AUSTIN, Texas – Austin-based American Canning is manufacturing aTULC beverage cans, for the primary time, inside the USA. Not like conventional sprayed-on BPANI and epoxy purposes, aTULC makes use of pre-coated aluminum sheet with a extra sturdy liner to guard in opposition to corrosivity and enhance product sustainability by being produced in a waterless plant.
Developed by Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan), aTULC (aluminum Toyo Final Can) manufacturing goals to broaden the spectrum of beverage compatibility inside can packaging whereas concurrently advancing sustainability measures on an already, infinitely recyclable product.
Satoshi Nishino, Govt Officer and Head of Buyer Options at Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, remarked, “aTULC makes it attainable to put in a can manufacturing line in one-third the footprint of typical amenities with out water or the necessity for infrastructure to assist wastewater remedy. Consequently, it’s attainable to provide smaller plenty of native product for native consumption – two cornerstones of craft.”
Through the use of pre-coated aluminum sheet, aTULC manufacturing eliminates the necessity for harsh chemical compounds and lubricants sometimes required to kind uncooked aluminum into form. It additionally ensures 100% consistency in liner utility and a thicker layer of safety in opposition to can corrosivity, in the end extending product shelf-life and decreasing taste absorption.
David Racino, Co-founder and CEO of American Canning, attributes the necessity for aTULC to innovation inside the craft beverage trade.
“U.S. craft is experiencing robust development in lots of classes which have historically struggled with compatibility in aluminum cans – wine, cider, and ready-to-drink cocktails,” Racino stated. “Our enterprise has at all times been centered on enabling manufacturers to make their means into cans. The introduction of aTULC as a 3rd liner choice will permit craft producers to fully re-imagine the sorts of merchandise that may be packaged in cans.”
“Having gained beverage ‘Can of the Yr’ in 2010 and 2019, aTULC’s know-how is confirmed to greater than double product shelf-life in hard-to-hold classes,” stated Racino. “We’re excited to convey aTULC to the states with a plant solely devoted to craft.”
American Canning is at the moment producing 12-ounce customary aluminum beverage cans at their aTULC facility, with 16- ounce customary cans to be added within the spring. Cans can be found to order customized (printed), with shrink-sleeve labels, or as inventory stock (silver, black matte, and shiny white). Orders are at the moment being accepted nationwide in all beverage classes. Minimal order portions range from one half-pallet to at least one truckload relying on ornament sort.
About American Canning
American Canning exists to assist beverage makers share their craft in cans. They started their journey in 2012 as a cellular canning service supplier packaging craft drinks on-site with native producers all through the state of Texas. Rising demand for provides propelled them into nationwide packaging distribution, then machine manufacturing, shrink-sleeve can manufacturing, and now, aTULC can manufacturing. By their trendy canning ecosystem, American Canning serves greater than 6,000 beverage manufacturers.
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