# Ball Corporation to build R$500M aluminium can plant in Frutal, Brazil

Ball Corporation announced a new aluminium can factory in Frutal, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with an investment of R$500 million and about 100 direct jobs. Production is expected to start in Q4 2021 with capacity of 1.5 billion cans per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-02-04
- Where: Frutal, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Value: $95.0M (500.0M BRL)
- Jobs: 100
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1.5 billion cans per year
- Products: aluminium cans
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [em.com.br](https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/economia/2021/02/04/internas_economia,1235189/ball-corporation-anuncia-unidade-em-frutal-com-geracao-de-100-empregos.shtml), 2021-02-04: "A capacidade será de 1,5 bilhão de latinhas por ano"

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.