Crown to increase beverage can capacity in Vietnam
New production line will have an annual production capacity of 460 million 33cl beverage cans and 25cl slim cans with commercial production scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2006.
22/12/05 Crown Holdings, Inc. has announced that its Crown Beverage Cans Saigon Ltd subsidiary received government approval to install a second aluminum beverage can line in its Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam plant. The line will have an annual production capacity of 460 million 33cl beverage cans and 25cl slim cans with commercial production scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2006. The addition of the second line brings the total annual production capacity of the plant to over 1 billion cans.
In addition to four aluminum beverage can plants in China, Crown operates five aluminum beverage can plants throughout South East Asia with two in Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi) and one plant each in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
Crown Holdings, Inc., through its affiliated companies, is a leading supplier of packaging products to consumer marketing companies around the world. World headquarters are located in Philadelphia, PA.
