Fire at Ball Packaging Europe's Wrexham Beverage Can Plant

Details about the cause of the fire and the extent of the damage are not known as yet. External experts and employees are currently evaluating the damage to be able to restore the plant to full production as soon as possible.

24 Jul 2012 --- Ball Packaging Europe’s beverage can plant in Wrexham, Industrial Estate in Bridge Road, suffered a fire early afternoon on Sunday, July 22rd 2012.

There were no injuries to the workforce and no adverse environmental impacts in the community.

Details about the cause of the fire and the extent of the damage are not known as yet. External experts and employees are currently evaluating the damage to be able to restore the plant to full production as soon as possible. The company believes that it will be able to almost fully offset the temporary production loss by drawing upon stocks and shifting production to other locations.

Ball Packaging Europe is one of the leading beverage can producers in Europe with twelve production plants situated in the United Kingdom, Germany, France the Netherlands, Poland and Serbia. The Wrexham can plant produces about 2 billion beverage cans per year, mainly for soft drinks and beer. Founded in 1979, it has a workforce of 210 employees.