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28. April 2010

Crown opens new beverage can plant in Slovakia

Crown Holdings, Inc. has officially opened its new beverage can plant in Kechnec, in eastern Slovakia, allowing to better serve customers in Central and Eastern Europe. The company marked the official opening with a special ceremony held on-site on April 23, 2010.

“The new facility in Kechnec was completed ahead of schedule, with the first cans produced only nine months after the start of construction,” said Terry Cartwright, Senior Vice President of Crown’s beverage business in Europe and the Middle East. With the addition of Slovakia, the manufacturer now operates fourteen beverage can plants in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

750 million beverage cans per year

The new plant provides local support and capacity for major international brewers and soft drink companies, providing a strong supply base for customers in Slovakia and bordering countries, including Hungary, southern Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania. It supplies 33cl and 50cl aluminium cans and provides an initial capacity of 750 million beverage cans per year, with the ability to support additional production lines as required by future customer growth.