# Ardagh Metal Packaging's £150M Co Antrim can factory delayed by at least a year

Ardagh Metal Packaging's planned £150 million can factory at Global Point Business Park in Newtownabbey has been delayed by at least a year, with construction now unlikely before 2024. The plant was expected to create around 160 permanent jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-04-10
- Where: Global Point Business Park, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, United Kingdom
- Value: $186.0M (150.0M GBP)
- Jobs: 160
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 460,000 sq ft facility
- Products: drinks cans
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Ardagh Metal Packaging](https://endata.com/companies/7342.md)
- [TSL Projects Limited](https://endata.com/companies/10446.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [irishnews.com](https://www.irishnews.com/business/2023/04/11/news/work_on_150_million_co_antrim_can_factory_delayed_by_at_least_a_year-3196091/), 2023-04-10: "PLANS to build a £150 million factory in Co Antrim have been delayed by at least a year, The Irish News understands."

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