The group's principal activity is to develop, manufacture and market steel containers for the general line category of the north American container industry. It also provides related material center services (coating, lithography and metal shearing) to external customers. The products include a wide variety of steel cans and pails used for packaging paint and related products, lubricants, cleaners, roof and driveway sealants, food and household and personal care aerosol products. The group also manufactures steel ammunition boxes and provides material center services. The products are marketed primarily in North America. The group's ammunition boxes are to the U.S. Department of defense as well as to major domestic and foreign producers of ordnance. General line containers accounted for 75% of fiscal 2002 revenues; material center services, 15% and coffee cans, 10%
