Technology  April 20, 2015

Ball to open can-making plant in Mexico

BROOMFIELD — Ball Corp. announced plans Monday to build a two-line beverage-can manufacturing plant near Monterrey, Mexico.

The plant, which complements the North American metal beverage packaging footprint for Broomfield-based Ball (NYSE: BLL), is expected to open in early 2016 and produce multiple can sizes. Most of the plant’s capacity will be contracted under a long-term agreement, Ball officials said.

Renee Robinson, Ball’s director of corporate communications, said construction will begin soon on the plant, which will be located in the Finsa Guadalupe Industrial Park, near the international airport just east of Monterrey. Robinson said Ball plans to employ more than 200 people at the plant, but that the size of the facility could not yet be disclosed.

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“The demand for standard and specialty metal beer packaging continues to grow, and the Monterrey plant will allow us to expand our customer base and product portfolio,” said Daniel W. Fisher, Ball’s president of North American metal beverage packaging, in a prepared statement. “This returns-oriented growth project broadens our geographic reach into a new and growing market for Ball’s global metal beverage packaging business.

Monterrey, capital of the state of Nuevo Leon, is Mexico’s third largest metropolitan area, with a population of more than 4 million. It is located 140 miles south-southwest of Laredo, Texas.

 

 

BROOMFIELD — Ball Corp. announced plans Monday to build a two-line beverage-can manufacturing plant near Monterrey, Mexico.

The plant, which complements the North American metal beverage packaging footprint for Broomfield-based Ball (NYSE: BLL), is expected to open in early 2016 and produce multiple can sizes. Most of the plant’s capacity will be contracted under a long-term agreement, Ball officials said.

Renee Robinson, Ball’s director of corporate communications, said construction will begin soon on the plant, which will be located in the Finsa Guadalupe Industrial Park, near the international airport just east of Monterrey. Robinson said Ball plans to employ more than 200…

Dallas Heltzell
With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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