Aluminium and steel applicability has been known for more than a thousand years. Today they are being used in almost every industry and are component parts of various objects, in household appliances as well as vehicles, computers and buildings.
That is how aluminium and steel found their place in various packaging applications (e.g. aluminium cups, tins/ cans), medicine (e.g. infusion lids) and candle making (e.g. candle lids, wick holders).
World primary leading aluminium production 24 million tons a year is in average. The greatest aluminium manufacturer is Australia which is followed by Jamaica, Brazil, Guinea, China and some parts of Europe. The world production of crude steel was 1,05 billion tons in 2004.
