Materials research partnership renewed

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., Tokyo, and University of California, Santa Barbara, are extending their successful materials research alliance—the Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials (MC-CAM) at UCSB—for a new period.

How it’s made – Aluminium cans

How recycled aluminum is turned into beverage cans This video from the Discovery Channel shows how a nine-ton coil of sheet aluminum is cut and extruded, washed and painted, and turned into featherweight cans.