# Crown Holdings starts beverage can plant in Nichols, New York, creating 160 jobs

Crown Cork and Seal, part of Crown Holdings, is set to begin production in January 2017 at its $132 million beverage can plant in Nichols, Tioga County. The plant is expected to eventually employ 160 people.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-01-03
- Where: Nichols, Tioga County, United States
- Value: $132.0M
- Jobs: 160
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: two-line beverage can manufacturing facility
- Products: beverage cans, specialty cans
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Crown](https://endata.com/companies/535.md)

## Sources

- [stargazette.com](https://www.stargazette.com/story/news/local/2017/01/03/tioga-beverage-container-maker-set-open/96126560/), 2017-01-03: "Crown Cork and Seal is expected to eventually bring 160 new jobs to the region with its new $132 million plant in Nichols."
- [canmaker.com](https://canmaker.com/nichols-plant-set-for-january-opening/), 2017-01-04: "Crown is expected to begin operations at its new Nichols beverage can manufacturing plant in New York State on 20 January."

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