August-September

CAN
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Volume 34 Issue 5
August 2007 / September 2007
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On The Cover
This photo is taken from a magazine
ad printed in 1954. For more information see page 6.
“CAN-O-GRAM” is published
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Editors Notes
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Supplement to Soft Drink in Cans # 10
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Cover Story
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Can V. Bottle
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Auction Watch
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Recent Finds
10
Can o Gram Pages
14
Want Ads
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Mountain Dew Bottle Art
15
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Supplement to Soft Drinks
in Cans Part 11
&
Extrava-Can-Za
Recap
Editors Notes
The 2007 Extrava-Can-Za is coming up fast. It has been suggested
that we have a club meeting Friday evening (August 10) to discuss
club issues. The details for this meeting are not yet complete, but you
are all encouraged to attend. If you would like to receive the details
about this meeting when they are finalized email me at sodacans@sherbtel.net please include your phone number. You may
also call 763-228-1781 (cell) if I don’t answer leave a message. My
wife and I will be arriving to our hotel; the Comfort Suites in Goodlettsville , Tennessee late Wednesday. If you are looking for a place to
stay check it out. If enough people stay at this hotel we could have
the meeting there followed by some room to room trading and possibly have a club sponsored pizza party. If the meeting is not held Friday evening there will be a short meeting at the show.
One of the things that needs to be decided at this meeting is what the
dues should be lowered to. I believe we can safely lower them to
somewhere between $12 and $15. We also need to hold an election at
this show. The reason for this is the BCCA requires Chapters to hold
an election each year. The officers that are needed are President
(Director), Vice President/Treasurer and Secretary. I will once again
be running for the Vice President/Treasurer position but we are in
need of candidates for President and Secretary. At least 2 of the officers must be BCCA members, I am a BCCA member so that means
we need at least 1 more BCCA member to come forward. If you are
interested please let me know. I do apologize for the short notice on
this but it totally slipped my mind until a few days ago.
Speaking of BCCA Chapters there is a new BCCA chapter that
some of you may be interested in joining. The Aluminum Bottle
CANoisseurs Chapter has been formed. If you collect Aluminum Bottles and are interested in joining this Chapter email Bob Renforth
#22410 canobeer@cox.net.
Included in this issue is a flyer for the Hoosier Chapters Cabin Fever
Reliever show which will be held February 29th—March 1st 2008.
Mark your calendars! I know it’s early but I had room this issue.
Don’t forget about the upcoming Hawkeye Chapter / NPCC
Mega Show on July 26th –28th.
Hope to see you at this show or the Extrava-Can-Za..
Lance
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Supplement to Soft Drink in Cans Part 10
First Published in 1954
Submitted by Gene Judd
Scuttle-butt of Cans vs. Bottles
Many people feel that the lining affects the taste of the drink. “Can liner
taste”, to those who know, is purely a prejudice. The liner has no taste. The
liner in the flat top is baked on and is about as hard as glass. That in the cone
top is baked-on enamel which is covered with wax. The wax will absorb or
take away some of the flavor of certain drinks; but adds none. In some cases
on record, when a taster felt he detected a tin taste in a beverage, the liner
showed no evidence of softening or giving way.
When a bottled beverage has been held at room temperature for from 4 to
8 months, it tastes quite stale. This should be expected, particularly with fruit
type beverage. When a beverage kept that long in a can is tasted, the taster
oft times interprets the stale taste as a liner or metal taste. Many vegetables
and fruits have been packed in both tin and glass for a long time. If both
were not satisfactory, one or the other would have been off the market. Noncarbonated drinks have been canned for several years with continuing success, with no complaint of can liner or metal taste.
That one may taste a metallic or iron pickup from a can in as short a period
as 30 days, has been claimed by some. This does not check with the experience of those who have done a great deal of taste-testing of canned beverages even up to one year old. Most experts agree that canned drinks can be
good. Not all are or have been good. The vast majority, however, are equal
in taste character to the vast majority of bottled beverages. Bottlers have
gone out of business because of poor beverages while their competitors have
prospered with good drinks. That will happen, and perhaps is now in the
process of happening, with some canned beverages.
It is often stated that the crown top of a package is sanitary to drink from.
If one would observe a child drinking from a bottle. He would note that the
whole top of the bottle or can goes into the mouth, far below the top that was
originally sealed by the crown. Many adults still retain that childhood habit.
