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The Tip is 'Made In America Secrets' We needed some new towels recently and I remembered coming across your website. I thought I would give it a quick search to see if there were any Made in America towels sold nearby. It just so happened that when I did the search, I found there was a nearby reseller listed who carried the particular Made in the USA towels I wanted. We bought the towels and, not surprisingly, they are both more absorbent and better looking than I thought. Made in America Secrets has thousands of products made in America offered by hundreds of small manufacturers. These small companies are a big contributor to our economy. According to one study small businesses (those employing 1 to 99 employees) comprise 98% of all the USA businesses. That's equivalent to 5.8 million businesses employing over 40 million people. Most American's are unaware of how significant small business is when compared to the total size of the US economy. This website is aware of it and that is why 99% of the businesses that advertise on Made in America Secrets are small businesses. I now use this site to search for small companies especially since more than likely it is a small company that employs someone I know- my wife, my children, my friends. Buying Tip Continued - Read more on Made in America Products by Independent Can Founded in 1929, Independent Can Company is a world leader in the manufacturing of specialty metal packaging and metal lithography. Privately held and managed by its principals, we are an American manufacturer with a long history of success that has brought us to the technological forefront in can making. Our growth, both internally and through acquisition, has allowed us to bring new capabilities and products to market. We have highly trained and experience solution providers in those markets. This growth has been achieved without adding layers of bureaucracy that impede responsiveness. We are the industry leader in capability and capacity due to our continuous investments for the benefit of our customers. Key events shaping our future: 1970's ? Joint venture with a Michigan can company to manufacture cans for frozen fruit. As a result of that partnership a can plant was built in Ft. Madison, Iowa for the production of cans for the packaging of minerals 1980's ? Acquisition of Quaker Can for the manufacture of cans for welding electrodes. Also acquired later in the decade, Western Specialty Container, a packaging distribution company near Los Angeles. 1985 ? Move from Baltimore to a 17-acre campus in Belcamp, MD. Today it houses 370,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing, printing, office and warehouse facilities. 1988 ? First stock decorative line of products was offered 1990 ? Metal lithography introduced 1993 ? First shaped decorative tin was produced 1996 ? First drawn seamless tin was produced 2004 ? State of the Art 6-color Metal Star 2 press begins operation 2004 ? Independent Can celebrates 75th Anniversary 2006 ? Acquisition of Crawford Container located in Conneaut, Ohio 2007 ? Acquisition of Bertels Can Company located in Wilkes-Barre, PA 2008 - Independent Can celebrates 80th Anniversary 2008 ? New state of the art facility in Ft. Madison Iowa 2009 ? Purchase and installation of a second Metal Star 2, 4 color printing line 2009 ? Purchase and installation of Naroska sheet-fed press 2010 ? Installation of UV trail coater on 6 color press 2010 ? New 4 color printing line operational, adding to print capacity 2010 ? New tooling for a 10? heart shaped tin 2011 ? Purchase of new high-speed, energy efficient coating line 2011 ? Addition of two new can lines 2011 ? Installation of latest prepress software allowing for the fastest and most accurate art and plate development available. 2012 ? Installation of state of the art welded fluid can line 2013 ? Installation of second Naroska sheet-fed press for closures 2013 ? Purchase of new Vandalia, Ohio facility 2014 ? Independent Can celebrates 85th anniversary |
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