Media Releases

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Elections to EAFA Board confirmed for the period until 2025

The European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) is pleased to announce that Bruno Rea and Alexander Dörsel have been re-elected as Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively, by members of the Roller Group.

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Aluminium foil deliveries depressed by de-stocking and weaker demand

Year to date (YTD) deliveries of aluminium foil for the first six months of 2023 saw demand drop 9.4% to 444,000 tonnes, with both domestic deliveries and exports down.

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Aluminium foil deliveries return to pre-pandemic levels and inflation and inventory management affect demand

Following a long period of higher levels of demand for aluminium foil, due to inventory building and pandemic related demand from consumers, trading has returned to levels last seen in 2020.

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Stable performance for European foil rollers in 2022

Full year figures for European aluminium foil production in 2022 show a stable development (+0,4%) in volume over the previous 12 months, reaching 971.300 tonnes (2021: 967.000t). Despite market uncertainties and high energy costs, both domestically and in export markets deliveries remained resilient, according to figures released recently by the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA).

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Solid performance for aluminium foil deliveries in Q3 maintains 2022 progress

Despite a small dip in deliveries in the third quarter of 2022, down just 0,3% at 237,800 tonnes compared to the same period in 2021, the year to date (YTD) performance is still 0,4% ahead of the previous year. The three-month period July to September 2022 saw a solid performance across all markets.

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