DOLYPACK manufactures wholesale tin containers in aluminum and tinplate for candle, cosmetic, food, wellness, and pharmaceutical brands. Capacities range from 5 ml–6,000 ml, with in-house tooling for both stock formats and custom tins built from your drawing. Embossing, printing, and finish work are handled in-house when a stock shape is not enough.
Tin containers are usually sourced by use case, not by SKU number:
— soy, wax, and massage-candle lines can start from the candle tin range, review sizing across candle packaging applications, or work through the metal candle jar suppliers route built around jar-and-lid combinations.
— roasters and tea brands can review tea and coffee tin packaging sized for beans, grounds, and loose leaf.
— dry goods, candy, and snack brands can check food tin packaging built for food-contact fills.
— cream, balm, and powder lines can start from the metal cosmetic jars range or review cosmetic packaging applications for jar and closure options.
— pill, fish-oil, and powder brands can check the aluminum pill jar range or supplement and pharmaceutical tin packaging for coating and closure needs.
Aluminum and tinplate suit different packaging needs:
Is lighter and forms its own moisture/oxidation barrier, making it common for cosmetic jars, cream jars, and screw-lid formats.
Is chosen where rigidity matters more, including candle tins, tea tins, and coffee cans built as 3-piece or seamed constructions.
Across the aluminum range, capacities run 5 ml to 6,000 ml, with screw caps sized independently from Ø17.5 mm to 89 mm.
Low-profile flat tins in 60 ml and 130 ml are stock proof points for brands that need a shallow, wide-mouth format rather than a tall jar.
Embossed and debossed dies raise or recess a design directly into the metal. How much detail survives depends on gauge, body/lid construction, and where seams or curvature sit, so bold shapes reproduce more reliably than fine line work.
Applies artwork to flat or lightly curved panels after the body is formed.
Adds permanent identification or branding without a separate print layer.
Covers larger graphic areas when the panel geometry allows a clean wrap.
Matte, glossy, frosted, metallic, lacquered, and anodized (aluminum) finishes layer on top of embossed or flat metal.
Artwork needs to arrive in vector format (AI, EPS, or vector PDF) before tooling or pattern depth can be reviewed.
A guide to tin container types, MOQs, and sourcing breaks down how buyers typically choose between these decoration paths before submitting a spec.
There's no single MOQ across every order, because the floor moves with what has to be made before production starts:
Freshly poured wax runs hot enough to stress a glass finish; a metal wall takes the pour without cracking.The lowest quantity threshold and the fastest route onto the production line, since no die build or tooling approval round is needed first.
The MOQ moves up to cover a color run or print setup, but no mold investment is involved.
The highest MOQ, because die cost is amortized across the run; this path also adds a mold-build and sample-approval step before production starts, extending the timeline versus the two paths above.
Exact MOQ, tooling cost, and production timing are confirmed once the container reference (or drawing), decoration method, artwork, and target quantity are reviewed together — the quote is built around the actual path chosen rather than a generic case price.
Reference samples for existing aluminum formats can be requested through the aluminum tin sample page. Availability, terms, and freight are confirmed per model, since not every stock tin holds a standing sample allocation.
For custom or new-tooling projects, a production sample is made from the finished die before the full run starts. Decoration depth and structure can be checked prior to sign-off. Sample cost and dispatch time depend on the model and destination and are confirmed as part of the quote.
DOLYPACK's aluminum line alone has supplied 441+ references to more than 80 countries, built over 10+ years in metal packaging, with an in-house tooling team handling mold and die work directly. A distributor resells a fixed catalog; a factory can change the structure, mold, or decoration itself — the practical difference when a size, closure, or finish isn't already sitting in stock.
For the complete range of aluminum and tinplate formats by shape, lid type, and size, the tins for packaging catalog lists every stock model available to start from.
Send a container reference or drawing, target quantity, decoration method, and any destination-market requirements through contact us to get a project-specific quote. If artwork isn't finalized yet, note the intended fill and decoration style so tooling and finish options can be scoped before a formal quote is built.
