Demands for increasing recycled material content in packaging and recycling in the sense of a closed product loop are gathering momentum in the industry. The question is whether such a closed product loop recycling is under environmental and economic aspects advantageous for aluminium aerosols compared to a closed material loop approach.

The International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (AEROBAL) and the European Aluminium Slug Producers group (ASP), organised under the umbrella of the German Aluminium Association (GDA), commissioned the Swiss research institute Carbotech to investigate into this subject.

Multitude of alloys and scarcity of recycled aluminium are major challenges

Concerning the framework conditions, the study shows that there is not just one aluminium specification but different aluminium alloys for the production of tailor-made aluminium products with different properties. After recycling, the use of the recycled material can be more appropriate than primary aluminium for certain aluminium applications, if already existing alloying elements in the recycled aluminium support the required specifications.

Additionally, it has to be taken into account that today demand for recycled aluminium is much higher than supply. Roughly 25 percent of the global aluminium demand can be satisfied by recycled aluminium. Thus, a focus on the recycled content has no direct influence on the global environmental impacts but only on the distribution to the different applications.

Closed product loop for aluminium aerosols requires additional transportation, sorting and melting

Economically and environmentally speaking, the focus on a closed aluminium product loop in the overall global aluminium market need not be an advantage in itself. In specific cases where you get aluminium scrap with the needed properties without huge efforts, it could be beneficial. However, higher distances for scrap transportation, additional sorting and melting steps with ensuing higher material losses in a closed product loop system increase adverse environmental impacts.

Besides negative environmental effects, these system-related characteristics deteriorate the economic performance of a closed loop recycling system for high-purity aluminium aerosol cans, because it would lead to higher cost per container.

Efficient collection and sorting as prerequisite for successful recycling

According to Dr. Fredy Dinkel of Carbotech, “the best strategy is to focus on high collection and sorting rates to maximize the amount of aluminium that stays in the market in the sense of a closed material loop. Thus, recycling rates should be further increased because they sustainably reduce the environmental burden, irrespective of the application the recovered material will flow into.”

The EU Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan amongst others aims at promoting extended producer responsibility systems in Europe. These measures also boost investments in sophisticated collection and recycling technologies ensuring a higher quantity and better quality of the sorted and recycled aluminium packaging. Since also consumer education is key for successful packaging collection and recycling, tailer-made campaigns throughout Europe could also contribute to better national recycling results.

All these efforts would contribute to efficiently closing the material loop of aluminium for utmost environmental and economic performance and convincing sustainability. 

Contact:

Gregor Spengler

Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie e. V. (GDA)

AEROBAL

International Organisation of
Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers
Secretary General
Fritz-Vomfelde-Straße 30
40547 Düsseldorf
Germany
T +49 211 4796-144

M +49 173 5352171

www.aerobal.org

January 2021 – Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WPO (World Packaging Organisation – www.worldpackaging.org) turned to virtual judging for WorldStar 21 with two rounds of judging taking  place. The WPO members, representing 34 countries from all around the world, judged each entry so  diligently and with such intentional focus and spent hours going through 345 submissions before meeting  via the Zoom platform for final deliberations to choose the winners. The 194 winners of WorldStar  Packaging Awards 2021 were just announced and posted on its new webpage www.worldstar.org.  

The countries most awarded are Japan, with 26 awards, followed by China, taking 22, USA taking 14,  ANZ ( Australia & New Zealand) taking 13, Czech Republic and Turkey taking 12 each. The winners for  the special categories - President’s Award, Sustainability Award, Marketing Award and Packaging that  Saves Food Award - will be announced during WorldStar Ceremony that will take place in May 2021.

 Packages eligible for WorldStar are those that have already received a national award recognised by  WPO. “The submissions were, again, of a significantly high standard, and to note was how well the  submissions in general reflected the focus of packaging with sustainability in mind. Also of interest was  the number of clever and unique ideas. I particularly was impressed with the number of submissions from  countries that have in the past not partaken in any significant way. We received a good variety of entries  covering all the categories. We will continue to review the categories thus ensuring due relevance is always  maintained”, states Pierre Pienaar, President of WPO.  
All winners will be recognised in an Awards Gala Ceremony in May 2021. Information on the ceremony  that most likely it will be virtual due to the pandemic; soon it will be communicated. 

