Aluminum can technology to maintain competitiveness by reducing cost

luminum cans for beverages are one of the most popular forms of packaging. In 1994, aluminum cans made up 72 percent of the US beverage can market. This research focused on the cost reduction of aluminum cans by reduction of weight. The highest fraction of a can production cost is the aluminum metal cost, about 58 percent for a can body and 78 percent for a can end. Reducing the weight of aluminum metal has been a primary approach to reducing the cost of the aluminum can since its introduction. The weight of the can body has been reduced to 54 percent of the weight in the early 1960's. The weight of the can end has been reduced to 45 percent of the weight in the early 1960's.;The total expected weight reduction of aluminum can is around 11...