Beer can 80 years old
January 27, 2015 |08:32 PM
The beer can was introduced 80 years ago, the Beer Institute and the Can Manufacturers Institute said in a news release.
The first beer can was sold in Richmond, Va., on January 24, 1935, the organizations said, and the packaging made it possible to transport more beer at a single time and to distribute beer further away from a brewery.
Today, cans account for 54 percent of beer packaging, they said, adding that companies in the United States that manufacture cans employ more than 20,000.
The first beer can was sold in Richmond, Va., on January 24, 1935, the organizations said, and the packaging made it possible to transport more beer at a single time and to distribute beer further away from a brewery.
Today, cans account for 54 percent of beer packaging, they said, adding that companies in the United States that manufacture cans employ more than 20,000.
