# Ball Corporation breaks ground on $200M aluminum cups plant in Rome, Georgia

Ball Corporation broke ground in Rome, Georgia on a new aluminum cups manufacturing facility next to its existing can plant, a multi-year investment of about $200 million that plans to hire approximately 145 employees.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-01-14
- Where: Rome, Georgia, United States
- Value: $200.0M
- Jobs: 145
- Status: under construction
- Products: aluminum cups, aluminum beverage cans
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Ball Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/556.md)
- [KBD Group](https://endata.com/companies/5762.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [coosavalleynews.com](https://coosavalleynews.com/2020/01/ball-corporation-to-build-new-facility-in-floyd-county-creating-over-180-new-jobs/), 2020-01-14: "Ball plans to hire approximately 145 new employees for the cups facility to support the multi-year investment of approximately $200 million."

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