The Can Manufacturers Institute is a

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manufacturers and suppliers of metal cans. The Can Manufacturers Institute was chartered in 1938. At that time, it represented 39 companies, including can

manufacturers Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a range ...

and other businesses that supplied goods and services to the can industry.About CMI
Can Manufacturers Institute website. Retrieved November 28, 2009. Members include manufacturers of steel and

aluminum cans Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. It has ...

, aluminum suppliers, steel suppliers, and producers of

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sealant Sealant is a substance used to block the passage of fluids through openings in materials, a type of mechanical seal. In building construction ''sealant'' is sometimes synonymous with ''caulking'' and also serve the purposes of blocking dust, s ...

s, and

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s used in making cans. The association estimates that its members are collectively responsible for more than 81 percent of United States can production. Member companies operate plants in 33 states plus

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and

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, and they have a total of 22,000 employees. The institute is headquartered in

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. Between 1998 and 2009, the institute's annual expenditures on federal government

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ranged from $20,000 (in 1999 and 2009) to $200,000 (in 2003, 2004, and 2005).Annual Lobbying by Can Manufacturers Institute
OpenSecrets.org. Retrieved November 28, 2009.

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* {{Official website, http://www.cancentral.com Packaging Trade associations based in the United States