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Article: Canning sauces the Hirzel way: canning line at Hirzel Canning Co. & Farms in Northwood, OH, runs a consumer-friendly, three-piece metal can for pizza sauce and Italian dip that offers easy-opening, snap-on, reclosable convenience and no sharp edges.(canning line)
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- Packaging Digest
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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Listening closely to busy consumers, packagers and canmakers are making more strides in metal container innovations than in decades in order to satisfy demand. And retailers have quickly caught on to the new developments. Stores are now stocking an array of new metal cans with convenience features such as portability, easy-opening, reclosability and easy-grip configurations. There are also advances in freshness liners, as well as specially shaped cans and self-cooling, self-heating, microwavable and even twist-top cans.
One juicy example of such a convenient new package is a steel food can being used by Hirzel Canning Co. & Farms, Northwood, OH, just South of ...