Dr Ulrich Roeske, Chairman of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp Rasselstein, will take over the presidency of APEAL from 1 January 2015. Dr Roeske was elected unanimously by the Board and General Assembly of APEAL and succeeds Christian Korn of U. S. Steel. His nomination...... Read more
The Apeal Sustainability Report 2014 highlights the different actions taken in recent years by Apeal’s members to benefit communities, the environment, employees and value creation. See the report here... Read more
The bright future of Steel for Packaging lights up “Viewpoint” in this month’s Coverting today. Read the full article here... Read more
APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, has created an infographic video to support its “Take a Fresh Look” campaign. The video was previewed by APEAL at the recent Interpack trade show in Germany (8-14 May 2014), where the Association launched the...... Read more
APEAL welcomes this declaration made in a recent interview of Karl Falkenberg, Director-General for Environment at the European Commission. Indeed Falkenberg echoes positions advocated by APEAL and Steel for Packaging, namely the need to increase recycling of all household waste, improve separate collection in member...... Read more
APEAL tinplate Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data has been quality-reviewed and is now accessible from the European Reference Life Cycle Database (ELCD). The ELCD is a new database available from the European Platform in Life Cycle Assessment, launched February 6th 2014 by the European Commission....... Read more
As the new 2012 steel recycling rate of 74% is announced at the Interpack Steel day, Christian Korn, president of APEAL, and Alexander Mohr, secretary general, discuss the implications. Watch the interview here... Read more
After the interview with Gordon Shade, CEO of European Metal Packaging Association (Empac), Alexander Mohr discussed the benefits of Steel for Packaging with Interpack TV focusing on the high recycling rates of steel packaging. Watch the full interview here... Read more
Eight out of 10 brand owners say steel provides the best damage resistance of any packaging material according to new research, launched at Interpack today (9 May). Undertaken by UK-based Sheffield Hallam University, the study examined brand owners’ attitude towards the competing environmental claims of...... Read more
APEAL (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging) has released the latest European steel recycling figures. In 2012, 2.7 million tonnes of steel packaging were recycled to make new steel products, corresponding to an average European rate of 74%. This reinforces the long...... Read more