When you see the multi-ton coils of steel being loaded into our manufacturing sites, it's difficult to image how these raw materials eventually become the cans you're so familiar with. Food cans manufactured by Ball are filled and sealed at our customers' facilities, ensuring freshness and nutritional value that often exceeds that of your grocer's "fresh" produce and other sections.

Our plants offer an awe-inspiring glimpse into the technical advancements of high-volume manufacturing. Full of state-of-the-art technology and monitored by employees committed to quality, Ball's plants are a constant hub of activity, movement, and progress. Learn why your food can is "beaded" with indentations around its circumference and other high-tech operations described in the manufacturing process described below.

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