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 The company's can business also tried several efficiency moves, including making cans at a customer's premises.  The company would cut and print can pieces at one of their plants, then ship them to a cannery, and turn the flat sheet into cans only as the cans were needed.
-The company's beverage can business started out as the Pacific Can Company.  The company made the first flat-top beer can on the west coast<ref>[http://www.toolmakersintl.com/company/history.html biography of Frank Burns].</ref>.
+The company's beverage can business started out as the [[Pacific Can Company]]; National bought the company in 1955<ref>[http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1955/01/27/page/83/article/national-can-buys-pacific-can-company/ National Can Buys Pacific Can Company].  January 27, 1955 Chicago Tribune.</ref>.  The company made the first flat-top beer can on the west coast<ref>[http://www.toolmakersintl.com/company/history.html biography of Frank Burns].</ref>.
 In 1967, National Can opened a wholesale grocery products and bought multiple canneries including the [[United States Products]] cannery in San Jose  By 1977, the company was trying to sell the division<ref>National Can Trying To Sell California Processing Unit: [http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1977/03/23/page/54/article/national-can-trying-to-sell-california-processing-unit March 23, 1977 Chicago Tribune].  "The Chicago company said its NCC Food Corp. division will begin a series of talks with California growers Wednesday to explore the possibility of forming an agricultural marketing cooperative to acquire the processing business... NCC regional food brands include Lucca, Burbank, Red's Early California, Teresa, Signet, Riviera, and Glorietta."</ref>.  At the time, the company had plants in San Jose, Hollister, and Santa Clara<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nPJJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Dh4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1719%2C1624297 1977 Modesto Bee]</ref>.  The division was rebranded as a growers co-operative under the [[Glorietta Foods]] name; it swiftly sank as canned foods fell out of favor, and was sold in 1981.

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-'''National Can''' was a can manufacturer in the United States in the 20th century.  The company started out as the Pacific Can Company.
+'''National Can''' was a can manufacturer in the United States in the 20th century.  The company was a second-tier can maker that expanded in the 1960's when they pioneered beverage containers.  The company also bought several canners in the 1960's to create a wholesale grocery business, only to divest the canneries in the late 1970's.
-Another story declares that National Can had been a Chicago company, and was always a minor player behind the larger [[American Can Company]] and [[Continental Can Company]].  The company survived as a defensive source; canners would buy most of their cans from a larger company but a fraction from an independent, and National was frequently the third source.  The can buyers also insisted on uniform products from each of their suppliers, so National could often get licenses for the patents from its larger competitors<ref>National Can Corporation: [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2840500230.html International Directory of Company Histories], 1988.</ref>.
+National Can was started in Chicago, and was always a minor player behind the larger [[American Can Company]] and [[Continental Can Company]].  The company survived as a defensive source; canners would buy most of their cans from a larger company but a fraction from an independent, and National was frequently the third source.  The can buyers also insisted on uniform products from each of their suppliers, so National could often get licenses for the patents from its larger competitors<ref>National Can Corporation: [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2840500230.html International Directory of Company Histories], 1988.</ref>.
-The company was related to [[United States Products]] by the 1970's, possibly when National Can opened a wholesale grocery products in 1967 and bought a cannery.  By 1977, the company was trying to sell the division<ref>National Can Trying To Sell California Processing Unit: [http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1977/03/23/page/54/article/national-can-trying-to-sell-california-processing-unit March 23, 1977 Chicago Tribune].  "The Chicago company said its NCC Food Corp. division will begin a series of talks with California growers Wednesday to explore the possibility of forming an agricultural marketing cooperative to acquire the processing business... NCC regional food brands include Lucca, Burbank, Red's Early California, Teresa, Signet, Riviera, and GLorietta."</ref>.
+The company's can business also tried several efficiency moves, including making cans at a customer's premises.  The company would cut and print can pieces at one of their plants, then ship them to a cannery, and turn the flat sheet into cans only as the cans were needed.
 National Can was bought by Triangle Industries in 1985 for $460MM, and in 1986 acquired American Can, forming American National Can.
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 Another story declares that National Can had been a Chicago company, and was always a minor player behind the larger [[American Can Company]] and [[Continental Can Company]].  The company survived as a defensive source; canners would buy most of their cans from a larger company but a fraction from an independent, and National was frequently the third source.  The can buyers also insisted on uniform products from each of their suppliers, so National could often get licenses for the patents from its larger competitors<ref>National Can Corporation: [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2840500230.html International Directory of Company Histories], 1988.</ref>.
-The company was related to [[United States Products]] by the 1970's, possibly when National Can opened a wholesale grocery products in 1967 and bought a cannery.  By 1977, the company was trying to sell the division<ref>[http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1977/03/23/page/54/article/national-can-trying-to-sell-california-processing-unit Ref]</ref>.
+The company was related to [[United States Products]] by the 1970's, possibly when National Can opened a wholesale grocery products in 1967 and bought a cannery.  By 1977, the company was trying to sell the division<ref>National Can Trying To Sell California Processing Unit: [http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1977/03/23/page/54/article/national-can-trying-to-sell-california-processing-unit March 23, 1977 Chicago Tribune].  "The Chicago company said its NCC Food Corp. division will begin a series of talks with California growers Wednesday to explore the possibility of forming an agricultural marketing cooperative to acquire the processing business... NCC regional food brands include Lucca, Burbank, Red's Early California, Teresa, Signet, Riviera, and GLorietta."</ref>.
 National Can was bought by Triangle Industries in 1985 for $460MM, and in 1986 acquired American Can, forming American National Can.

