# 吉源-KY plans second aluminum can production line in China

Can maker 吉源-KY (Jiyuan Packaging) plans to invest over NT$1 billion (approx. US$32 million) to add a second aluminum can production line in the second half of 2019. The location is being evaluated among its Guangdong, Hubei, and Anhui plants, and the line will double annual capacity.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-11-21
- Where: Guangdong, Hubei, or Anhui (under evaluation), China
- Value: $32.0M (1.00B TWD)
- Starts operating: Q3 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: doubling of current annual capacity (currently 1 billion cans)
- Products: aluminum cans
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [吉源-KY](https://endata.com/companies/35630.md)

## Sources

- [moneydj.com](https://www.moneydj.com/kmdj/news/newsviewer.aspx?a=c8452470-b159-44d1-8044-bb5cda2b288a), 2018-11-22: "公司計畫投資10億元以上購置設備(不含廠房費用)，於明(2019)年下半年增設第二條鋁罐生產線"

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