Hottest summer for PET in the USA

In addition to the summer and the confinement imposed by corona, pet consumption in final product packaging has been vitamind in the U.S., because of insufficient supply of aluminum cans, reports icis portal.
As reported, U.S. demand for the metal boiled under quarantine in the second quarter, ricocheting off the supply chain of giant soft drink brands, which has so far led consumers to resort to the polyester bottle alternative.
But the gap may soon be closed, as manufacturer Ball, the world's aluminum pendulum, departed a metal plant in Texas and another can unit in Georgia in July and is expected to activate two more plants in the first half of 2021.
But the background of the panorama is the prospect of habits acquired by the consumer during the pandemic perpetuate after their control, with reflections of ready beats in the packaging of essential products, a range that covers food to sanitors points to the analysis of icis.
Among the trends should mature when the virus page is turned, points out the published evaluation, the public's preference for hygienic containers and single-use, which, moreover, is out of the commandments of the circular economy in favor of the solutions of the reuse of packaging.