The complete list of WorldStar Packaging Awards 2021 winners can be viewed at  https://www.worldstar.org/winners/ Questions regarding the next edition, please contact WorldStar  Coordinator, Soha Atallah by e-mail s.atallah@worldpackaging.org 

About WPO 
World Packaging Organisation (WPO) is a non-profit, non-governmental, international  federation of packaging institutes, associations, federations and other interested parties including  corporations and trade associations. Its mission is “ Better quality of life through better packaging for more  people”. WPO joins 58 different countries. 
Press information:  
Liliam Benzi  
WPO Press & Communication Officer 
ldbcom@uol.com.br 
(+ 55 11) 99989-1597  
 

“Human Factors Plus” (HF+) is a natural extension of Noble’s deep understanding of the patient experience when it comes to self-administering drug therapies

Orlando, Florida, February 2, 2021 – Noble, an Aptar Pharma company and world leader in providing drug delivery training device programs for pharmaceutical companies and original equipment manufacturers, today announces the launch of “Human Factors Plus” (HF+), an expanded service to further optimize the patient self-administration experience by supporting its customers in bringing new products to market.

HF+ combines the application of human factors engineering with Noble’s expertise in developing patientcentric training solutions and onboarding platforms to advance the development and testing of new selfadministered medical products that optimize safety and efficacy while minimizing use errors and the risk of adverse events. The “Plus” in Noble’s HF+ program comes from their extensive research and experience in understanding the needs and concerns of patients who have self-administered drug therapies. In addition, Noble can provide clients with “one-stop shopping” through patient training devices and onboarding platforms, training utilization programs, training Instructions for Use (IFU), video programs and product launch strategy programs.

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) considers human factors engineering an essential component of product development for drug delivery and medical devices and recommends making it a robust part of the design control process to maximize the likelihood that a new device will be safe and effective for its intended users and use environments. Device deficiencies can result in a delay in patients receiving otherwise effective treatment, and lost time and revenue for the sponsoring company. In the competitive medical healthcare environment, delays can also mean lost market share that is difficult to recover.

“Human factors engineering provides empirical and analytical evidence that a device and its labeling can be used safely and effectively by the intended patient,” said Kevin Cluff, Ph.D., senior research human factors engineer for Noble, who holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering and has more than 25 years of human  Noble Speaks Patient™ factors experience. “This process involves testing the numerous touch points where patients interface with a drug product, including packaging, IFUs, prescribing information, quick reference guides and device indicators and controls.”

“Noble is proud to be the voice of the patient and to support the patient across every stage of their journey,” explained Tim McLeroy, executive director of marketing and patient services. “We understand how to leverage the application of human factors engineering and we know how to build a better patient experience. Together, HF+ engineering and building a better patient experience are a powerful combination to support product development and FDA approval for our customers and their combination products.”

Noble’s HF+ capabilities include:
• Strategic planning for regulatory approval pathways
• Contextual inquiry – observation of users in their environments
• Formative and summative studies – iterating usability testing and applying learnings to improve
or demonstrate the user interface
• Heuristic evaluations – HF expert review based on experience
• Task, IFU and training analyses
• Threshold analysis – systematic comparison to approved products
• Use-related risk analysis – hazards, severity, harm, mitigations
• Design of drug delivery and medical training devices and prototypes

The benefits of human factors range from producing easier-to-use devices and better patient understanding of device use to more effective and efficient training that improves patient compliance and medical outcomes. Human factors engineering also helps reduce the risk of user errors, product complaints and recalls.

