# Ideal Can opens C$80M steel can plant in Chatham-Kent, Ontario

Ideal Can has opened a new steel canmaking facility in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, an investment of over C$80 million that is expected to create more than 200 jobs and produce hundreds of millions of cans annually.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-10-20
- Where: Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada
- Value: $58.0M (80.0M CAD)
- Jobs: 200
- Status: completed
- Capacity: hundreds of millions of cans annually; up to 1,000 cans per minute per line
- Products: steel food cans
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Ideal Can](https://endata.com/companies/13620.md)

## Sources

- [idealcan.ca](https://www.idealcan.ca/news/ideal-can-expands-in-ontario-with-new-canmaking-facility-strengthening-canada-s-food), 2025-10-20: "This expansion represents an investment of over $80 million CAD and transforms a former industrial site into a state-of-the-art production facility."

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