Ball Corporation is planning two new beverage can plants in the UK and Russia in order to significantly increase production capacity in both countries. Many billions of additional cans are expected to roll off the production line each year from 2023.
The commissioning of the plants will create up to 200 new jobs in each region in a rapidly growing industry of the future. It is not only consumers who are currently looking for packaging alternatives, manufacturers are also increasingly focussing on beverage cans. Both Boosts demand for aluminium packaging.
Beverage can plants in Northamptonshire and Ulyanovsk
The new British plant to be located in Northamptonshire (Segro Park Kettering Gateway) in central England. The ground-breaking ceremony is expected to take place later this year. The planned plant will be the third production facility of Ball in the UK and will complement the capacity of the existing sites in Milton Keynes and Wakefield. It will supply aluminium cans for domestic customers and their growing range of products - including hard seltzers, wines, ready-to-drink cocktails and various flavoured and unflavoured waters.
Beers and energy drinks in particular are driving strong market growth in Russia. In order to be able to meet this demand in the future, Ball is planning the Construction of a plant in Ulyanovsk in western Russia. This site brings the total number of production sites in Russia to four. The other plants are Naro-Fominsk in the Moscow region, Vesvolozhsk in the St. Petersburg region and Argayash in the Chelyabinsk region.
"We are acting now to support our customers in the UK and Russia. The demand for aluminium packaging, which can be recycled again and again without any loss of quality, is increasing in many beverage categories. Consumer behaviour has also changed - not least due to the pandemic: People are increasingly enjoying their favourite drinks at home or on the go; and they are specifically looking for drinks in packaging that is actually recycled and contributes to a truly circular economy." Carey CauseyPresident, Ball Beverage Packaging EMEA
The aluminium can is the most recycled packaging in the world. In Europe, the recycling rate is currently 76 per cent, while in Germany more than 99 per cent of all doses recycled.
Source: Ball
