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Evolution of the Canning Lid

A timeline of lid technologies at Ball®.

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1880

Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company founded.

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1885

Zinc caps made for glass jars.

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1887

Ball® brand relocates to Muncie, IN.

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1894

Ball® Company begins shipping wooden boxes to grocery stores.

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1898

Aluminum caps and glass wire-bale made for jars.

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1909

First Ball® Blue Book of Home Canning printed.

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1914

Ball® brand begins making rubber-sealing rings for jars.

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1915

Kerr brand creates the first two-piece metal lid system with an attached rubber seal.

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1930

Ball® brand introduces two-piece closures made of zinc and glass

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1934

Ball® brand switches to two-piece closures made of tinplate.

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1968

Ball® brand develops plastisol sealant and discontinues using red rubber latex.

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1970

Ball® completes canning lid plant in Muncie, IN.

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1996

Ball® brand acquires Kerr brand, transfers manufacturing to Indiana.

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2010

Responding to consumers requests, Ball® brand begins researching and testing BPA-free lids.

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2012

Ball® and Kerr® brands become BPA free.

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2014

Ball® introduces the "Design Series" of colored, metallic lids safe for home canning.

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