# Diageo to expand Belfast packaging site with GBP 24.5M canning line

Diageo has begun work on a GBP 24.5 million expansion of its Belfast, Northern Ireland packaging site, converting warehouses into a canning line capable of 72,000 cans per hour, expected to be fully operational in 2023.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2022-10-11
- Where: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Value: $28.0M (24.5M GBP)
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 72,000 cans per hour
- Products: cans, canned beer
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [metalpackager.com](https://metalpackager.com/2022/10/diageo-work-starts-packaging-belfast/), 2022-10-11: "The facility in Belfast will see its canning production more than double with a £24.5 million investment"

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