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Metal Can Manufacturing
NAICS 332431 · United States · 2022 edition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing metal cans, lids, and ends.
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For Metal Can Manufacturing, the saved research highlights machinery and equipment, workers' compensation, product liability. Confirm how these arise in the actual operation, what controls are used and whether additional services change the proposed coverage.
Questions to ask
- What end markets do the cans serve — food, beverage, aerosol, paint, chemical, or industrial?
- Is any aerosol filling, propellant handling, or chemical packing performed on-site, or is manufacturing limited to can forming?
- What coating, lacquering, or surface treatment processes are used, and what fire suppression systems are in place?
- What is the approximate replacement value of production machinery and equipment?
- Has there been any prior product liability, recall, or environmental incident in the past five years?
- Are operations single-shift or multi-shift, and what is the total production payroll?
- For Metal Can Manufacturing, what should the underwriter know about on-site aerosol filling or flammable propellant handling alongside can manufacturing?
- For Metal Can Manufacturing, what should the underwriter know about prior product liability losses tied to contamination or failure in food, beverage, or chemical packaging?
Activities described by this code
Other activities to examine
- Manufacturing foil containers: 332999 — All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing;
- Manufacturing light gauge metal containers (except cans): 332439 — Other Metal Container Manufacturing
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Compare another operationInsurance operations research — draft
Metal can manufacturing facilities produce cans, lids, and ends from steel, aluminum, or tin plate through stamping, drawing, forming, seaming, and coating processes. Output typically serves food and beverage packers, aerosol products manufacturers, paint and chemical companies, and general industrial customers. Operations are generally capital-intensive, running automated production lines with significant machinery, tooling, and raw material inventory on-site.
Questions to investigate
- What end markets do the cans serve — food, beverage, aerosol, paint, chemical, or industrial?
- Is any aerosol filling, propellant handling, or chemical packing performed on-site, or is manufacturing limited to can forming?
- What coating, lacquering, or surface treatment processes are used, and what fire suppression systems are in place?
- What is the approximate replacement value of production machinery and equipment?
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