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 Another story declares that National Can had been a Chicago company, and was always a minor player behind the larger [[American Can Company]] and [[Continental Can Company]].  The company survived as a defensive source; canners would buy most of their cans from a larger company but a fraction from an independent, and National was frequently the third source.  The can buyers also insisted on uniform products from each of their suppliers, so National could often get licenses for the patents from its larger competitors<ref>National Can Corporation: [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2840500230.html International Directory of Company Histories], 1988.</ref>.
-The company was related to [[United States Products]] by the 1970's, possibly when National Can opened a wholesale grocery products in 1967 and bought a cannery.
+The company was related to [[United States Products]] by the 1970's, possibly when National Can opened a wholesale grocery products in 1967 and bought a cannery.  By 1977, the company was trying to sell the division<ref>[http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1977/03/23/page/54/article/national-can-trying-to-sell-california-processing-unit Ref]</ref>.
 National Can was bought by Triangle Industries in 1985 for $460MM, and in 1986 acquired American Can, forming American National Can.

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 The company had plants in San Jose, Hollister, and Santa Clara<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nPJJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Dh4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1719%2C1624297 1977 Modesto Bee]</ref>, and by the 1970's was considering becoming a cooperative.
-The company was related to [[United States Products]] by the 1970's.
+Another story declares that National Can had been a Chicago company, and was always a minor player behind the larger [[American Can Company]] and [[Continental Can Company]].  The company survived as a defensive source; canners would buy most of their cans from a larger company but a fraction from an independent, and National was frequently the third source.  The can buyers also insisted on uniform products from each of their suppliers, so National could often get licenses for the patents from its larger competitors<ref>National Can Corporation: [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2840500230.html International Directory of Company Histories], 1988.</ref>.
 National Can was bought by Triangle Industries in 1985 for $460MM, and in 1986 acquired American Can, forming American National Can.

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 '''National Can''' was a can manufacturer in the United States in the 20th century.  The company started out as the Pacific Can Company.
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 National Can was bought by Triangle Industries in 1985 for $460MM, and in 1986 acquired American Can, forming American National Can.
 In 1988,  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pechiney_S.A. Pechiney S.A.] the state-owned French metal conglomerate, acquired Triangle Industries. At the time of the buyout, American Can was the largest can company in the United States.  Rexam acquired American National Can in 2000.  Recently, American National Can formed from a recent merger of American and National, currently owned by British company. (http://beercanhistory.com/abcs.htm)
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-Started as Pacific Can Company.
+'''National Can''' was a can manufacturer in the United States in the 20th century.  The company started out as the Pacific Can Company.
 According to a [http://www.toolmakersintl.com/company/history.html biography of Frank Burns,] made first flat-top beer can on west coast.  Bill Peterson was one of their top engineers.
-Supposedly related to U.S. Products according to an obituary.
+The company was related to [[United States Products]] by the 1970's.
-[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nPJJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Dh4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1719%2C1624297 1977 Modesto Bee] cites it had plants in San Jose, Hollister, and Santa Clara, and was considering becoming a cooperative.
+National Can was bought by Triangle Industries in 1985 for $460MM, and in 1986 acquired American Can, forming American National Can.
-Bought by Triangle Industries in 1985 for $460MM, and in 1986 acquired American Can, forming American National Can.
+==References==
-In 1988,  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pechiney_S.A. Pechiney S.A.] the state-owned French metal conglomerate, acquired Triangle Industries. At the time of the buyout, American Can was the largest can company in the United States.
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