Noble’s human factors efforts broaden the existing range of value-added benefits from Aptar Pharma Services. Noble’s new services complement Noble’s expertise in conceptualization, design and development, mechanical/electrical/software engineering, project management, quality management, manufacturing, commercialization and logistics services as well.

About Noble
Noble develops robust training devices and onboarding solutions for the world’s top pharma brands and biotech companies and is focused on fostering healthy patient outcomes for those who self-administer drug therapies. Noble manufactures and commercializes training devices that mimic the exact feel, force and function of drug delivery devices such as autoinjectors, prefilled syringes, onbody, nasal and pulmonary devices in order to increase patient adherence and confidence and decrease usage errors. Noble was founded in 1994 and is based in Orlando, Florida. For more information, visit www.gonoble.com. 

Noble is an Aptar Pharma Company, which is part of AptarGroup, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacturing of a broad range of innovative drug delivery, consumer product dispensing and active packaging solutions that serve a variety of end markets including pharmaceutical, beauty, personal care, home, food and beverage. For more information, visit www.aptar.com.
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Varun Beverages Ltd, part of RJ Corp group, one of the largest franchises for PepsiCo Inc. globally, has installed Sidel’s Aseptic Combi Predis™ in its newly established plant in Punjab, India. This pivotal project aims to expand PET bottling capacity and provide production flexibility for the private label milk brand Cream Bell as well as Pepsi’s Tropicana juice range. By choosing the new aseptic dry preform sterilisation technology, RJ Corp is commercialising its liquid dairy products (LDP) in PET for the first time in India. 

Since the early nineties, the privately owned Indian company RJ Corp has made itself a multinational powerhouse with thriving businesses in beverages, fast food restaurants, retail, ice cream, dairy products, healthcare and education. Through its operating company Varun Beverages Ltd., the group is one of the largest bottling partners for PepsiCo in the world, currently holding 36 plants on the Indian subcontinent and in Africa, and producing carbonated soft drinks, water and hot-fill juices as well as LDP. 

When production flexibility matters 

With Indian consumers looking more and more for nutritional beverages, the market keeps shifting towards so-called “better-for-you” drinks. To remain competitive in light of this trend, RJ Corp decided to diversify its portfolio and put more emphasis on its 100% juices with pulp and ultra-high temperature (UHT) LDP, thus gaining more production flexibility to switch product categories easily. “Managing both juices and dairy products on the same PET packaging line flexibly was essential for us, and we could make it happen only by producing in aseptic,” says 

Mr. R.J.S. Bagga, Director Technical & Operations at RJ Corp. “High-level food safety and hygiene standards were must-have features to answer Pepsi’s demanding quality protocol as well as to pass internal and external validations.”  To face these challenges, RJ Corp decided to go with Sidel’s Aseptic Combi Predis, including dry preform sterilisation. They were convinced that it is a very safe and easy-to-operate solution while visiting a French copacker that has used and trusted this technology to handle both juices and milk for more than 10 years. This technology, approved by the FDA for low-acid production since 2017, allows the beverage producer to switch easily and safely between four UHT milk flavours (white UHT milk, coffee, chocolate and mango) and various kinds of juice recipes (i.e. orange delight & 100% orange juice with pulp, mixed fruit delight and 100% mixed fruit juice, guava, apple delight and 100% apple juice, and lychee delight) on the same line. This represents a major turning point for the companies in India, which were previously producing juices in PET bottles with the hot-fill process and milk in cartons.

Up to 200 hours of continuous production 

The investment in Sidel’s Aseptic Combi Predis marks two major achievements for RJ Corp in India: not only is this the company’s first step into aseptic PET bottling, but also its first experience with dry preform sterilisation. Employing the injection of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) before the oven, Sidel’s patented Predis technology requires no water consumption and can reduce the use of chemicals significantly. This is a lighthouse project for PepsiCo Inc. worldwide regarding the processing and bottling of its high-acid products – the Tropicana juices. The Aseptic Combi Predis also features a similar dry sterilisation for caps, Capdis™, as it was very important to optimise the cleaning process and the handling of the caps themselves to avoid deformation and ensure tightness between the cap and the bottle.
“RJ Corp chose Sidel because of our long-standing expertise in PET and aseptic technologies. Their new line allows for up to 200 hours of continuous production without any stoppages for cleaning, keeping the production running steadily without any compromise on product quality. Moreover, the equipment is easy to manage, and the operators find its functions intuitive and easily accessible,” says Rohit Sawhney, Sales Director for Sidel India. 
 
