Packaging 101
This term represents the process by which cans are made, where the height is greater than the diameter.
What is drawn and ironed or DWI?
The acronym, aTULC, stands for this type of aluminum packaging.
What is aluminum Toyo Ultimate Can?
This term refers to the necessary packaging material on a pallet of cans.
What is dunnage?
For custom cans, label designs should be limited to this number of colors.
What is six?
Previously a vendor for American Canning, this company recently opened a new can manufacturing facility in Texas.
Who is Envases Group?
Based on regional distribution and beverage specific laws, producers need to consider this factor when purchasing can ends.
What is deposit labeling or incision?
The feature, unique to aTULC, helps ensure that can body failures and quality concerns do not compound.
What is pre-laminated aluminum sheet or internal/external coating?
Cans can be sold in these two ways as determined by volume commitment and time.
What is spot and contracted?
This volume of cans qualifies customers to enter into a long-term supply agreement with American Canning.
What is 3,000,000?
This Crown distributor is known for owning their own fleet and offering warehousing options to their customers.
Who is Berlin Packaging?
These two external factors are known for having the greatest impact on product-to-package compatibility while in storage.
What are time and temperature?
This quality control test ensures liner consistency in every aTULC manufactured can.
What is Metal Exposure Testing?
This icon, found on nearly every decorated can, identifies and validates the producer.
What is a manufacturers mark?
As a dry manufacturing facility, American Canning's aTULC manufacturing plant saves this many gallons of water per day.
What is 20,000 gallons?
Located in Minnesota, this Ardagh Group distributor is growing as a competitor both in e-commerce and PakTech sales.
Who is Lagersmith?
These two types of decorated cans allow brands to incorporate an unlimited number of colors into their label designs.
What are shrink-sleeve cans and digitally printed cans?
This proprietary system was developed to increase efficiency in graphics approval on aTULC cans.
What is the IJP proofing process?
This can end uses less metal than traditional designs, reducing aluminum usage and packaging weight, saving greenhouse gas emissions and yielding savings for customers.
What is SuperEnd or CDL+?
American Canning aTULC manufacturing line is capable of producing this number of cans per minute when running at full speed.
This company is the first in North American to conduct can making, filling, variety packaging and warehousing into one full-service facility.
Who is VoBev?
These four terms refer to the styles of can bodies.
What are standard, sleek, slim and king?
These three quality control checks ensure some of the highest QC on beverage cans, unlike traditional plants where only one check is conducted.
What are at the point of lamination, MET on the line, and enamel rater testing post production?
When signing a long-term sales agreement, customers benefit from these four things.
What is best pricing/pricing discounts, guaranteed availability/priority production, ability to apply for credit terms, and dedicated account management?
As presented in OKR trimester 2, American Canning is aiming to be ready to secure this qty of cans in aTULC sales by April 2024.
What is 12,000,000 per month?
These six companies, including American Canning, comprise Ball Corporations distributor pool.