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Aluminium accounts for half of cans
By NEWS SYSTEM
Published: March 17th, 2008
Related tags: aluminium
The German manufacturers of foil, tubes, flexible packaging and aerosol/food/beverage cans from aluminium increased sales in 2007. According to the association, production was 4.8% higher than in the previous year (2006: 407 923 tonnes) at 427 316 tonnes. Due to the high price of aluminum on the world market, industry sales went up 8.7% to EUR 2.57 billion (2006: EUR 2.37 billion).