 
Optimised and efficient aseptic PET packaging line
 
In addition to the Aseptic Combi Predis, the complete line at RJ Corp in Punjab is equipped with a very competitive and flexible End of Line. It features the seamless shrink-wrapper VersaFilm Access, offering the best combination of production quality, performance and price at medium speed. It also includes the automatic and safe PalKombi layer-by-layer palletiser working with a steady low-level pallet infeed and allowing easy access and control. To understand its line operations and maximise Overall Equipment Effectiveness, RJ Corp also invested in Sidel’s Efficiency Improvement Tool (EIT®). This modular and scalable software provides the most significant performance indicators, reports and analyses, based on live and historical data, to better understand line flow, uncover sources of efficiency loss and achieve in-depth performance evaluation. It monitors quality, losses, consumption, accumulation and traceability, and interfaces with inspection devices and business systems.
 
To make the most of this line, specific training was delivered to enable all RJ Corp technicians to get the right understanding of aseptic PET packaging, including the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point system (HACCP), and thus avoid any risk of contamination or detect root causes efficiently in case it happens. Since its implementation and validation, the line has been working successfully with an output up to 36,000 bottles per hour. Overall, it expands production capabilities in terms of volume as well as a higher number of SKUs.  
 
Ensuring packaging performance across the supply chain 
 
Traditionally, in India, milk is packaged in pouches, glass bottles or cartons. By choosing Sidel’s aseptic PET packaging technology, RJ Corp has widened packaging options for its LDP products. The brand-new PET bottle assures high food quality standards and outstanding customer experiences, along with PET being a cost-efficient and sustainable material. During the implementation of the packaging line, Sidel also shared its experience in PET packaging and helped design the new PET bottle, enabling the same shapes and caps to be used for both Cream Bell UHT milk and the Tropicana juices. The cap size for all bottle formats is 33 mm, which is a common width for LDP, but quite uncommon for juices. As a result, Sidel’s packaging experts developed and designed an iconic bottle shape in three formats – 200 ml, 500 ml and 1 L. 
 
All of the bottle shapes and formats have been qualified internally. They were submitted to Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and on-site validations prior to industrial production in order to ensure the bottles’ strength and performance across the supply chain. Sidel also designed specific preforms to reach optimised bottle weight in order to withstand the dry preform sterilisation technology and avoid any thermal stresses on the bottle. Produced in white monolayer barrier PET, the new packaging ensures a shelf life up to nine months for UHT milk. Furthermore, all the transparent Tropicana juice bottles passed the demanding PepsiCo validation protocols.
 
Taking into account the good experience and satisfaction with Sidel’s complete aseptic packaging solution installation in Punjab, Varun Beverages Ltd. again chose Sidel for the exact same scope of supply for a different plant, located in Central-Eastern India.

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Elina Kresa, Consultant
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Email: sidel@fundh.de  

Microsite for company’s DigitAll360° service offers intuitive ordering 
of digitally printed tubes with high-quality variable printing, precision color matching, flexible batch sizes and expedited delivery.

Oberdiessbach, Switzerland – Hoffmann Neopac, a global provider of high-quality packaging for a broad array of industries and applications, has launched a direct purchase microsite for DigitAll360°, its recently introduced digital tube decoration service. The new marketplace, accessible via shop.neopac.com, walks tube customers through an intuitive process that includes downloadable design guides and templates, an initial portfolio of stock tubes from 50-200 ml in volume, simple artwork uploads 3D renderings and a comprehensive pre-purchase artwork check. 

