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are shipped on the same day. Melody Meyer is next steps in the ever-changing packaging environ-
Vice President of Sales and Marketing for American ment of the craft brewing industry.
Canning.
“Considerations must be made from all available
“As a mobile canning company, supply distributor, options, including manual vs automatic, atmo-
and machine manufacturer, American Canning is spheric vs counterpressure, in-line vs rotary, and
uniquely positioned to help brewers understand intermittent vs continuous motion with regard to
and evaluate all facets of a value-driven canning each’s capacity, quality, consistency, repeatability,
operation. It specializes in the craft beverage space ease-of-use. Small batch packaging of one beverage
and is equipped to address customer needs from type for on-premise service may best be accom-
planning, to supply procurement and production plished with a compact and cost-effective, counter-
execution.” top filler/seamer whereas larger-scale distribution
of numerous products in multiple can styles would
Meyer cautions that assessing a brewery’s packag- require a more robust, flexible, and higher speed
ing requirements involves more than just machin- counterpressure, rotary line.
ery. As canning needs and goals are addressed
along with space, labor and financial consider- While I can’t speak for every manufacturer,
ations, Meyer says that there are two more essen- American Canning is focused on engineering prod-
tial questions for a brewery to keep in mind. ucts with the highest quality process controls, at an
approachable price point, for compact craft spaces,
“What is the total volume and type of can-pack- all while being incredibly easy-to-use with mini-
aged product that needs to be canned? And how mum operators and little to no product waste. It’s
will it be packaged?” a tall task, but our two filler/seamer machines have
already achieved these goals. We simply believe we
Meyer adds that once these questions are can expand upon our foundation into a variety of
addressed, American Canning readies its clients for machines with different speeds and filling capabili-

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