# Diageo invests £40.5m to expand Guinness packaging in Belfast and Runcorn

Diageo will invest £40.5m to expand packaging capacity at its Belfast and Runcorn sites, including a canning line producing 72,000 cans per hour in Belfast. Construction starts immediately, with capacity expected online in 2023.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2022-04-01
- Where: Belfast, Northern Ireland; Runcorn, England, United Kingdom
- Value: $52.6M (40.5M GBP)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 72,000 cans per hour in Belfast
- Products: beer cans, bottles, Guinness Draught, Guinness Zero
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Diageo](https://endata.com/companies/4041.md)

## Sources

- [diageo.com](https://www.diageo.com/en/news-and-media/press-releases/2022/diageo-announces-405m-investment-in-its-beer-packaging-facilities), 2022-04-01: "Diageo is making a £40.5m investment to expand capacity at its packaging facilities in Belfast, Northern Ireland and Runcorn, England"

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