DigitAll360° Online shop was developed to meet the demands of beauty start-ups, fast-tracked projects of larger companies, and the needs of contract manufacturers or small-quantity pharmacy orders. The service prints photorealistic graphics and text on the entire surface of cylindrical containers. Available for a wide variety of substrates and almost unlimited color palettes, DigitAll360° benefits include:

Unparalleled all-around decoration: True to its name, DigitAll360° offers 360° decoration with no slit or overlap, and also delivers outstanding seam and shoulder printing. As impressive as where it can print is what it can print: highly opaque whites and glosses, vividly displayed to make products stand out from competitors. In addition, on-cap decoration capabilities also will be added to the Digital360° marketplace in the near future.  

Unprecedented digital color matching: DigitAll360° can employ up to 7 simultaneous colors with white and glossy lacquer at up to 600 DPI resolution. This ultra-wide color gamut and micron-level color registration yields photorealistic images and superb color matching ideal for half-tones, gradients and other special hues.

Digital-level variability: Digital printing also makes variating decorations or text far more economical. From mosaic printing, promotions and prototypes to packages printed in different languages, DigitAll360° offers unsurpassed versatility.  

Quick delivery: Neopac can deliver DigitAll360° products on short lead times, a consistent industry challenge for printing with this level of style, sophistication and brand impact. 

Increased Sustainability: From initial decoration to product manufacturing to consumer recycling, DigitAll360° delivers major sustainability enhancements and reduces environmental footprint throughout product lifecycles. Offering a mono-material PE tube portfolio, digital printing also helps lower resource waste and consumption as well as energy and chemicals usage.

“For customers, the new site simplifies the most advanced digital tube printing techniques for an intuitive, step-by-step process to designing and decorating precisely the right tube for products in a variety of sectors, especially ones such as health & beauty where shelf impact is paramount,” said Cornelia Schmid, Head of Marketing for Hoffmann Neopac. “Importantly, the site’s 3D view and comprehensive artwork checks show customers exactly what their finished tubes will look like. In addition, our customer can order a test quantity of individually printed tubes to evaluate the print quality and test the compatibility of the product with the packaging.”
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About Hoffmann Neopac
Hoffmann Neopac is a privately-owned company, headquartered in Thun, Switzerland. The group produces high-quality metal and plastic packaging in six locations: HOFFMANN tins in Thun and CMP tins in Holland; Polyfoil® and plastic tubes with NEOPAC in Switzerland, Hungary and the US; and 3D Neopac in India. Its longstanding customers include internationally active pharmaceutical, cosmetics and consumer goods manufacturers in the European, North American and Asian markets. 

Including its new production facility in the United States, Neopac employs around 1,250 employees and has a capacity of 1.3 billion tubes. The company is dedicated to sustainability in both its manufacturing processes and corporate culture, including a dedicated eco-conscious packaging portfolio. For more information, visit www.neopac.com.  

client:    Hoffmann Neopac

contact:    Christopher Dale
    Turchette Agency
    (973) 227-8080 ext. 116
    cdale@turchette.com
 

In addition to the standard machine features such as main servo drive, quick change-over parts and strong hygienic co

For Schreiner Group based in Oberschleissheim near Munich, 2021 marks a very special year. Founded in 1951, the high-tech company is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The past seven decades have seen the family-owned firm evolve from a garage business into the hidden champion with international operations that it is today. Now, 1,200 people are employed at four locations worldwide, most of them at the company’s headquarters in the north of Munich.

On October 1, 1951, Schreiner Group was founded under the name of “M. Schreiner – Specialized Factory for Embossed Seal Stamps and Labels” by Margarete and Theodor Schreiner in a garage in Munich’s Laim district. In 1974, their son Helmut took the reins of the company and began charting the course for its future as a high-tech enterprise. “Due to hard work, a little bit of luck and, above all, an enormous willingness to keep investing in the business paired with a total commitment to serving our customers, Schreiner became internationally successful as well,” says today’s President and CEO Roland Schreiner. “Our customers soon adopted the saying, ‘If it can be done, Schreiner’s the one.’” In 1993, after the previous sites had finally become too small, the company moved to its current headquarters in Oberschleissheim.

