse for critical parts storage, and training facilities. “Today, we celebrate much […]

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    Driving Circularity by Supporting U.S. Investment in Can Capture Equipment

    Aluminum cans are among the most sustainable forms of beverage packaging, thanks to their high recycling rate, as highlighted by the new study announced by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) at COP30. Commissioned by the Global Beverage Can Circularity Alliance (GBCCA) and conducted by Eunomia Research & Consulting, the study notes that aluminum beverage cans […]

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    New Vesper Grade for Aluminum Scrap to Boost Recycling of Wrought Alloys

    The Recycled Materials Association (ReMA) recently updated its ISRI Specifications1 to approve the addition of a new scrap specification, called “vesper.” The new specification was developed in partnership with Novelis and other partners in the recycling supply chain. Vesper is designed to meet the growing demand for recycled wrought products (sheet, extrusion, and/or plate), which […]

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    First Star Recycling to Install New Sorting Equipment for Can Recycling

    First Star Recycling is installing new sorting equipment to capture used beverage cans (UBCs) that are otherwise missorted at its material recovery facility (MRF). The new equipment is being funded by the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) as part of its efforts to capture more beverage cans at MRFs. This is achieved through a finance sharing […]

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    Novelis Commissions Aluminum Shredding and Sorting System in Kentucky

    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’ […]

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    Novelis and TOMRA Recycling Highlight the Future Advanced Sorting Technologies

    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, […]