Aerosol Containers New technology drives sustainable, cost effective innovation. There were 2,873,300,182 steel aerosol containers shipped to fillers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico in 2013. Add more than 784 million aluminum aerosol containers for a total of 3,657,305,182 aerosol cans, according to the Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA). Additionally, the CSPA estimates that an additional 14.8 million containers were imported into the U.S. That’s a lot of spray cans. Consumers love spray products but constantly demand innovation. They want smaller, lighter, easier-to-use cans that are also inexpensive and attractive. They want them to work well and also be environmentally friendly. And they want better cans every year. That’s a tall order, but SPRAY has learned that can suppliers (and those who support the suppliers) are up to the job. For example, Ball Corp., headquartered in Broomfield, CO, launched ReAL in 2012, a metal technology breakthrough that enables the use of recycled aluminum 14 Spray December 2014 in the manufacture of extruded aluminum packaging for aerosols. The resulting metal alloy exhibits increased strength and allows lightweighting of the container without affecting package integrity. Ball’s technological breakthrough allows the company to lightweight its extruded aluminum aerosol packaging by as much as 10%, with further lightweighting expected in the future. One of the world’s largest producers of aluminum slugs and of recyclable aluminum beverage cans, Ball uses aluminum recycled from its global beverage can operations to produce the slugs. “Our ReAl brand slugs will improve the carbon footprint of increasingly popular extruded aluminum packaging by enabling us to reduce the amount of metal in the package and further enhance the environmental performance of our company,” said Raymond Seabrook, Ball COO, Global Packaging. In 2014, German consumer goods company Henkel collaborated with Ball to launch a new, lighter weight By Ava Caridad, Editorial Director industrial aluminum aerosol can for the popular beauty care brand Fa, using the ReAL slug. Colep, a global consumer goods packaging and contract manufacturer, introduced DigiStripe—a technical development that allows three-piece tinplate aerosol cans to compete aesthetically with aluminum cans due to the reduction in the visible seam from 5mm to 1.5mm. The seams are available in black or clear. This is a significant advancement in the tinplate aerosol industry, according to Colep, as until now, the minimum size of the visible seam was 5mm. Decreasing this visible seam not only helps improve the visual appearance of the can for the end consumer, but also improves the external side seam varnish strip application and increases the print area on a tinplate can, giving marketers more flexibility in the can artwork. Consumer preference for smaller, travel-sized packaging continues to grow in the U.S. To help cosmetic and personal care brands capitalize on this opportunity, CROWN Aerosol Packaging North America, a business unit
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