Product
aTULC
aTULC（Aluminum Toyo Ultimate Can) is a 2-piece aluminum can with significantly improved productivity and environmental friendliness, perfected by radically reexamining raw materials and production process. Since its introduction in 2002, aTULC has been used for a wide range of products
Awards received
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TULC won “Environmental Resources Cooperation Award” from The Japan Food Journal.
TULC won “Aida Technology Incentive Award” from The Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity.
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TULC won “Japan Star Award” at Japan Packaging Contest hosted by Japan Packaging Institute.
TULC won “WorldStar Award” form World Packaging Organisation.
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TULC won “Food Industry Technology Award (Technology & Idea Section)” from Food Industry Journal.
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TULC won “Nishiyama Commemorative Prize” from The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan.
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TULC won “Okochi Memorial Award” from Okochi Memorial Foundation.
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Ready-to-drink coffee packed in mildly-pressurized TULC with liquid nitrogen mist filling method won “Good Packaging Award” at Japan Packaging Contest.
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aTULC won “Kinoshita Award” from Japan Packaging Institute.
TULC shaped can won “Beverage Packaging Award” at Japan Packaging Contest.
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aTULC won “Aida Technology Award First Prize” from The Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity.
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TEC200 won “International Steel Packaging Effectiveness Award Beverage Section First Prize” from APEAL, Germany.
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Beaded can adopted by JT won “Can of the Year Decoration Technology Bronze Award”, UK.
Development of laminated can utilizing existing 2-piece can production line won “Can of the Year Development Bronze Award”, UK.
Study on LCA evaluation method of TULC won “LCA Society of Japan Encouragement Award” from Life Cycle Assessment Society of Japan.
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TULC won the Minister of the Environment Prize for Containers and Packaging 3Rs Promotion.
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sTULC for beer won “Can of the Year Beverage Two-Piece Silver Award”, UK.
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More environmentally friendly can “190g Lightweight TULC for Vacuum Filling” won the Minister of the
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aTULC for beer won “Can of the Year Beverage Two-Piece Gold Award”, UK.
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sTULC for coffee won “Can of the Year Award 2011“ and
“Can of the Year Beverage Two-Piece Gold Award”, UK. -
TULC with mirror-like label won “Beverage Packaging Award” from Japan Packaging Institute.
TULC with six beads won “Can of the Year Sustainability Award”, UK.
aTULC for beer won “Beverage Innovation Can Award” at Asia Can Tech 2012, UK.
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Diamond-Cut TULC with mirror-like label won “Can of the Year Beverage Two-Piece Silver Award”, UK.
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aTULC for wine won “Can of the Year Beverage Two-Piece Gold Award”, UK.
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Can bottom reform technology “Compression Bottom Reform (CBR)”
technology for aTULC and Aluminum DWI can won “Can of the Year Prototype Gold Award”, UK.
Features of aTULC
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POINT1Friendly to environment, as no water is used during can forming process.
PET film laminated to internal and external surfaces serves as the coolant during can forming process, thus eliminating proceeding washing process and generating almost no solid waste.
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POINT2Highly capable of preserving product quality, as it allows almost no elution of organic substances or flavor absorption.
PET film laminated to can internal surface has significantly better properties in terms of elution of organic substances and flavor absorption as compared to conventional lacquer coating, retaining the freshness of the products for a long time.
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POINT3High quality graphics reproduction utilizing the appearance of can surface
Tender, bright and shiny pearl-tone surface enables the reproduction of refined metallic appearance.
Main applications
Low alcoholic drinks, such as beer and Chu-hai cocktails.
Beverages that do not require retort sterilization, such as fruit and vegetable juice and sports drinks.
Product lineup
| Body dia | Fill volume | End dia |
| 202 | 170ml | 200 |
| 200ml | ||
| 250ml | ||
| 211 | 280ml | 206 |
| 350ml | 204 | |
| 206 | ||
| 500ml | 204 | |
| 206 |
[Material] Aluminum
Can making process
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Production process of aTULC
