Monthly Archives: March 2014
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The Consumer Packaging Markets in IndiaThe consumer packaging sector in India has grown rapidly over the last two decades with significant investments in modern technology, capacity enhancement and the introduction of new products. While the packaging sector in India continues to be highly fragmented with thousands of small converters, there is some evidence of consolidation taking place amongst the medium-sized and larger units. In the recent years, this sector is also attracting the attention of the global packaging players and […] |
Aluminium is an infinitely recyclable metal and production of one tonne of recycled aluminium uses only about 5% of the energy consumed in the production of a similar quantity of primary metal. Greenhouse gas emissions are also vastly lower, thereby making aluminium recycling an environmentally desirable option. The global accumulated inventory of aluminium products is roughly estimated at around 700 to 800 million tonnes and as such, availability of end-of-life scrap will continue to increase […]