06.01.14
Henkel Beauty Care and Ball Corporation have collaborated on a new, lighter weight industrial aluminum aerosol can for the popular beauty care brand, Fa. Ball manufactures the new extruded aluminum can using what it calls “revolutionary” metal technology, which utilizes recycled aluminum to create a metal alloy that exhibits increased strength and allows light weighting of the container without affecting package integrity. This technology allows Ball to lightweight its extruded aluminum aerosol packaging by as much as 10%, with even further light weighting expected in the future.
Ball is a leader in aerosol packaging and the world’s largest producer of recyclable aluminum beverage cans and aluminum “slugs,” or metal disks that are impact extruded to produce aerosol product packaging for body sprays, sunscreens, hair sprays and more. After months of collaboration, Ball’s global metal technology experts and innovation teams developed a method that will allow the company to use either post-consumer recycled aluminum or aluminum recycled from its global beverage can operations to produce its new slugs. Currently, almost all extruded aluminum aerosol packaging is made from virgin aluminum slugs.
Ball is a leader in aerosol packaging and the world’s largest producer of recyclable aluminum beverage cans and aluminum “slugs,” or metal disks that are impact extruded to produce aerosol product packaging for body sprays, sunscreens, hair sprays and more. After months of collaboration, Ball’s global metal technology experts and innovation teams developed a method that will allow the company to use either post-consumer recycled aluminum or aluminum recycled from its global beverage can operations to produce its new slugs. Currently, almost all extruded aluminum aerosol packaging is made from virgin aluminum slugs.