From coil to can Manufacturing aluminum beverage cans sustainably
We produce aluminum strip used to manufacture beverage cans in many different sizes and specifications. Our high-quality, sustainable products are known and trusted by customers all over the world, including some of the largest and best-known international producers of aluminum beverage packaging.
Aluminum is once again gaining in popularity. This is due to its exceptional technical properties, as well as the fact that it is recyclable and thermally conductive, not to mention extremely lightweight. The result is aluminum beverage cans that are 100% recyclable, and which keep their contents chilled and fresh, without affecting their taste, along the entire path from producer to consumer.
Fresh, chilled and recyclable: Aluminum offers impressive properties Manufacturing high-quality cans and can-ends with our sustainable production process
The volume of aluminum beverage cans used in Europe will increase by around 10 billion cans over the next five years. We are pleased to support this growth and to play a decisive role with our high-quality aluminum. In addition, recycling (or more precisely returning the can as intended) is also one of the services we are happy to provide to promote sustainability.
There is good reason behind the growth in global demand: Aluminum beverage cans are impermeable to light and air, so they protect liquids from external influences and keep them fresh for longer. They also feature an integrated cooling effect that allows the contents to be cooled with minimal energy use. Other benefits include their durability and light weight, which makes it possible to transport large volumes of aluminum beverage cans using less space.
We also take care of the reuse of aluminum cans because, after all, aluminum can be recycled infinitely without any loss of quality. This is how we ensure a circular product life cycle.
Transparency at every step of the supply chain How our aluminum beverage can products are made
It takes multiple stages of production before our aluminum strip is ready to be turned into cans. The metal is recycled and cast into rolling ingots. These are processed into coils at the world's largest aluminum smelting and hot-rolling mill and refined for the can-end manufacturers in Grevenbroich to use. With production widths of up to two meters, a single rolled coil can be used to make 10 million can tabs, 3.5 million can ends or 700,000 can bodies.
You can always expect the highest quality, because our plants can achieve even the smallest tolerances. To keep everything as efficient as possible, we monitor the production process using state-of-the-art quality-control technologies.
We recycle 50,000 metric tons of aluminum each year Our sustainable production and effective recycling
By using aluminum for coils to make cans and can-ends, we are using an environmentally friendly raw material. In fact, aluminum beverage cans are the most sustainable beverage packaging type, leaving behind a significantly lower CO2-footprint than glass or plastic.
There is a good reason for this too, as the production process generates fewer emissions, and aluminum can be recycled repeatedly without any loss of quality. Using aluminum is not only good for the planet, it's also extremely energy efficient. In fact, it takes 95% less energy to recycle the cans than it does to produce new aluminum.
In Germany, 99% of all cans are currently recycled. At Speira, we are working hard to raise that rate even higher. We are driving forward the lean recycling process of the future, with even shorter transport routes. Today, we are already using our own recycling plant, which recycles 50,000 metric tons of aluminum each year. The size of our plant is equivalent to nearly all the beverage cans used in Germany in one year; and it takes just 60 days between the can being used and it finding its way back onto store shelves. This is a smart circular economy, which we are proud to be a part of.
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From aluminium comes gracefulness
In our AL 3 production facility, equipped with the latest technology, our solutions are provided with specifically-defined surface topographies in order to push the limits of forming. In addition, conversion treatment takes place to strengthen adhesion. In a final production step, lubricants are applied to protect the surface and improve malleability.
In addition, we can also supply alloys with special surface topographies to extend the forming limits or with conversion treatment to enhance adhesion, as well as a range of lubricants for surface protection and improved malleability.
- Fast-curing alloys for use at low paint baking temperatures
- Fast-curing alloys for use at low paint baking temperatures
- Fast-curing alloys for use at low paint baking temperatures
- Fast-curing alloys for use at low paint baking temperatures
- Fast-curing alloys for use at low paint baking temperatures
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