Ball announces plans to build beverage can plant in India
Ball Corporation announced today that its European subsidiary, Ball Packaging Europe, plans to build a beverage can manufacturing plant in India. The facility, which is expected to be located near Aurangabad in the state of Maharashtra, will be positioned strategically to supply the two-piece beverage can needs for the majority of existing and currently planned beverage can filling lines in India. Application procedures with the proper governmental agencies are in the process of being completed, and the first commercial cans are expected to be produced by mid-2009. “India is one of the largest potential beverage can markets in the world and we have long had an interest in doing business there,” said R. David Hoover, chairman, president and chief executive officer.
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