Since canned beverages were introduced, glass bottles have been advertised as having “surgical purity”. The unfortunate part of the reference is that
pure. Any student of bacteriology knows that “surgical purity” means sterility. In actual practice, no package for beverages can possibly live up to that
standard.
You have probably read that a different can lining is necessary for every
flavor. A recent newspaper editorial stated that when a can company hits on
a lining that serves the purpose for one soft drink, it doesn’t’ mean that the
same lining won’t make another drink taste like “dissolved snuff”. A canvass
of most all the can manufacturers’ technical laboratories fails to disclose any
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can company that uses more than one lining for soft drinks. They don’t use a
different can liner for each flavor. Where do these ideas come from?
Some bottlers have said that cans lose gas more rapidly than bottles. Because the side seam of a can on the inside is quite rough, they feel that the
gas will boil out of the can very rapidly. No evidence has been developed to
indicate that in normal consumption the can loses its gas too fast.
A recent advertisement of a bottle manufacturer carried the following idea:
“No matter how long the soft drink stays in glass, it stays fresh and pure with
all its original quality.” While a soft drink does not pick up any flavor from
the glass, such a broad statement as above is wholly unfounded. Glass will
not cause or prevent spoilage. All bottlers, parent houses, and flavor manufacturers would find it impossible to agree with “the stays fresh and pure”
idea. Light and the sun’s rays are well known enemies of good beverages.
Especially fruit flavors.
Many interested parties have been led to believe that the carbonation of a
beverage will attack the liner of a can. Can manufacturer's’ technicians state
that this is not true. Their greatest worry is in being sure the liner covers
every bit of the interior of the can. Imperfections in that coverage can be the
cause of pin-holing and eventual leakage.
Conclusion. If the foregoing discussion appears to be wholly favorable to
soft drinks in cans, it is because so many ill-conceived ideas have been
passed about. It has been the intention of this section of this report to try to
have those ideas viewed in a truer light.
Coming next issue: Still Drinks in 46 oz cans and Concentrates in 6 oz cans..
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About the Cover
This 2 page ad appeared in a 1954 bottlers magazine. The text of the ad is :
The appearance in 1953 of canned soft drinks was a delightful surprise for many
pop-loving adults and children. Among Continental people, however, canned soda
water raised no eyebrows.
To us it was inevitable that carbonated beverages would one day be packaged in
steel and tin. The advantages of cans are obvious: They are light, compact and clean.
They wont break or leak. They chill fast. And they’re cheap enough for one-time
use. It was just a matter of modifying an existing can for this specific use, and then
stimulating the interest of some company willing to enter this new field in a big
way.
Both things happened last summer. From our experience in designing cans and
closures for other beverages-we knew that we finally had the right container for a
product that not only comes in many flavors, but develops considerable internal
pressure as well. And our first big customer shared our confidence right from the
beginning.
This is just another example of what we mean by “Tailor-Made Package Service/”
Few packaging people have as many materials to work with as do Continental scientists and engineers. In addition to containers of metal. We make them of paper, fiber,
foil, film, plastics and other substances.
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Cans V. Bottles
Originally published in Time Friday, August 03, 1962
With competitive materials such as aluminum, concrete and plastics
steadily cutting into its traditional markets, the U.S. steel industry is
going through a harrowing test of its metal. But in one great competitive battle—cans v. glass bottles—the steelmakers are on the attack.
Cans have taken 37% of the $430 million-a-year beer container market away from bottles, and now they are looming bigger in the softdrink container business. Fortnight ago, Continental Can Co. reported
that sales of its soft-drink cans were running 40% ahead of last year.
Canned soft drinks were almost unknown nine years ago; they are expected to account for about 5% (or 1.8 billion cans) of the market this
year. By 1970, predicts Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.'s commercial
research department, cans will have 15.2% of the business.
Strong Drinks. Though beer went into cans without trouble, it took
years of research to find inside coatings that would resist the acids in
soft drinks, (In early trials, grape soda came out of the can a nauseous
white.) Once the problems
were licked, the steel companies and canmakers spared no
expense to publicize some
advantages that cans have
over bottles, i.e., they are unbreakable, lighter (and hence
cheaper to ship), and do not
have to be returned. To persuade soft-drink manufacturers that their ads ought to feature happy citizens swigging
their soda pop from cans,
both American Can and Continental Can offered an advertising rebate of 5¢ per case to
those who switched to cans.
