# Canpack to build $140M aluminium beverage can plant in Poços de Caldas, Brazil

Canpack announced a new greenfield aluminium beverage can plant in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, with a total investment of about BRL 710 million (USD 140 million) and around 140 direct jobs. Construction is expected to start in Q4 2022, with operations from Q1 2024.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-07-27
- Where: Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Value: $140.0M (710.0M BRL)
- Jobs: 140
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1.3 billion cans per year
- Products: aluminium beverage cans, aluminium beverage can ends
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Canpack](https://endata.com/companies/2376.md)

## Sources

- [cantechonline.com](https://www.cantechonline.com/news/29449/canpack-invests-140-million-in-new-brazilian-facility/), 2022-07-27: "With a total investment of approximately BRL 710 million (USD $140 million), this new facility represents Canpack's continued commitment to developing the Brazilian packaging sector."
- [opakowanie.pl](https://opakowanie.pl/grupa-canpack-140-mln-usd-w-brazylii/), 2022-08-01: "Inwestycja o wartości około 710 milionów BRL (140 milionów USD) jest wyrazem stałego zaangażowania CANPACK"
- [packaginginsights.com](https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/canpack-announces-new-brazilian-production-plant-as-metal-can-demand-proliferates.html), 2022-08-02: "Canpack is investing BRL710 million (US$140 million) in a new production facility in Poços de Caldas"

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