Can-Pack invests Dh200m in 2nd UAE plant

Can-Pack Group, the manufacturer of aluminum beverage cans, has opened a new manufacturing plant at Dubai Investments Park with an investment of Dh200 million.

The 150,000 square feet facility with a daily production capacity of 1.75 million cans is the group’s second manufacturing plant in the area, the company said in a media release.

The facility will also serve as a warehouse and distribution centre.

Speaking at the inauguration, Philip Impink, CEO, Can-Pack Group, said: "Since first establishing a beverage can factory in Dubai Investments Park in early 2007, we have witnessed a growing demand for high quality one-way packaging. This facility has enabled us to bring our total capacity of cans to over 1.6 billion per annum or a spectacular five million cans per day."

The inauguration ceremony was attended by several prominent guests, including Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, UAE Minister of Economy, Prof. Adam Krzymowski, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland, Abdul Baseet Al Janahi, CEO of Dubai SME, Khalid Kalban, CEO of Dubai Investments, Omar Al Mesmar, General Manager of Dubai Investments Park, Philip Impink, President and CEO of Can-Pack Group, Michal Sloniec, Managing Director of Can-Pack Middle East, and Peter Giorgi, shareholder of Can-Pack Group.

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