Alufoil (the European Aluminium Foil Association) has relaunched its global website in 10 languages ahead of ALUMINIUM 2014, from October 7-9, at Messe Dusseldorf, Germany.
Short term delivery requests are continuing to affect production and planning of European manufacturers, according to the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA).
The aluminium foil flexible packaging market should be “cautiously optimistic” about production growth, despite a 4% decline in foil demand for food applications in the first nine months of the year, says an industry body.
A leading European trade body for the aluminium foil sector has declared that signs of recovery continued to be felt in the first three months of 2011 – although demand for material for some types of food packaging fell slightly.
The overall recycling rate of alufoil trays and semi-rigid containers throughout Europe is 40 per cent, but there are plans afoot to increase that rate, claims the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA).
While exports of aluminium foil from Europe rose nine per cent in
2005, internal demand decreased by one per cent as manufacturers
continue to downgauge and source material elsewhere.
Aluminium foil packaging can be used safely in microwave ovens
according to an industry study conducted by the Fraunhofer
Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV.
While exports of aluminium foil from Europe rose 11 per cent at the
start of this year, internal demand decreased by 1.9 per cent,
according to statistics released yesterday by an industry
association.
Aluminium producers can expect a good year in 2005, with foil sales
hitting an all-time high, but packagers will have to deal with
all-time high costs, writes Anthony Fletcher.
Bill Morris, the newly elected president of the European Aluminium
FoilAssociation (EAFA), believes that the industry needs to better
communicate to food packagers the benefits of using the material.
Shipments of aluminium foil for the first quarter of 2004 have been
promising, with sales increasing by nearly one per cent compared
with the first three months of 2003, writes Anthony
Fletcher.
European sales of aluminium foil in 2003 achieved the same level as
2002, according to the latest figures from the European Aluminium
Foil Association (EAFA). The body believes that this shows the
strength of the foil industry in...
Deliveries of aluminium foil recorded for the third quarter of 2003
have declined compared with the same period last year, according to
the latest figures from the European Aluminium Foil Association
(EAFA).