# Showa Aluminum Can to build second can facility in Vietnam, expand capacity

Showa Aluminum Can Corporation will establish a second can production facility in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, and add a can end line at its existing Hanacans factory, increasing total capacity to 2 billion cans per year by October 2018 with a total investment of 5 billion yen.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-02-15
- Where: Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, Vietnam
- Value: $44.0M (5.00B JPY)
- Starts operating: Oct 2018
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 2 billion cans per year
- Products: aluminum beverage cans, can ends
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Showa Aluminum Can](https://endata.com/companies/8624.md)
- [Hanacans](https://endata.com/companies/22226.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [alcircle.com](https://www.alcircle.com/news/showa-aluminum-can-to-expand-its-can-production-capacity-in-vietnam-27013), 2017-02-15: "SAC has decided to establish a new production base in that Province expecting rapid expansion of the aluminium cans market in Vietnam in future."

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