Method for manufacturing an aluminium tube, a method for manufacturing an aluminium slug, an aluminium tube and an aluminium slug

A squeezable or collapsible aluminium tube having a shoulder and a neck, wherein the aluminium tube is produced or producible by impact extrusion of a slug and comprises an aluminium alloy consisting of:

• >98.4% by weight of Al,
• 0.10% by weight to 0.30% by weight of Si,
• 0.25% by weight to 0.45% by weight of Fe,
• 0.01% by weight to 0.08% by weight of Cu,
• 0.15% by weight to 0.40% by weight of Mn,
• at most 0.15% by weight of Mg,
• at most 0.05% by weight of Zn,
• at most 0.05% by weight of Cr,
• at most 0.05% by weight of Ni,
• at most 0.05% by weight of Ti and
• at most 0.05% by weight of other impurities,
• wherein the aforementioned ingredients of the aluminium alloy add to 100% by weight,
• the squeezable or collapsible tube having a folded or crimped end which creates a seal.