# Ball approves US$90M can plant in Frutal, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ball Corporation approved a US$90 million investment to build a new aluminum can production plant in Frutal (MG), Brazil, its eleventh plant in the country, to meet rising demand for canned beer and new beverage categories.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-10-26
- Where: Frutal, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Value: $90.0M
- Jobs: 100
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1.5 billion cans per year
- Products: aluminum beverage cans
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [valor.globo.com](https://valor.globo.com/empresas/noticia/2020/10/26/com-mercado-aquecido-ball-fara-mais-uma-fabrica-de-latas-no-brasil.ghtml), 2020-10-26: "aprovou investimento de US$ 90 milhões - R$ 504 milhões ao câmbio atual - na construção de uma nova unidade de produção de latas no Brasil."
- [en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br](https://en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br/investimento-de-r-504-milhoes-estado-de-minas-gerias-recebera-fabrica-de-embalagens-de-aluminio/), 2020-10-30: "The U.S. company Ball Corporation will invest R$ 504 million in a new aluminum packaging factory in Frutal, state of Minas Gerais."

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