# Ball to build €170M aluminum can plant near Pilsen, Czechia, creating 200 jobs

Ball Corporation plans to begin construction in spring 2021 of a €170 million aluminum beverage can plant at Pilsen Digital Park, with operations due in October 2022 and up to 200 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-01-26
- Where: Pilsen, Czechia
- Value: $207.0M (170.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 200
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1.6 billion cans a year in first phase, potentially 3.2 billion
- Products: aluminium beverage cans
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [investors.ball.com](https://investors.ball.com/news-presentations/press-releases/detail/128/ball-plans-to-build-new-aluminum-can-plant-near-pilsen-czechia-creating-200-jobs), 2021-01-26: "The €170 million facility plans to employ up to 200 people and launch operations in October 2022."
- [ball.com](https://www.ball.com/newswire/article/124052/ball-plans-to-build-new-aluminum-can-plant-near-pilsen-czechia-creating-200-jobs), 2021-01-26: "The €170 million facility plans to employ up to 200 people and launch operations in October 2022."
- [novinky.cz](https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/ekonomika-ball-v-plzni-postavi-plechovkarnu-za-vice-nez-ctyri-miliardy-40349052), 2021-01-26: "Výrobní kapacita nové továrny bude v první fázi přibližně 1,6 miliardy plechovek ročně."
- [packmedia.net](https://packmedia.net/node/8633), 2021-02-11: "Ball Corporation plans to commence construction of a large new €170 million aluminium can production facility in the Czech Republic in the spring of 2021."

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