The Tin Box Company

What The Tin Box Company does

The Tin Box Company (legal name: Tin Box Company of America, Inc.) is a wholesale manufacturer and distributor of licensed and decorative tin containers serving US and international retail and branded-product customers. Founded in 1952 as Daher Limited in England, the company was re-established under its current name in 1980 when manufacturing relocated to Hong Kong, and subsequently set up wholly-owned operations in Hong Kong and mainland China. Since 1998 the company has specialized in licensed character merchandise, holding rights from Disney, Warner Bros., Sanrio, and Lucasfilm (Star Wars) to produce tins featuring those properties.

The company's product portfolio splits into two streams: a catalog/seasonal licensed-merchandise business (lunch boxes, gift tins, party favor containers, holiday tins) distributed through wholesale catalogs, online ordering portals, and a network of US specialty retailers, theme parks, and Amazon; and a custom tin manufacturing service for branded product companies seeking bespoke shapes, sizes, embossing, and lithography. Manufacturing is vertically integrated at company-owned facilities in Dongguan and Shanghai, China — the Dongguan site operates 36 production lines with 500+ employees — using tinplated steel, 4-color process lithography, 3-D embossing, and in-house tooling. All products are tested to CPSIA children's product safety standards.

The go-to-market is wholesale-only B2B with no direct-to-consumer channel (except Amazon), sales handled through a dedicated sales team led by Andy Siegel (Director of Sales), printed catalogs, email marketing, and a US showroom in Farmingdale, NY (with a regional showroom via Tin Box Asia Pacific HK Limited in Sheung Wan). Revenue is generated from hardware sales of wholesale tin merchandise; pricing is not publicly disclosed and custom runs start at 12,000 pieces per shape. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors or parent company.

Name

The Tin Box Company

Legal name

Tin Box Company of America, Inc.

Website

https://tinboxco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Tin Box Company is a wholesale manufacturer of licensed and custom decorative tin containers, serving US specialty retailers, theme parks, and branded-product companies via vertically integrated production facilities in China.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Decorative Metal Tins

NAICS

Metal Can Manufacturing (332431)

SIC

Metal Cans (3411)

akta.pro primary industry

General Line Cans (Chemical, Paint, Specialty) (IMALADAI)

Keywords

• Custom metal tins
• Licensed character merchandise
• Decorative tin packaging
• Wholesale tin containers
• Branded tin manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Usa River

HQ country

Tanzania

HQ region

Africa

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Tin Merchandise Sales: Revenue generated from wholesale sales of licensed and decorative tin merchandise to retailers. Products include lunch boxes, gift tins, party favor containers, and specialty packaging. Sales conducted through wholesale catalogs and online ordering portals.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Tin Box Company manufactures and wholesales custom-designed metal tin containers, including licensed character tins featuring popular entertainment franchises (Disney, Sanrio, Warner Bros., Star Wars) and bespoke decorative tins for branded packaging applications. Products include lunch boxes, gift tins, candy tins, cosmetics containers, stationery tins, and unique shaped tins produced at company facilities in Dongguan and Shanghai, China. The company operates as a wholesale-only B2B supplier selling through catalogs, retail partners, and Amazon.

Product overview

The Tin Box Company is a wholesale manufacturer and distributor of licensed and decorative tin merchandise. The company operates a dual-product portfolio consisting of (1) stock/everday tin products featuring licensed characters from major entertainment properties (Disney, Sanrio, Warner Bros.) available through catalogs, and (2) custom tin manufacturing services for clients requiring bespoke packaging. Products include lunch boxes, candy tins, cosmetics containers, stationery tins, and unique shaped tins produced at company facilities in China. The company maintains operations in the US (New York) and Hong Kong, selling exclusively to wholesale customers and retailers through Amazon and direct wholesale channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Licensed Tin Merchandise
• Custom Tins
• Decorative Tins
• Lunch Boxes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DisneycoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerLicensing partnership for Disney character-themed tin merchandise including Disney Princess and other popular Disney characters. Tin Box Company has rights to produce tins featuring Disney characters.
• Warner Bros.coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerLicensing partnership for Warner Bros. character-themed tin merchandise including DC Comics characters.
• SanriocoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerLicensing partnership for Sanrio character-themed tin merchandise including Hello Kitty and other Sanrio characters.
• Star Wars (Lucasfilm)coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerLicensing partnership for Star Wars-themed tin merchandise including lunch boxes featuring Boba Fett, Darth Vader, and R2D2.
• Universal Studios / NickelodeonminorOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerDistribution relationship for Nickelodeon-themed merchandise through MOA Entertainment Company.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Independent Can Company: US-based custom and specialty metal can/tin manufacturer serving decorative, promotional, and custom packaging markets. Directly comparable as a similarly sized specialty tin producer competing for the same custom-packaging customer base.
• Allstate Can Corporation: Specialty metal container and tin manufacturer producing custom and decorative tin packaging for consumer goods. Comparable custom-tin product mix and customer profile.
• Kendon Packaging: Specialty decorative tin and metal packaging producer for retail, gift, and confectionery markets. Closely comparable specialty/decorative tin product mix serving similar wholesale customer segments.

Broad incumbents

• Crown Holdings: Global metal packaging giant producing food, beverage, and specialty metal cans. A broad incumbent in metal packaging with overlapping decorative and specialty tin capabilities.
• Ardagh Metal Packaging: Large-scale producer of metal beverage and food cans with global operations. Overlaps as a broad metal packaging incumbent but focused primarily on high-volume food/beverage segments.
• Silgan Holdings: Major metal container manufacturer with metal food can and specialty container divisions. Overlaps in metal container production but operates at significantly larger scale and broader portfolio.
• Ball Corporation: Global leader in metal packaging for beverages and food with custom tin capabilities. Comparable metal packaging manufacturing but at substantially larger scale.
• Berlin Packaging: Largest hybrid packaging supplier in North America offering metal, glass, and plastic containers including decorative tins. Comparable as a broad-based packaging supplier with custom/decorative tin offerings.
• TricorBraun: Major packaging distributor with broad rigid container portfolio including metal tins. Comparable distribution-side presence in specialty packaging though not a manufacturer.
• Sonoco Products: Diversified global packaging manufacturer with metal can and specialty container operations. Broad incumbent competing for packaging customers across retail and CPG.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/TIN-BOX-COMPANY/34686183754
• Xx.com/tinboxco

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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