Friday, August 9, 2019

An Option to Replace Plastic Disposables: Thin Metal Cylinder


In April this year, Nikkei, one of the Japanese leading newspapers, reported,
"P&G and other firms try reuse of metal containers.
An action to reduce plastics in daily necessities."

Most liquid detergent and shampoo / rinse containers are made of plastic.
But being sought are using recycled plastic and changing to metal containers that can be used repeatedly.

Challenge of P&G:  Aluminum bottles in NewYork and Paris

Look at the picture below.


Stainless Sleeve, thickness 30 microns

For welded metal cylinders, we can contol their dimeter by 0.1mm .

These technologies to make thin metal cylinders may assist to replace plastic containers.