# Verallia invests €60 million to double glass packaging capacity at Jacutinga plant

Verallia will invest €60 million in its Jacutinga plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil, adding a new furnace that more than doubles glass packaging production capacity. The announcement was dated 1 March 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-03-01
- Where: Jacutinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Value: $72.0M (60.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 90
- Status: announced
- Capacity: more than double glass packaging production capacity
- Products: glass packaging
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Verallia](https://endata.com/companies/7669.md)

## Sources

- [verallia.com](https://www.verallia.com/en/communique-de-presse/verallia-invests-e-60-million-in-jacutinga-mg-plant-expansion/), 2021-03-01: "With a new furnace introduction, Verallia will more than double the glass packaging production capacity at its Minas Gerais plant."
- [packagingworldinsights.com](https://www.packagingworldinsights.com/industrial-goods/verallias-jacutinga-glass-packaging-plant-expansion-minas-gerais-brazil/), 2021-04-12: "Estimated at €60m ($72.41m), the expansion project will double the number of employees at the Jacutinga plant by creating up to 90 direct jobs and 50 indirect jobs."

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