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Coke
Bottles the Olympic Spirit
Eight is a lucky number in China and eight Chinese artists have designed
eight [aluminum] Coca-Cola bottles with themes that capture the Olympic
spirit (Shanghai Daily - August 4, 2008).
Buckminster
Fuller's Futuristic Projects Are on View at New York's Whitney
Museum
If important people had listened to Buckminster Fuller in the 1930s,
we'd be living in affordable, energy-saving homes and driving cool,
fuel-efficient three-wheelers. (Bloomberg News - August 2,
2008).
Crown
Licenses Toyo Seikan to Produce SuperEnd Beverage Ends in
Japan
Crown Holdings, Inc. has signed a license agreement with Toyo Seikan
Kaisha, Ltd. for it to manufacture and sell SuperEnd beverage ends for
the Japanese market (PRNewswire-FirstCall - July 24, 2008).
U.S.
Aluminum Can Recycling Grows in 2007
The Aluminum Association, Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), and
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today announced a 2.2
percentage point increase in aluminum can recycling rates, the largest
gain in recycling rates in ten years. In 2007 Americans and the aluminum
industry recycled nearly 54 billion aluminum cans--nearly two billion
more than in 2006--for a recycling rate of 53.8
percent (AA/CMI/ISRI - July 21, 2008).
Caravella
Aerospace to Display New Roadable Aircraft at EAA Airventure
2008
The CaraVellair, a new affordable roadable aircraft in development by
Caravella Aerospace, will be introduced at EAA AirVenture 2008.
Initially offered as a kit, it will fly as an experimental aircraft and
drive as a DMV-registered motorcyele. The vehicle is also designed to
meet top-level Light Sport Aircraft requirements (Caravella Aerospace,
July 18, 2008).
'Aluminum
Show' Is Nearly Indescribable
No, it's not Monty Python on the stage of the Trump Plaza showroom. But
it is something completely different. Not just a little different, but
something that is so far removed from anything that has ever been seen
in Atlantic City that it deserves its own area code. It's called "The
Aluminum Show" (Gannett New Jersey Newspapers, July 18, 2008).
Suriname
Announces Establishment of New Aluminum Company
Officials here have disclosed that the Suriname government is set to
establish a new state-owned aluminum company aimed at advancing the
industry (Caribbean Net News, July 15, 2008).
See-Through
Philadelphia House Is N.Y. Museum 'Exhibit'
Wearing a flawlessly pressed white dress shirt, navy slacks and hard
hat, Philadelphia architect James Timberlake hoisted himself onto an
aluminum beam of his firm's latest construction project, a four-story,
see-through, energy-efficient plastic house (The Philadelphia Inquirer -
July 14, 2008).
Alcoa
Reports Strong 2nd Quarter 2008 Results; Higher Volume and Pricing
Offset Input Cost Pressures
Alcoa today announced that strong revenue growth in its second quarter
2008 led to an 80 percent increase in profitability compared with the
first quarter of 2008. The Company reported net income of $546 million,
or $0.66 per diluted share compared with $303 million or $0.37 per share
in first quarter 2008 (Business Wire - July 8, 2008).
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