Crown opens new plant in China
Crown Holdings, a leading supplier of metal packaging products worldwide, has officially opened a new beverage can plant in Hangzhou, China.
Located in the capital of the Zhejiang province, the Hangzhou facility supplies two-piece 33cl and 50cl aluminium cans and has an initial production capacity of over 700 million beverage cans.
It is Crown’s fifth beverage can plant in China, with existing facilities located in Beijing, Foshan, Huizhou and Shanghai. Construction on plants in Putian, Heshan and Ziyang is underway, and plans for two new facilities in Changchun and Zhengzhou have been announced.
“The Hangzhou operation builds upon Crown’s geographic strength in China,” says John Conway, chairman of the board, president and CEO of Crown. “We are pleased to be able to support both regional and multi-national customers with locally produced beverage cans, a format that is gaining favour because it presents an economical and efficient packaging option and has a strong environmental record.”
