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Metal Packaging Manufacturer · Shanghai, China

Aluminium Cans, Easy-Open Lids & Aluminium Coil Built For Filling Lines

Shanghai Friend Metals Technology Co., Ltd. has specialised in food-grade metal packaging since 2010. We draw 3104-H19 can bodies, stamp 5182-H48 easy-open ends and slit 8011/3104/5052 aluminium coil — all engineered around the seamer, line speed and shelf-life requirements our overseas buyers actually run.

Every enquiry is answered by an engineer, not a script: we confirm can height, wall gauge, neck diameter, end curl and countersink depth, then release a sample lot for double-seam teardown before mass production. That is why beverage fillers, dairy processors, nutraceutical brands and industrial packers in more than 40 countries keep re-ordering.

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2010Year established in Shanghai
40+Export destination countries
9End sizes: 200#–502# in stock
200–500mlStandard, sleek & slim can range
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Metal Packaging Ranges We Manufacture

Six production families, one quality system. Switch between categories to see specifications that matter to buyers: alloy, diameter code, volume, lacquer system and typical application.

Shanghai Friend Metals metal packaging manufacturing overview
2010Established in Shanghai
About Us

Fifteen Years Inside The Metal Packaging Supply Chain

Shanghai Friend Metals Technology Co., Ltd.

We are a professional metal packaging enterprise focused on three interlocking product lines: aluminium beverage and food cans, easy-open ends and lids, and the aluminium coil that feeds both. Operating from Shanghai — China's largest container port — lets us combine short inland lead times with fast, documented ocean freight.

Our quality routine is deliberately unglamorous: incoming coil is checked for alloy, temper and thickness against mill certificates; presses are monitored for buckle strength, pop and pull values; finished ends and cans are sampled for enamel rater, double-seam teardown and pressure testing. Test records travel with every lot, so your QA team can trace a complaint back to a specific coil and shift.

Guided by stability, innovation and integrity, we support customers from first drawing to repeat container — including artwork pre-press, seam trials on your line and documentation for customs clearance.

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Shanghai Friend Metals production workshop and headquarters

Who We Are

A Shanghai-based manufacturer and exporter of food-grade metal packaging, serving beverage fillers, dairy and nutrition brands, canners and industrial packers worldwide.

What We Do

Aluminium cans in standard, sleek and slim profiles; 200#–502# easy-open ends; powder and tinplate lids; plus 3104, 5182, 5052 and 8011 coil slit to your width.

Business Principles

Stability, development, reform, innovation, perseverance and integrity. We quote what we can produce, confirm in writing, and report deviations before they reach your line.

Our Team

Packaging engineers, coating and QC specialists and export documentation staff — one point of contact who understands seamers, retorts and your destination-market regulations.

Industry Applications

Where Our Metal Packaging Goes To Work

From carbonated soft drinks to sterile nutritional powders, each application changes the coating system, end diameter and pressure specification. Below are the four scenarios our engineers specify most often.

330ml cylinder aluminium can for soft drinks with customised printing Beverage

Carbonated Soft Drinks & Sparkling Water

330ml / 355ml / 500ml bodies paired with 202 SOT ends, internal lacquer selected for acid and CO₂ load up to 4.2 volumes.

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Cylinder shape aluminium cap for beverage cans with 52mm opening Beer & Hard Seltzer

Ø52mm Pasteurisation-Ready Ends

Learn More 202 52mm RPT easy open lids for energy drinks Energy Drinks

202# RPT Resealable Ends

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Sleek cylinder aluminium juice can Juice & Dairy

Sleek Cans For Hot-Fill Juice

Learn More 502 easy open aluminium lid for powder products Nutrition Powder

Barrier Lids For Formula & Protein

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Hot-Selling Products

Best-Selling Cans & Ends This Season

These SKUs ship most frequently because tooling is already proven, stock coil is reserved and sample lots can leave within days of artwork approval.

Standard 330ml aluminium can metal packaging

Standard 330ml Aluminium Can

  • 3104-H19 food-grade body, 202 neck
  • Up to 6-colour dry offset printing
  • Pallet loading with top frame & slip sheets
High-quality 12oz aluminium can for beverage packaging

355ml / 12oz Aluminium Can

  • US & Canada filling-line standard
  • Bright, matte or full-wrap decoration
  • Compatible with 202 SOT and RPT ends
Durable 202 SOT aluminium lid

202# SOT Easy-Open End

  • Ø52mm, 5182-H48 shell, 5052 tab
  • Pop & pull values reported per lot
  • Stocked — trial quantity from 200,000 pcs
Top-tier 202 RPT aluminium easy-open lid

202# RPT Resealable End

  • Re-closable tab for on-the-go formats
  • Tested for tamper evidence & reseal force
  • Popular with energy drink & RTD brands
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Global Distribution

Shipping Metal Packaging To 40+ Countries

Beyond supplying product, we build the logistics package around your market. Documentation, pallet patterns and container plans are prepared before booking, so customs clearance and unloading run without surprises.

  • North America — USA, Canada, Mexico
  • Europe — Germany, UK, Poland, Spain
  • Middle East — UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan
  • Africa — Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa
  • South-East Asia — Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia
  • Latin America — Brazil, Chile, Colombia
  • Oceania — Australia, New Zealand
  • South Asia — India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

Standard export package: mill certificate, food-contact declaration, migration test report, packing list and pre-shipment loading photos with container seal number.

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World map showing Shanghai Friend Metals export destinations
Latest News

Market Insight For Metal Packaging Buyers

Recycling policy, lightweighting targets and single-serve demand are reshaping specifications. Here is what our engineering and sourcing teams are tracking right now.

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Buyer FAQ

Sourcing Questions We Answer Every Week

Written by our packaging engineers from real project correspondence — alloys, MOQ, compliance, freight protection and line matching.

Can bodies are drawn from 3104-H19 aluminium, easy-open ends from 5182-H48 shell stock and tabs from 5052, while lacquered coil for lids is supplied in 8011 and 3104 tempers. Every coil arrives with a mill certificate stating alloy, temper, thickness tolerance and surface class, and that certificate number is referenced on your finished-goods inspection report.
Standard bright or plain cans start at one 20 ft container. Fully printed cans normally start at 100,000 pieces per design because of printing plate and lacquer set-up. Easy-open ends in 200#, 202#, 206#, 209#, 211#, 300#, 307#, 401# and 502# are held in stock, so trial orders from 200,000 pieces can usually ship within 15 working days.
Internal lacquers are BPA-NI and are tested against FDA 21 CFR 175.300, EU Regulation 1935/2004 and GB 4806.10 for food-contact migration. We supply migration test reports, food-grade declarations and RoHS/REACH statements with each shipment so your regulatory file is complete on arrival.
Cans travel on bulk pallets with top frames, kraft slip sheets and stretch hood film; ends are packed in polyethylene sleeves inside fibre drums or cartons with desiccant. Loading photographs and the container seal number are sent before vessel departure, so any transit damage can be isolated quickly with the carrier.
Yes. Share your seamer model, line speed and target fill volume and our engineers will confirm can height, body wall gauge, neck diameter, end curl and countersink depth, then supply drawings and a sample lot for double-seam teardown analysis before mass production starts.
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