Choosing plastic or steel pails
Explore plastic and steel pails to meet your product and handling needs. We help you evaluate material options based on your formulation, filling process, and storage and shipping requirements.
Jerricans for pouring and handling
Jerricans feature a built-in handle and narrow opening for pouring and dispensing. We help you select a container and closure suited to your product and how it will be filled, handled, and used.
Matching lids, gaskets, and spouts
Select the container, lid, and gasket together, with materials matched to your product’s compatibility requirements. Pouring spouts, vents, and tamper-evident options are available to support your dispensing and closure needs.
At a glance
Material
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What we supply
- Plastic and steel pails in a range of volumes
- Jerricans with integral handles
- Matched lids, gaskets, spouts and vents
- Tamper evident options
Choosing your container
Four considerations for the right packaging
Your product, closure, shipping requirements, and decoration needs all help shape your packaging selection. We’ll work through the details with you before your first order.
01
Your product
Start with what your container needs to hold. Your formulation, filling temperature, and compatibility requirements help guide the choice of material and container.
02
Your closure
Consider the container, cap, and liner together. We help you match the neck finish, closure, and liner to your product and packaging requirements.
03
Your shipping requirements
Tell us how and where your product will ship, including any applicable regulatory requirements. We help you evaluate packaging options with those needs in mind.
04
Your decoration
Plan for screen printing as part of your pail selection. We screen print plastic pails in house and coordinate distribution, with kitting available when you need it.
Material comparison
Compare Container Materials
Explore common applications, benefits, and considerations to help narrow your options. Confirm compatibility by testing your formulation in the selected container under your intended filling, storage, and shipping conditions.
FAQs
Your packaging questions, answered
Can I get a sample before committing to an order?
Yes. Samples let you check fit, fill and line behavior before tooling or stock is committed. Tell us the product and the volume and we will send what is closest from stock.
Do you supply the closure and liner with the container?
Yes. We help you match the container, closure, and liner, and we quote each one as a separate line item. Neck finish decides which caps fit and the liner decides whether the seal holds, so specifying them together avoids a mismatch.
How do I know the container is compatible with my product?
Our compatibility guide is a general reference to help narrow your options. Compatibility testing is, and will always be, the final determining factor in container selection. It is the buyer's responsibility to determine whether a given container, closure, and accessory is suitable for use in their application. View the compatibility guide
Can this be decorated before it ships?
We screen print plastic pails in house. Decorating on the same site as kitting removes a handoff and a freight leg, which usually shortens the lead time.
What if nothing in the stock range fits?
We design and tool custom molds, from concept and prototype through to a validated production tool. The tool is held on site for repeat production.
Tell us what you're packaging.
Share your product and requirements. An Inmark packaging specialist will help identify the right solution.
