ALUCAN, the beverage packaging division of Yantai Zhuyuan Environmental Tech Co., Ltd., has launched a comprehensive sourcing checklist designed to streamline the selection process for aluminum beverage cans and easy-open ends. This resource is targeted at beverage brands, breweries, and contract fillers, providing essential technical and production information necessary before requesting quotations, approving designs, or arranging filling-line trials.
The checklist emphasizes the significance of comparing actual can dimensions rather than relying solely on nominal capacities. For instance, ALUCAN’s 355 mL Standard can has a body diameter of 66.04 mm and a height of 122.22 mm, whereas the 355 mL Sleek can measures 57.40 mm in diameter and 155.73 mm in height. This highlights the necessity for precision in specifying can dimensions to ensure compatibility and optimize packaging selection.
Buyers are advised to review five critical areas before placing an order: verifying the capacity and can profile, checking the specific easy-open end specification, detailing beverage and filling process requirements, planning production-line and seam trials, and confirming artwork and pallet arrangements. Although both 355 mL examples use a nominal 202 end size, ALUCAN recommends filling teams confirm the end profile and seamer tooling against detailed drawings.
Understanding beverage characteristics, such as product type, carbonation levels, and pasteurization needs, is crucial for suppliers to assess the suitability of the proposed can, end, and internal coating. Production teams are encouraged to agree on sample requirements and trial procedures to evaluate can handling and seam quality, which can help prevent manufacturing schedule disruptions due to compatibility issues.
The resource also advises buyers to consider artwork and logistics in tandem with technical performance. This includes using the appropriate print template, confirming design quantities, and reviewing pallet configurations to match the receiving facility’s needs. ALUCAN provides insights into shipment logistics, such as the number of cans that fit in a 40HQ container, facilitating better planning for purchasing and logistics teams.
Accompanying the checklist is ALUCAN’s Aluminum Can Sizes and Dimensions Guide, listing 18 size and format combinations across five product families: Standard, Sleek, Slim, Super Sleek, and 1 L Sharing. This guide, available without registration, offers reference dimensions and nominal end sizes for preliminary comparisons. For final decisions on filling equipment, seaming, and artwork, buyers should rely on detailed supplier drawings of their chosen can and end.
About ALUCAN
ALUCAN is a beverage packaging brand operated by Yantai Zhuyuan Environmental Tech Co., Ltd. in Yantai, Shandong, China. It supplies unprinted and custom-printed aluminum beverage cans and easy-open ends.
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Christine Wong
Yantai Zhuyuan Environmental Tech CO., LTD.
+86 130 5450 1345
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