GDOES Sofia Gaiaschi, HORIBA Scientific, 16 rue du Canal, 91160 Longjumeau, France Introduction Aluminium can be considered the most versatile packaging material in the world. With its ability to form any shape, its protective qualities and its capacity to be fully recycled and reused an infinite number of times, aluminium’s use in the packaging industry has become more and more interesting. Despite being more expensive to produce than a glass bottle, aluminium cans are lighter and don’t break, making the use of this material in production significantly cheaper. Even when reduced to thin foils, aluminium’s unique strength and physical properties offer excellent protection against the effects of oxygen, light, moisture, micro-organisms and unwanted odors. However, for each applica

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