One of the world’s leading packaging product suppliers, Crown has planned to continue its business expansion in China to support a strong market growth. The company will construct two new aluminum beverage can production facilities and will add a second production line to a facility that is under construction.
The new plants will be built in Changchun, Northeastern China and Zhengzhou, Central China. Each facility is expected to initially produce 720 million of two-piece aluminum beverage cans per year. The Changchun facility is expected to commence operation in the third quarter of 2013 and will manufacture 50 cl and 33 cl cans. The Zhengzhou facility will manufacture 33 cl aluminum beverage cans and will begin operation by the initial quarter of 2013.
In addition, the company will add the second can production line to its plant in Putian, Fujian Province and it is expected to produce 25 cl and 33 cl beverage cans. The addition will expand Putian facility’s annual production capacity to approximately 1.4 billion.
Crown will own ten beverage can facilities in China, once the construction of the two new plants are completed. It has operations in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Huizhou, Foshan and Beijing and three plants are under construction: Ziyang, Heshan and Putian. The addition of the two facilities brings value to Crown’s customers in terms of convenience and sustainability.
Source: http://www.crowncork.com/