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Almost every food product has, at some time or another, been packed in a metal can. It is accepted as commonplace that tins of paint are found in the shops and cans of oil at the petrol stations. Worldwide, the metal can is used to convey and distribute the necessities and luxuries of life.

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Paine, F.A. (1991). Metal cans. In: Paine, F.A. (eds) The Packaging User’s Handbook. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1483-7_12

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