CONSUMER RIGID METAL PACKAGING IN EUROPE

2012

16.8billion €

18.2billion €

18.8billion €

18.8billion €

19.2billion €

2013 2014 2015 2016

3.4%

Steady Growth

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Revenues

15%5.7 billion units

3 billion €

General line

23%Volume only4.4 billion €

Closures

7%6.2 billion units

1.4 billion €

Aerosols

24%27.1 billion units

4.6 billion €

Foodcans

2%0.8 billion units

0.3 billion €

Specialities

29%58.3 billion units

5.5 billion €

Beveragecans

Markets

EU Member

States

25

Production in

companies 760

are SMEs90%

employees

indirect jobs

66.000

111.000

billion units

produced

98share of the

European packaging market

15%

every EU consumer uses, on average,

4 units weekly

Made from permanent materials, metal packaging is the perfect example of a circular economy at work.

It is estimated that 80% of all metal ever produced in the world is still available for use

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Data gathered for the years 2012 - 2016 by the renowned consultancy Smithers Pira. Focus is on consumer rigid metal packaging, excluding industrial drums. Numbers cover all 28 EU Member States, as well as Turkey.

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Production in Europe

17% - Italy

14.8% - UK

14.4% - Germany

10.5% - Spain

France - 9.4%

Others - 6.8%Austria, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, and Switzerland

Benelux - 6%

Turkey - 5.9%

Czech Rep, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia - 4.7%

Poland - 4.6%

Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden - 3.7% 2.2% - Bulgaria, Croatia. Greece and Romania

TOTAL 201619.2 billion €

Metal Packaging Europe gives Europe’s rigid metal packaging industry a unified voice, by bringing together manufacturers, suppliers, and national associations.

We proactively position and support the positive attributes and image of metal packaging and represent the industry’s views so that stakeholders understand how metal packaging contributes to the Circular Economy.

Metal packaging is designed to meet modern lifestyles. With an unrivalled safety record and ever-improving sustainability credentials it offers a smart and unique packaging solution.