Major canning equipment
manufacturer reports
increased production
MUNCIE, In. - Ball
Corporation, Muncla, In
diana, a major producer of
home canning (applies, said
today that during the UTS
home canning season it plans
to produce and place in
distribution channels at least
S 5 percent more
replacement caps and lids
for home canning Jan than
were shipped during the 1975
season.
“This Is a realistic but
cautious projection,”
William C. Hannah, Group
Vice President, Glass
Containers, said, “and does
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rubber rings.” “Two new
production lines, each
capable of producing an
excess of 1,200 lids a minute,
are in the start-up phase,” be
said. “Should these new lines
reach maximum production
levels earlier than an
ticipated, we will be able to
significantly better our
present cautious estimate,”
nasald. "The Ball cap and
lid plants in Munde, In
diana, and El Monte „
California,” Mr. Hannah
added, “will continue to
operate three shifts a day,
seven days a week, as they
have almost continuously
since January 2, 1975."
“Even now, in the middle
of February,” JV. Stanley
Stuart, Jr,, Vice President,
Consumer Products said,
.“Ball is receiving many
requests for information
about the availability of
replacement caps and lids as
well as a substantial number
of letters from home can
ners, complaining that they
are unable to purchase lids
now even though the home
canning season is months
away.” “Many of these
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letter*,” Stuart aald, ‘'are.
coming from earners In the
northern tier of states." "It
is impossible,” he said, "to
satisfy even a small portion
of the total home canning
aeaaoa demand this early in
the year.”,
"Ball,” Mr. Stuart said,
“will allocate its home
canning products in an
equitable manner to its
customers based on ship
ments to those customers in
1974 and 1975. An average of
shipments, by item, in those
years will be used in
determining the percent of
the total available 1976
production each customer
will receive. The allocations
'have been developed on a
quarterly basis and will
reflect historic shipment
patterns which are related to
the growing harvest
season.”
“Many of the inquiries
Ball received,” Mr. Stuart
said, “are from canners who
want to buy directly from the
Company. Our products are
distributed through
wholesalers or chain pur
chasing organizations that,
in turn, ship to retail stores,”
he said. “This method of
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pack jars, caps and lids for from distribotoci damiciied
mailing, and pay the postage to that state or district Also,
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“Ball will continne," Mr. tofonnatlon oo *lpmenU in
Stuart said, “to provide to toc* reque***/’
complete units— Jars with could
caps —to those canners who very w ** “Pleading,
need and want them.
However, during the 1976
season, Ball expects to
produce and ship to its
customers seven times as
many replacement caps and
lids as complete Jar-cap
units.”
According to Jack K.
Carmichael, Governmental
Affairs Manager, many
requests are being received
from governors, members of
Congress, state legislators
and other governmental
officials asking ‘for in* However, previous surveys
formation concerning the have shown that not all
number of caps and lids and- households planning to can
or jars which have been or actually fulfill their in
will be shipped to the tentions.” “Demand for
retailers in their respective hotpe canning supplies is
states or districts. “There' affected by several factors,”
isn’t any way in which we Stuart explained. Floods,
can accurately provide such frost or drought damaging
information,” Mr. Car- crops reduces canning ac
michael said, “because our tivity in one area while
sales territories reflect favorable growing con
marketing considerations ditions increase the amount
rather than geographic or of home canning activity in
political boundaries. Sup- another. “These factors are
plies reaching the retailers watched very closely,” he
“There U no accurate way
this early in the year to
determine the overall
demand for home fanning
supplies,” Mr. Stuart said.
“We do estimate that there
will be about 35 million home
vegetable gardens in 1976, up
from 32% million last year. A
recent survey suggests that
41 percent of American
households plan to do some
home canring in 1976, up
from 37 percent a year ago.
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said, “and with the
cooperation of our
distributors any home
canning supplies not needed
in one area of the country
can be diverted promptly to
other areas.”