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News Release from: Crown Holdings, Inc.
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 08 August 2005
Crown Opens North African 635m Capacity
Can Plant
Crown Bevcan Europe and Middle East, has completed construction of its new 15,000 square meter beverage can facility in North Africa.
Crown Bevcan Europe and Middle East, has completed construction of its new 15,000 square meter beverage can facility in North Africa Located in the Tunisian capital of Tunis, the plant has an initial annual production capacity of 635 million beverage cans and is scheduled to begin commercial production in September
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 Jan 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new plant is part of Crown's initiative to meet rapidly growing demand for beverage cans in the North African and Middle Eastern regions.
Historically, Crown has served the North African market from its production facilities in Spain, Greece and Turkey.
Having a plant located in Tunis now enables Crown to supply the market with locally produced cans.
Crown Maghreb Can is a joint venture between Crown and long-standing regional partner Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi and Bros.
With a workforce of 81 employees, the plant will supply 24cl, 25cl and 33cl aluminium beverage cans to Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Libya.
The new plant raises the total number of production facilities operated by Crown Bevcan Europe and Middle East to 13 plants across nine countries.
Crown has also now appointed Naim Sghaier to the position of sales manager for the region.
Based at the new facility in Tunis, Sghaier will draw upon his previous experience in the packaging industry in the region to serve the growing Maghreb beverage can market.
"The new facility demonstrates our commitment to meeting the continued rapid growth for beverage cans in the Maghreb region, as well as the growing European demand for slim cans.
More consumers are attracted to the can as an attractive, quick chilling, durable and conveniently portable packaging option," explained Sghaier.
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