Since local bottlers might not
be able to afford their own
canning equipment, American
Can financed strategically
1964 American Can Company Soda Can ad.
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Auction Watch
By George Reichl
As I began to put together this newsletter's recent auction results, my
first thought was that there were not many interesting auctions. Then
as I started to review some of the activity since the last newsletter I
realized there were some very interesting cans changing hands. So
here they are:
We will start with what I believe is a one
of a kind 12 ounce Par-T-Pak root beer
which received 10 bids and sold for $515.
Here is a very clean 10 oz. Canadian Coke
flat top that received a whopping 18 bids
with the final bid of $204.
Here is one of the very few cone top
listings that is not a C&C or Dad's
cone. It is a little offgrade but still received 7 bids and a final selling price of $43.
This was an auction for 48
Canada Dry cans which
went for a very low price
of $6.99 which is less than
$.15 a can.
This colorful set of Dis-Go
cans also received 18 bids
and sold for $153.
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The picture does not do justice to this very
nice Tom Moore pre-zip orange can (left)
that received 7 bids and sold for $107.
This Tom Moore can (right) received only
1 bid for $.99 but did not hit the seller's
reserve.
It is interesting that this clean German
Fanta Lemon flat (left) sold for $103 on
June 1st, and this lesser condition can
(right) from a different seller sold for
$101 on July 2nd.
This German Fanta Orange flat top
(left) went for $82 on June 1st, And
this one (right)from a different seller
went for $101 on July 2nd.
And finally, a very rare and clean Tooty
Frooty which had 20 bids and sold for
$669.
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Recent Finds
Thank You to: (1) Brent Alexander (2) Jeff Haas, (3) Lance Meade.
Big K Orange
Pre-Zip (1)
Canada Dry Tahitian
Treat Pre-Zip (1)
Canfield’s Root Beer
Pre-Zip (1)
C&C Super Orange
Pre-Zip (1)
Cragmont Root Beer
Pre-Zip (1)
Donald Duck
Root Beer (1)
Envigo Berry
Green Tea (2)
Envigo
Green Tea (2)
Envigo Peach
Green Tea (2)
Gayla Black Cherry
Pre-Zip (1)
Graf’s Diet Root
Beer Pre-Zip (1)
Graf’s Sparkling
Water Pre-Zip (1)
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Hoffman Lemon
Pre-Zip
(1)
Hogan
Energy Drink
(2)
Hogan SF
Energy Drink
(2)
Iris Cherry Cola
Pre-Zip
(1)
Jic Jac Orange
Pre-Zip
(1)
Masons Black
Cherry Pre-Zip
(1)
MPC Lemonade
Concentrate Pre-Zip
(1)
Mission Ginger Ale
Pre-Zip
(1)
Diet Mountain Dew
Valley Fair
Renegade (3)
Julep Orange
Pre-Zip
(1)
Patio Orange
Pre-Zip
(1)
Peppo
(2)
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Puppy Pop
(2)
Pussy Pop
(2)
Rehab Recovery
Supplement
(2)
Rex Root Beer
(2)
Scot Lad Blck
Cherry Pre-Zip
(1)
Scot Lad Orange
Pre-Zip
(1)
Shasta Low Calorie
Cola Pre-zip
(1)
Shasta Ginger Ale
Pre-Zip
(1)
Shasta Lemon Lime
Pre-Zip
(1)
Sierra Mist
Lemon Squeeze
(3)
Energy 69
(2)
Socko
Energy Drink
(2)
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Socko SF
Energy Drink
(2)
Staff Sugar Free
Diet Black Cherry
(2)
Staff Sugar Free
Diet Root Beer
(2)
Sum Poosie
Energy Drink
(2)
Super Coola
Orange Pre-Zip
(1)
Cotton Club Swiss
Cream Pre-Zip
(1)
Syzmo Organic
Energy Drink
(2)
Topp Grape
Pre-Zip
(1)
Top Treat Lemon
Lime Pre-Zip
(1)
Xyience Apple
Energy Drink
(2)
Xyience Clear
Energy Drink
(2)
Whoop Ass
Energy Drink
(2)
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FOR SALE: Mostly 1970's-1980's. Please send a self addressed,
stamped envelope for my list with prices. Darryl Heine, 917 Middleton
Lane, Inverness, Illinois, 60010
WANTED: steel foreign soda cans especially 10oz Canadian. And U.S.
cans: any VESS, WEIGHT WATCHERS. And straight steel: FRANK'S
orange w/shield, TOPMOST metallic black top blkch or cream, BELLS
grape w/capital letters, KING KOOLER JR root beer metallic. Flat top
SNOWY PEAK metallic lemon lime, orange, cola, root beer. I also buy
collections of miscellaneous soda cans. Jeff Haas, Belleville Illinois,
snhaas@intertek.net.
