Rexam opens first can manufacturing plant in Finland

Rexam, one of the leading global beverage can makers, has opened its new can manufacturing plant in Finland on 30th January. Located in Mäntsälä in southern Finland, it is Rexam’ s first plant in the country and represents an investment of about BP 68 m over three years as part of the company’ s current capital investment plans. The new plant will employ around 100 local people.

The first of two planned production lines was officially opened by Graham Chipchase, Rexam’ s Chief Executive. On completion of a second line, scheduled for 2014, the plant will have a capacity of approximately 1.35 bn 330 ml and 500 ml aluminium cans. The Nordic market has shown good growth in recent years and Finland itself has experienced a steady transition from glass bottles to can fillings. The demand for beverage cans in Finland and the Baltic States, in particular the can’ s share of the pack mix for beer in Finland, has grown from 10 to 60 percent over the past five years.