The good health of aluminium aerosols

The producers of aluminium aerosol containers are right on track. The companies belonging to the International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (AEROBAL) produced nearly 3.3 billion cans in the first half of 2018, substantially more than in the same period the year before.

Adjusted for the production output of new member companies, this figure represents, at any rate, a remarkable market growth of about 5 per cent.
Demand for deodorants and antiperspirants remains brisk worldwide.
This is one of the main reasons for the good production output. But other cosmetic products such as dry shampoos, foaming shower gels, and sun creams also contribute to the satisfactory growth rates for the industry. Moreover, demand from the promising pharmaceutical sector is still on the rise. An analysis of the globally significant economic areas shows that the European and North American markets, which dominate the scene in terms of quantity, remain stable at a high level. However, it is largely the markets in Asia and South America that are giving fresh impetus for growth.

Environmentally friendly. One of the guaranteed advantages of aluminium packaging is sustainability, given that the material can be recycled indefinitely without losing quality. This encourages producers to promote collection and recycling practices and, at the same time, pushes them to cooperate in the development of increasingly evolved solutions, further strengthening the “circularity” of the supply chain. «Our member companies -  explains AEROBAL President Leopold Werdich - are conducting intensive joint research with upstream material suppliers on new alloys for containers.
These alloys will help to reduce the already low weight of aluminium containers to an even greater extent, thereby achieving the highest possible level of resource efficiency. This will, in turn, further improve the CO2 footprint of aluminium containers».
In conclusion, for all these reasons, according to the Secretary General of the association Gregor Spengler, the sector can look to the future with optimism; the current new orders and the prospects for the upcoming months are positive on the whole. So the industry is confident that in 2018 it will once again be able to exceed the already strong results from the year before.