One ad per issue of 125 words or less is free to all members of the NPCC in good standing. Send your ad to
Lance Meade / 335 Dellwood St S / Cambridge, MN
55008 or email sodacans@sherbtel.net.
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Mountain Dew Introduces Aluminum
Bottle Art Series
Source: June 2007, Vending Times
PepsiCo has launched Mountain Dew Green Label Art, a limitededition series of aluminum bottles adorned with designs created by a
variety of artists. The Green Label Art series will be released through
October in select markets and, according to the beverage maker,
marks the first time a carbonated soft drink will be packaged in an aluminum bottle in the U.S.
The Green Label Art creators are an eclectic group, ranging in style
and fame. From apparel and sneaker designers to a vinyl action toy
designer and the lead singer from a top “indie” band. In addition, Paul
Rodriguez, a professional skateboarder sponsored by Mountain Dew,
collaborated on a design with skater-turned-artist Chris Pastras.
The artists were given a blank 16 oz. Aluminum bottle and asked to
create their expressions of Mountain
Dew. Treating the curved surface as
a canvas, the artists used a variety of
approaches and applications including tattoo design, cut-and-paste materials, paint, charcoal and computer
graphics.
Supporting the launch is a new
website, greenlabelart.com, that features artist portfolios, behind-thescenes videos and detailed event
highlights.
In addition, Green Label Art is
hosting a consumer-generated bottle
design contest. An interactive submission platform on the website will
provide creative consumers with all
the tools necessary to design individualized bottles and enter them in
the competition. The general public
can then vote for their favorite designs.
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Roster Update
New Member
Ande Anderson #1246
13421 N 19th Place
Phoenix, AZ 85022
Email: rocksncactus@cox.net
Phone: 602-405-2985
Collects: Pop cans
New Member
Darryl Heine #1247
917 Middleton Lane
Inverness, IL 60010
Email: darrylheine@aol.com
Phone: 847-842-0057
Collects: 1980's soda cans
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placed canneries across the country.
Bottlemakers, who were slow to awaken to the can threat in the beer
business, are fighting back harder on soft drinks. Individual bottle producers are giving soft-drink companies 10¢ a case ($3,500,000 a year)
in advertising subsidies to push bottles, and the Glass Container
Manufacturers Institute is spending $1,500,000 this year to boost the
virtues of glass ("Glass is pure, never alters original flavors . . .").
In Baby Bottles? The glassmakers have one economic advantage in
the fact that bottles are reusable. Though a bottle initially costs 7¢, it
can be refilled an average of 26 times—by which time the cost per
filling is negligible. (By contrast, each can costs soft-drink producers
from 3½¢ to 4½¢, and can be used only once.) To compete in another
way, the glassmakers have taken to producing throw-away bottles—
which, to needle their rivals, they have dubbed "glass cans.'' At 3½¢
apiece, throw-away bottles are more expensive than reusable ones,
and cost-more to ship than cans. But largely because of their convenience, throw-away bottles last year took 1.3% of the soft-drink container market. Sid F. Davis, vice president of Owens-Illinois Glass,
thinks that by 1970 throw-away bottles and cans will each get about
10% of the soft-drink business. How the public feels about bottles v.
cans is hard to tell—obscured by the contradictory market surveys
rolled out by the steelmakers and glassmakers. Loudest in favor of
cans are supermarket operators, who find them easier to stack and are
glad to be rid of the bother of taking back "empties." Small soft-drink
bottlers, in general, prefer reusable glass—partly because they make
less profit on canned drinks, and partly because they fear that the
lower shipping costs of cans will make it possible for the major softdrink brands to get along with fewer local bottlers. As for the major
drink producers, they are using cans, "glass cans" and reusable bottles
indifferently and happily pocketing their advertising rebates. Says a
Coca-Cola spokesman: "We'll put our Coke in baby bottles if that's
what people want."
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