Global beverage can volumes grow 6% at Rexam

摘要

Rexam revealed that it produced 6 percent more cans in 2012, driven by growth in speciality sizes and a recovery of market share in the US, when its year-end results were announced last month.Sales at the London-based canmaker were up 1.9 percent year-on-year at ￡4.31 billion (US$6.6bn). Rexam said that while its underlying profit before tax was up by 1 percent at ￡418m ($640m), net profit was down to ￡214m ($328m) from ￡376m($576m)in2011.