Crown Holdings, Inc., a leading supplier of metal packaging products worldwide headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania state of the US, announced on Feb. 16 that its subsidiary, Crown Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd., would install a second beverage can line in its existing facility in Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Nai.
The new line is expected to be put into operation in the fourth quarter of 2010 with an initial annual production capacity of approximately 600 million two-piece 33cl aluminum beverage cans.
As a result of the latest investment, Crown will have five beverage can lines in three facilities in Vietnam, with total production capacity of 3 billion aluminum two-piece cans.
"This expansion reflects the Vietnamese market's growing demand for beverage cans and Crown's continuing commitment to grow with customers there," said Jozef Salaerts, President of Crown's Asia-Pacific division./.