Guide to Tin and Can Manufacturers
This special page lists many of today’smanufacturers of tins and cans in the world. Hyperlinks back to their own web sites willprovide you with valuable information about their products and capabilities. They can helpbusiness owners find the right tin or can to meet their product needs.
AllstateCan Corp., 1-T Wood Hollow Rd., Parsippany, NJ 07054 2821 USA, Tel: 973-560-9030, Fax: 973-560-9217; Established: 1946. Mfrs. Of Standard & Customized Steel Cans.Available In A Wide Range Of Sizes & Closures For All Packaging Needs. In Stock OrMade To Specs. Specialists In Custom Decorated & Lithographed Containers.
American National Can Company (ANC) is theworlds largest manufacturer of beverage cans. Based in Chicago and operating morethan 40 beverage can and end making plants, ANC produces a range of container sizes(5.5-ounce to 24-ounce) for the soft drink, beer, fruit juice, tea and water markets. Witha history in packaging dating to 1899. ANC is a subsidiary of Pechiney, a multinational manufacturer with corebusinesses in metal and plastic packaging, aluminum and semi-finished aluminum products.ANC was purchased by Pechiney in November, 1988. ANC was an American company formed byTriangle from its’ purchase of the National Can Corp. in 1985 and the American Can Corp.in 1986.
Ball Corporation, Ball’s packaging operations makes metalbeverage cans, metal foodcans, and PETplastic bottles.
Acquired Heekin Can, Inc. in March 1993. Heekinwas the largest regional manufacturer of metalfood containers in the U.S. prior to the acquisition. Combined with Ball PackagingProducts Canada, Inc.’s six plants, the eleven former Heekin plants made Ball the thirdlargest producer of metal food and aerosol cans in the North American market. (
The 1969 acquisition of Jeffco Manufacturing Company inDenver and subsequent metalbeverage container operations formation. The company now has nine North American metalbeverage container plants and produces 17 billion beverage cans and easy-open can ends.
The acquisition of the metal beverage container assets ofReynolds Metals Company in 1998. The acquisition made Ball the largest supplier ofmetal beverage cans in North America, and one of the larger in the world.
The acquisition of M.C. Packaging (Hong Kong) Ltd. in China.MCP, combined with Ball’s FTB Packaging Ltd. joint venture in China, makes Ball thelargest supplier of cans in that nation.
Buckeye ShapeForm
was founded in 1902 as theBuckeye Stamping Company. What started as a producer of small tin plated steelcans has evolved into one of the most flexible electronics packaging sources inthe world. In 1996 ShapeForm Inc. was added to the Buckeye line featuring deepdrawn lengths up to 84 inches with varying diameters and wall thickness. Locatedat 555 Marion Road in Columbus, Ohio, with 80,000 square feet of manufacturingspace, Buckeye ShapeForm is ideally located for timely and economical dailyshipments by ground or by air.
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BWAY Corporation, 8607 Roberts Drive, Suite250, Atlanta, GA 30350, 770-587-0888. While tracing its roots back to 1870, the modernBrockway Standard is an amalgamation of several old line can companies that have mergedover the years to form the largest domestic general line can maker.
CENTRAL CAN COMPANY, 3200 South Kilbourn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60623, Phone: (773) 254-8700 Fax: (312)254-9127 Packaging Materials – Steel Containers: 5-gallon pails;Tinplate Containers: cans
J.L. Clark, a Clarcor Company. J.L. Clarkmanufactures a wide variety of decorated metal products
including stock and custom containers, stampings and packaging. 2300 SixthStreet P.O. Box 7000 Rockford, IL 61125, Phone: 815/962-8861 FAX: 815/962-0417
Container Supply Company, 12571Western Ave., Garden Grove, CA. 92841, Phone(714) 892-8321 FAX (714) 892-3824
Containers Printers Pte Ltd
– metal can manufacturer, producing tin andplastic containers.
Continental Can Company,Inc.,is a subsidiary of dairy and packagingcompany Suiza Foods. Its Ferembal subsidiary is one of thelargest food can producers in France. Czech-based subsidiary Obalex makes food cans andindustrial-use cans. 301 Merritt 7 Corporate Park, Norwalk, CT, 06856, Phone:203-750-5900 Fax: 203-750-5900.
Crown Cork and Seal Company., Inc. , productsinclude metal cans for food, beverage, household and other consumer products, plasticcontainers for beverage, processed food, household, personal care and other products;metal and plastic packaging products for health and beauty care applications includingcosmetics, fragrances and pharmaceuticals; metal specialty and promotional packagingproducts; a wide variety of caps, closures, pumps and dispensing systems; and compositecontainers.
Over the past nine years, the Company has completedapproximately 20 acquisitions of companies. The largest acquisitions over this periodinclude CarnaudMetalbox(February 1996), Van Dorn Company (April 1993), CONSTAR International (October 1992),Continental Can International (May 1991), Continental Can’s U.S. food and beverage canbusinesses (July 1990) and Continental Can Canada (December 1989).
In the Eighties Carnaud S.A,France joined forces with Metalbox Limited, England and thay are known today as CarnaudMetalbox. They are the largest packaging organization in Europe and the third largest inthe World. Also see The-Box
Darex: Founded in 1919 by two graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Bradley Dewey, and Charles Almy, The Dewey and Almy Chemical Co. later became GraceContainer Products in 1954, and today is Darex, part ofW.R. Grace & Co.,
FEMSA Packaging
– produces containers, packaging, plastic products andcoolers for the food and beverage industry.
Freund Can Company, Since 1936, 179 West 84th Street, CHICAGO, IL 60620,PHONE: 773/224-4230, Ext. 179
Independent CanCompany, a manufacturer of specialty and industrial metal containers since1929. 4500 Wharf Point Court, P.O. Box 370, Belcamp, MD 21017, 410-272-0090 phone,410-273-7500 – fax. See also Western Specialty Container below.
