The French metal packaging market is estimated at 2.5 billion euros. The global metal packaging market is growing by 3.3% a year to reach $153 billion. This industry, which includes steel and aluminum packaging, owes its expansion to the durability, recyclability and shelf-life qualities of metal packaging, with high recycling rates of 80% for steel and 74.5% for aluminum in Europe. In France, Crown and Ardagh account for over 60% of sales Emerging trends in the French metal packaging market While the global metal packaging market has a share of around 12%, in France it represents only 6% of the total packaging market. A significant proportion of demand in the metal packaging market comes from industries such as rubber, plastics, vehicles, metallurgy, food, cosmetics, textiles, paper, cardboard and electronics. The food and beverage sectors are major users of metal packaging solutions, taking advantage of the durability, recyclability and shelf-life qualities of metal cans and containe
