In 2007, worldwide sales of aluminium aerosol cans enjoyed unrestrained growth to a volume of around 5,3 billion cans. This corresponds to a further impressive increase of 11% over 2006, which was already a record year for the aluminium aerosol can industry, and gives aluminium cans a 41% share of the global aerosol can production of approximately 12,7 billion units. There was an increase - significant in some cases - in shipments to all continents with the exception of Asia. Once again, the cosmetics market was the driving force behind this expansion. Eighty percent of all shipments are to this dynamically-growing market. The key market areas in cosmetics in 2007 were deodorants with a 45% share of total shipments, hair sprays with 15%, and mousses with 12%, followed by shaving foams with three percent.
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