# Owens-Illinois to add fifth glass furnace at Nava, Mexico plant for Constellation

Owens-Illinois will build a fifth glass furnace at its Nava plant in northeastern Mexico to supply beer bottles to Constellation's adjacent brewery, an expansion estimated at about $140 million, financed equally by both partners.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-11-01
- Where: Nava, northeastern Mexico, Mexico
- Value: $140.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: fifth glass furnace, making Nava the largest glass container factory in the world
- Products: glass beer bottles
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Owens-Illinois](https://endata.com/companies/2307.md)
- [Constellation Brands](https://endata.com/companies/2308.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [fooddive.com](https://www.fooddive.com/news/constellation-and-bottle-maker-expand-partership-behind-strong-demand-for-m/508103/), 2017-11-01: "This expanded partnership will allow for a fifth glass furnace to be built at a production plant in Nava, located in northeastern Mexico."

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