Aluminium awards honour Novelis

Novelis has been named Aluminium Fabricator of the Year, and its Yeongju, South Korea, Recycling Centre was the Best Brownfield Technology Project winner at the Global Awards for Aluminium Excellence.

The Yeongju Recycling Centre is the largest aluminum beverage can recycling facility in Asia. It uses state-of-the-art recycling technology, including a de-coater that increases the cente’s ability to process scrap contaminated with plastic.

With recent recycling and rolling expansions totaling more than $1.7 billion, Novelis is poised to supply the growing demand for aluminium can sheet worldwide with expectations to purchase and process 60 billion used beverage cans in 2015. This year the company released the Evercan, the first independently certified, 90% recycled aluminium sheet content for the beverage can market.

“These awards are further evidence of our industry leadership, the strength of our people and our deep commitment to innovation and sustainability,” said Phil Martens, president and CEO.

Winners of the Metal Bulletin Global Awards for Aluminum Excellence were determined by a panel of industry experts based on a fully audited, point-based judging process.