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The Tip is 'Don't procrastinate' For years I've been buying ink jet cartridges from a big box office supply store. These cartridges were made overseas and labeled with the well-known brand of a large American printer company. One I remembered a local store that advertised quality cartridges. I had traveled by this local store hundreds of times but never stopped. This time I stopped at the local store. To my surprise I discovered that they carried the cartridge I needed and it was a Made in USA cartridge. Made in Chicago, to be precise, and it was half the price of the imported ones I had been buying for years. The quality is exceptional and they last longer too. Who knew? After that experience, I make a point to stop at every store I can. By doing so, I've been finding more and more Made in America products. Occasionally the clerks don't know the country of origin; this can be discouraging but finding the origin information yourself isn't difficult I've come to realize. Believe it not, there are actually a number of computers made in the US including laptops made in the USA. When the label is not visibly displayed I use the other Made in America buying tips to help me find Made in US. If the store doesn't carry what you are looking for, use Made in America Secrets to find it and tell the manager about your experience at their store. If enough people are asking for Made in America products stores will begin to carry them. 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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