I ka makahiki 1810, ua ho'āʻo ka poʻe Pelekāne e mālama maikaʻi
Ua ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 mau makahiki no ka hana ʻana o ke kanaka i nā kini maʻalahi loa e huki.

I ka makahiki 1959, ua hana nā ʻAmelika i ke kini, a ua hoʻoponopono lākou i nā mea o ka uhi hiki iā ia iho e hana i kahi rivet, i hoʻopili ʻia me ke apo huki a hoʻopaʻa paʻa ʻia, hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka helu kūpono, a lilo i mea maʻalahi loa e huki uhi.
Pono e ʻōlelo ʻia he maikaʻi loa kēia hoʻolālā, ka mea i hoʻomohala ʻia nā ipu metala, i nā makahiki 1970 a me 1980, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka laina hana hiki mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a Iapana, South Korea a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe.

I ka makahiki mua o 1980, ua lawe mai ka China's Qingdao Brewery i paʻi nani a pau-nā kini ʻelua ʻāpana aluminimai Iapana i mea e hoʻokō ai i nā pono o ka ʻeke o kāna mau huahana no ka lawe ʻana aku, i wehe i ka prelude i ka hoʻohana nui ʻana i nā kini ma Kina.

ʻO nā huahana o ka ʻoihana paʻi metala nā ʻano like ʻolenā kini metala, hiki ke maheleia i ekolu kini a me elua kini.
ʻO ke kini ʻekolu ʻāpana he pūʻolo metala i haku ʻia i ʻekolu ʻāpana: ke kino o ke kini, ka uhi luna a me ka uhi lalo, me ka tinplate ka mea nui.
Hiki i nā ʻāpana ʻelua ke kuhikuhi i ka ʻeke metala i haku ʻia i ʻelua ʻāpana, ke kino a me ka uhi o luna, me ka alumini ka mea nui.
ʻAʻole like nā ʻoihana i lalo e kū pono ana i nā mea ʻelua, a pono e hoʻohana nui ʻia nā ʻāpana ʻekolu i ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā mea inu hana, ka pauka waiu, nā mea inu kī a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe; Hoʻohana nui ʻia nā kini ʻelua no nā mea inu kalapona e like me ka cola a me ka pia a me nā mea inu ʻē aʻe.