The process of making a single beverage can from a flat sheet of aluminum is an amazing technical feat-one repeated more than 100 million times each day at Ball's manufacturing sites throughout North America. That's as many as 2000 cans per minute, per line!

Our plants offer an awe-inspiring glimpse into the technical advancements of high-volume manufacturing. Full of state-of-the-art technology and staffed with by a dedicated manufacturing team, our plants are a constant hub of activity, movement, and progress. Cans soar overhead on air conveying belts and beneath your feet in transport mechanisms that guide them through the manufacturing process described below.

Click the right arrow below to view a presentation of our metal beverage manufacturing process, or simply view and print a poster-quality PDF of the process.