In 2012, Roland Schreiner, representing the third generation of owners, took over the family business. The founders’ grandson had assumed personal responsibility early on and begun to shape the company based on his own ideas. During a twelve-year stint as President of the Schreiner MediPharm business unit, he was responsible for the ground-breaking launch of the U.S. production site in Blauvelt (New York), among other things. A lot more has happened since he took over as President and CEO of the company as a whole eight years ago. In 2015, a Chinese production site was established in Fengpu near Shanghai and in 2019, Schreiner Group opened a site in Dorfen as a second location in the Munich metropolitan region.  

2021, however, is more than an occasion to reflect on the past 70 years and to look ahead, but also a time to pause for a moment and to jointly celebrate the successes achieved. Yet in view of a worldwide pandemic, there can be no in-person celebration, no open house and no major event. Instead, Schreiner Group has come up with a wealth of ideas for many enjoyable moments intended to appropriately celebrate its anniversary on a smaller scale. “We’d like to use the beginning of the year as an opportunity to present our anniversary logo that has been developed specifically for this occasion and that will accompany us through the year,” says President and CEO Roland Schreiner. “We’re going to conduct a string of exciting activities throughout 2021, so stay tuned.”

For more information, please contact:

Susanne Höppner, Corporate Communications
Phone +49 89 31584-5852,

susanne.hoeppner@schreiner-group.com

Palsgaard A/S is driving the trend towards more natural ingredients and additives as industries strive for enhanced sustainability by increasing the use of renewables in their materials sourcing. The Danish pioneer in food emulsifiers has opened a new 10,000 tonnes pellet line that also expands the manufacturer’s production capacity for Einar® brand plant-based polymer additives.

“We are seeing a fast-growing demand among consumers, brand owners, packaging designers and plastics manufacturers for more natural materials to reduce fossil depletion and waste,” says Ulrik Aunskjær, Global Industry Director Non-Food Business Development, Polymer Additives for Palsgaard. “Our expanded production capacity meets these requirements by boosting the availability of food-grade plant-based surfactants and modifiers for polymer manufacturers and compounders.”

The expansion of the pellet line also addresses the needs of compounders and processors who may wish to add specific Einar® products to polymers directly rather than as part of a more complex masterbatch formulation. This applies in particular to the use of Einar® anti-static additives for food and other packaging applications, where the availability of pelletised products enables a clean and straightforward process.

Palsgaard offers its Einar® plant-based anti-fog and anti-static additives in several grades tailored to film, injection moulding, foam and coating processes for a wide range of different polymers, from polyolefins and PVC to PET and engineering plastics. Moreover, the Einar® portfolio also includes slip additives, ageing modifiers, mould release agents and dispersing aids. All products have full FDA and EU food-contact approvals.

In addition to the new pellet line, Palsgaard is investing in an advanced spray cooling tower that will raise the company’s spray capacity by at least 30,000 tonnes. The tower is scheduled for commissioning in early 2023 and will be supported by multiple new reaction, distillation and esterification plants – all set to double the production capacity at the manufacturer’s Danish facility in Juelsminde by 2024. In total Palsgaard expects to invest 750 million Danish Kroner (100 million €) in the expanded capacities which, in line with the company’s commitment to sustainability, will not compromise Palsgaard’s carbon neutral status.

Ulrik Aunskjær added: “We have a number of new initiatives, including establishing a solar park and a biogas facility, which will provide the necessary power and waste management infrastructure to enable the new production capacity to also be carbon neutral. This aspect was a very important consideration in the planning process for the new investment.”