National Can Industries Limited, beganin 1954, National Can Industries, Australia, expandedinto New Zealand in 1970 and in 1989 acquired that countries largest can making group.In1994 operations commenced in Fiji and New Guinea. NCI offers a diverse range of productsto manufacturers and fillers involved in the paint, petroleum, chemical, building,automotive, housewares, fancy goods, aerosol, edible oil and food and beverage industries.
Olive Can Company, beginning in the early 1900s, today, Olive Can’s specialty is the food andgift tin market.
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The-Box, The-Box is an independently operated subsidiary of Carnaud MetalboxPLC.
The Tin Box Company, Forover 45 years, have been used by the confectionery, cosmetic, apparel, coffee, tea,automotive, and gift industry. Production Facilities are located in China and Mexicoenabling us to offer you exceptional capability and competitive pricing.
U.S. Can Corporation, 900Commerce Drive, Oak Brook, IL 60523, (630) 571-3050
1983 U. S. Can Company formed bypurchase of Sherwin-Williams container division, a new corporate headquarters isestablished at Oak Brook, Illinois.
1985 Modernized plantdedicated at Hubbard, Ohio…Southern Can acquired.
1986 Acquisition of General CanCompany specialty container plant at Alsip, Illinois.
1987 Continental CanCompany’s general packaging division acquired… U.S. Can West is formed.
1992 American National’s aerosoland general line assets acquired… assets of Fein Container Corporation purchased.
1993 Olsher Metals ProcessingCompany and Spencer Container acquired.
1994 Acquisition of SteeltinCan, Ellisco Inc., Rollason Engineering, Ball Corporation’s Alsip Plant and Grafco metalpackaging.
1995 Metal Litho, Inc.,Plastite Corporation, Prospect Industries and Hunter Container acquired.
1996 Alltrista MetalServices,Crown/CMB plants in Europe, CPI Plastics and Erie metal stamping assets of OwensIllinois purchased.
Western Can Company. This is quoted from a publicationentitled: MJB 1881 – 100 years of history – 1981.(Published and copyrighted by MJB in1981.) “In 1915, we moved the office to 665 Third Street…” (SanFrancisco)…”West Coast Metal Works, a can manufacturer located next to theThird Street building, was contracted to produce cans for MJB. In 1916, it waspurchased by MJB and changed its name to Western Can Company”. The Nestle Corporationeventually came to own MJB Coffee.
Western SpecialtyContainer was purchased in April of 1986 byIndependent Can Company, a tin manufacturer located in Belcamp, Maryland, as a salesdivision.
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Brockway Standard Inc, 13401 Denton Dr, Dallas, Texas75234-4715, 214-620-1530
Printer Type: Packaging , Metal Decorator, Areas of Specialization: Metal CansMetal Container Corp, 3713 Harmon Ave, Oklahoma City,Oklahoma 73179-8603, United States, 405-681-5425 Printer Type: Packaging , Metal Decorator, Areas of Specialization: Metal Cans
The Packaging Education Forum isthe membership organization through which industry guides the development of, establishesquality standards for, and provides financial assistance to packaging education programs,curricula, and students at the university in the United States.
Can Central is the web site of the CanManufacturers Institute (CMI), the trade association for can manufacturers and theirsuppliers. The web site is intended to serve as a clearinghouse for information about thecan and the industry as a whole. If you have any questions, call us toll free at”1-888-Can-Central.”
National Association of Container Distributors
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Steel Shipping Container Institute,1101 14th Street, NW, Suite 1020, Washington, DC 20005, 202-408-1900fax:202-408-1972. The SSCI is a non-profit organization representingthe manufacturers of new steel shipping containers. Steel Drums, primarily.
The Institute of Packaging , 50 yearsof service to the packaging industry.
I am studying my family ancestry. My great-grandfather Oscar Soehner and great uncle Joseph Dister had a tin factory in Dayton, Ohio. Sold to the American Can Company. Oscar was retired from The American Can Company. Any history on the Soehner/Dister Tin factory would be appreciated. Thank YouMartha Kelly nee: Soehner e-mail MartyJKelly@AOL.com
Hello again, Mike, We have a few additions to your listings and wouldlike your thoughts as to our web page. The first listing, you show as Aubrey,Montreal Canada. I think this may be: A. Aubry & Fils Limitee,Montreal. We have one piece in our collection and guess it to be about 1914.(can send picture) The second is Kemp Mfg., Toronto. I’m pretty sure nowthe established date is 1887, changed their name to Sheet Metal Products in1911, and were part of the 1927 GSW buyout. (check the link to the KempFamily on our web page). Sheet Metal Products, was in Toronto, 1911 to 1927.McClary Mfg., was established in 1847 (now have a 1917 Catalogue to verify)until the buyout in 1927. You might also want to add: E.T.Wright and Co.,Hamilton Ontario. Established in 1883 and were also part of the buyout in1927. (have 2 examples in our little but growing collection and can E Mailphotos.) We still have to research Aubry and would like to know how you cameacross the name…may help us both. Now, maybe you can help us a little. We haveput together a basic web page and would like to have it included in yourdirectory. We would like you to check it out at; www.onlink.net/~johnell You will notice that we linked it back to your page, as we have had a few Emailsas a result of your link to us….enjoyable and we responded to each promptly.Your page has been of value to us and we are hoping that the two will complimenteach other and enable us to continue sharing information. Besides Aubry, wewould also like to research Landau and Cormack (from your listing), and a newfind from New Brunswick bearing all kinds of touchmarks, but no makers name.Hope you will find our page of some interest and of course we look forward toyour thoughts and guidance. Thanks in advance, John and Nell Slater