10-10-2011, 12:51 PM
Brakie Wrote:In that case tin stock could arrive by boxcar...
If they do, the modeler will need additional facilities to manufacture the cans - probably as large as the soup plant itself, and will need not just metal coils, but printing inks, paper stock, adhesives, detergents and other supplies essential to the manufacture of food-grade containers.
I have seen soup plants in action, and I have seen can factories in action, and generally speaking, the can manufacturing process is larger because of the space needed for all of the automated lines, stamps, dies, printers and transport chutes. Since soup cans have printed paper labels that are glued on, a printing facility is a necessary part of such a plant as well.