8 facilities — and 2 of them are not facilities at all. Midwest Mobile Canning and Heartland Mobile Canning bring the line to your site rather than the other way round. Of the 6 fixed plants, exactly 1 publishes a minimum run, and it is high enough to rule most young brands out on the spot.
Alphabetical. Two entries show Not applicable rather than Not published: mobile canners charge by the visit, so a case minimum does not apply to them.
| Facility | City | Minimum run | Formats | Alcohol | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assemblies Unlimited | Bloomingdale | 25,000 units / SKU | PET, Pouch | — | Bloomingdale. A contract packager whose beverage line — juice, syrups, gels, hot-fill and pasteurised — sits inside a mostly non-beverage business. Publishes a minimum of 25,000 per SKU per run, among the highest on record here. Beverage is not the primary focus. |
| Berner Food & Beverage | Dakota | Not published | Not published | — | Dakota. Dairy-based shelf-stable drinks — RTD coffee and tea, functional, protein shakes, energy — for large CPG brands and emerging private label alike, out of a roughly 1M sq ft plant. SQF Level 3, organic and HACCP certified. |
| BrellaPak (Brella Beverage Inc.) | Chicago, Itasca | Not published | Not published | Yes | Chicago and Itasca. Bottle-and-shot co-packer — no cans. Advertises “low minimum order quantities” but names no figure, so we record none. The Itasca plant opened in January 2026: 50,000 sq ft, around 1.5M cases of added annual capacity, up to 54,000 750 ml bottles a day and 300 50 ml shots a minute, aimed at spirits, RTD and private label. Also lists hemp and CBD. Bottle material is not stated anywhere on the site. |
| Craftsmith Beverage | Naperville | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16 oz | Yes | Naperville. Full-service contract craft producer. Its site lists “930–15K Gallon Runs” under Our Capabilities — the span it can produce, not a floor you must clear, verified 1 August 2026. Also handles hemp and THC beverages. FDA, GMP and PCQI compliant, with 48-hour quotes. |
| Heartland Mobile Canningmobile canning operator | Shorewood | Not applicable | Can, Can sleek | Yes | Shorewood. Small family operation covering Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. States plainly it will not run sour beers or kombucha. |
| Midwest Mobile Canning LLCmobile canning operator | Crystal Lake | Not applicable | Not published | Yes | Crystal Lake. Covers northern Illinois, Wisconsin, north-west Indiana, eastern Iowa, eastern Minnesota and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Its own site was unreachable at verification; confirmed active via directory and social listings. |
| Proven Partners Group | Elgin | Not published | PET | — | Elgin. Co-manufacturer for protein shakes and functional beverages, roughly 10,000 bottles a day. Acquired by Coregistics (BelPak group) in 2024. The official site’s certificate was expired at verification — confirmed via directory and press instead. |
| The Fresh Factory | Chicago | Not published | Pouch, PET | — | Chicago, with a second production site in Carol Stream. Better-for-you cold-pressed juice, wellness shots and smoothies. Bottles, jars, pouches and sachets. |
Assemblies Unlimited publishes what almost no facility does — a figure. Theirs reads: our typical minimum quantity is 25,000 per SKU per run. That is among the highest published minimums anywhere in this database, and it is genuinely useful precisely because it is so high.
A published floor of 25,000 tells a founder with 2,000 cases to stop reading and look elsewhere, in one line, without a discovery call or two weeks of email. That is worth as much as a low number — it is the silence of the other 7 that costs time.
One of those 7 advertises “low minimum order quantities” and names no figure. We record none. A phrase is not a commitment, and we do not convert it into one.
Midwest Mobile Canning and Heartland Mobile Canning charge by the visit plus travel, not by the case. That is why their cell says Not applicable rather than Not published — there is no hidden figure behind it.
The condition is different, and it is stricter: you need your own tanks, your own site and, for alcohol, your own licence. It suits a brewery or cidery. It suits a brand with no production site of its own not at all.
Heartland covers Illinois, Indiana and Michigan and states plainly that it will not run sour beers or kombucha. Midwest covers northern Illinois, Wisconsin, north-west Indiana, eastern Iowa, eastern Minnesota and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Two of these 8 had verification problems at the last check. Midwest Mobile Canning’s own site was unreachable and Proven Partners Group’s certificate had expired; both were confirmed active through directories and press instead. Confirm they are reachable before you plan around them.
A run range is not a minimum. Craftsmith lists “930–15K gallon runs” under its capabilities — that is the span it can produce, not a floor you must clear. Verified at source on 1 August 2026. Ask for the floor separately, in cases, per SKU.
Tell us the product and the volume. One Illinois facility publishes a minimum and it is 25,000 per SKU; the rest publish nothing. This is the fastest way to find out which of them will actually run your size.