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About Palsgaard A/S

Palsgaard is a world leader in plant-based emulsifiers and polymer additives for the global food, packaging and plastics industries. Since its founder Einar Viggo Schou invented the modern plant-based food emulsifier in 1917, the company has provided advanced industry know-how and innovation to an increasingly diversified customer base. From application centres around the world, Palsgaard’s experienced technologists support brand owners and manufacturers in optimising their sustainability by the use of natural, renewable ingredients and additives to mitigate their carbon footprint.

Palsgaard helps manufacturers grow and protect their brands by meeting consumer and regulatory demands for greater responsibility. The company is currently the world’s only commercial source of fully sustainable emulsifiers and additives based on RSPO SG-certified palm oil as well as rapeseed, sunflower, and other vegetable oils. All products are non-GMO, have full EU and FDA food contact approvals, and also meet halal and kosher requirements.

The company’s food emulsifiers and emulsifier/stabiliser systems have a long history of adding to the quality and shelf-life of bakery, confectionery, condiments, dairy, ice cream, and margarine  products. At the same time, they can significantly improve the taste, mouthfeel and texture while using fewer resources. Palsgaard’s plant-based polymer additives, including anti-fog and anti-static formulations for food and other packaging, build on this expertise and are rapidly emerging as highly effective and sustainable alternatives to conventional petrol-based additives.

Palsgaard, with headquarters in Juelsminde, Denmark, is owned by the Schou Foundation and has 588 employees across 17 countries. The company operates plants, sales offices and warehouses across four continents. All of their six production sites in Denmark, the Netherlands, Mexico, Brazil, China and Malaysia are carbon-neutral. In 2020, Palsgaard achieved a turnover of USD 218 million (DKK 1.5 billion) with products sold to customers worldwide in more than 120 countries.

Learn more about the company’s product and service portfolio at www.palsgaard.com/polymers.

For editorial enquiries, please contact

Mette Dal Steffensen
Senior Marketing Specialist
Palsgaard A/S
+45 2073 4534
mds@palsgaard.dk
 

Varsha Lalla
EMG
+31 164 317 033
vlalla@emg-marcom.com
 

Düsseldorf, February 01, 2021 - The manufacturers of aluminum tubes and aerosol cans organized in the German Aluminium Association (GDA e. V.) got away with a black eye in 2020. The demand for aluminum tubes declined only slightly by around one percent, as the good demand from the pharmaceutical and food sectors almost offset the decline in cosmetic products.

Deliveries of aluminum aerosol cans to Germany fell by around 9 percent due to lower sales in the core market of deodorants. Despite the brisk demand for disinfectants in the first quarter of 2020, the industry was not nearly able to compensate for this decline. Nevertheless, the overall result in 2020 is still moderate compared to other end-use markets in the aluminum industry.

"Due to the ongoing pandemic, the slow start of vaccinations and the associated restrictions for the population in Germany and Europe-wide, the market situation is expected to remain difficult until the middle of the year, because customers plan carefully and drive on sight", says Johannes Schick, Chairman of GDA’s Division for Tubes, Cans and Impact-Extruded Parts. In particular, the demand from the cosmetics market will continue to suffer from the mobility restrictions, as the shops in the cities will be closed at least until mid-February and other important sales channels such as duty-free shops in airports are also shut down. A sustained upturn in the market is only expected from the third quarter of 2021. Until then, the market situation will remain rather erratic.

Aluminum packaging fully in line with EU's Green Deal 

The recyclability of packaging will play an even more important role in 2021. Here, aluminum packaging can score because it can be recycled almost infinitely without any loss of quality. The current recycling rate for aluminum packaging in Germany is 93.2 percent.

The growth potential for aluminum packaging in the German packaging market is considerable because it currently only accounts for around one percent of total packaging consumption in Germany. Coupled with the outstanding protective performance of aluminum, which efficiently prevents product spoilage and loss, an ecologically convincing overall package is delivered. Aluminum packaging is therefore fully in line with the EU Commission's Green Deal approach for more resource efficiency and sustainability.
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Contact:

Gregor Spengler
Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie e. V. (GDA)
T + 49 211 4796-144
gregor.spengler@aluinfo.de
 

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