DEMAND FOR AEROSOL CANS FALLS IN THE LAST YEAR

Demand for aluminum aerosol cans declined slightly last year. The International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (AEROBAL) confirms that worldwide sales of its members were down 1.2% in 2021, falling to approximately 5.6 billion units.

AEROBAL also points out that while the main deodorant market remained more or less at the same level as the previous year, sales in the hair and shaving foam and food markets even experienced double-digit growth. On the other hand, there was a contraction in the segments of hair sprays, sunscreens, pharmaceuticals and disinfection, household and technical articles.

The slight decline in sales was mainly due to a reduction in demand from the EU plus the United Kingdom. The North and South American markets as a whole remained at the previous year’s level, while sales in Asia and the Middle East recorded significant growth.

Leopold Werdich, President of AEROBAL, also emphasizes that “the demand for sustainable packaging remains a top priority for customers. Aluminum aerosol manufacturers are presenting convincing solutions in this respect.”

AEROBAL also adds that, thanks to specific weight reduction and the use of optimized coating systems, the ecological footprint of the packaging is lastingly improved. In general, there is a market trend towards less complex packaging shapes, which allows greater scope for weight reduction.

They now stress that the biggest concern by far for manufacturers is the war in Ukraine and the uncertainties and turbulence it causes in the markets. The order intake in the first quarter of 2022 so far bodes “well for manufacturers’ business in the first half of the year.”

The current global pandemic of COVID, high energy prices driving inflation and the corresponding loss of consumer purchasing power, and tensions in the supply chain of electronic control partners for machinery are “affecting the mood of the industry.”

The order books for the first quarter of 2022 are for the time being fueling hope for a good workload for aluminum aerosol manufacturers during the first half of the year. Thanks to the reactivation of customer marketing activities, there has been an increase in market re-launches.

Instead, spirits are dampened by the persistent pandemic around the world, exorbitant energy prices, which fuel inflation and the corresponding loss of consumer purchasing power, as well as tensions in the supply chains of electronic machine components.