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Article: Thin-wall aerosols save production and shipping costs.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
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- Food & Drug Packaging
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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Now available, the UniCan[TM] family of two-piece tinplate Drawn-and-Ironed (D & I) aerosol containers delivers environmental benefits and cost savings to the 10-billion can worldwide aerosol market.
UniCan combines the thin-walled body of a D & I can with the dispensing apparatus of a traditional aerosol can to create a two-piece container: an ironed body with an integral bottom and a seamed-on dome.
Major innovations incorporated in the new container are an up to 40% reduction in metal content, seamless bottom and sides construction and environmental friendliness throughout the product life cycle. The two-piece can's lack of a side weld provides easy ...