# Forward-KY opens Xi'an aluminum can plant in Shaanxi, production in Q3 2023

Taiwan-listed Forward-KY (8411) invested RMB 300 million in a two-line two-piece aluminum can plant in Xi'an, Shaanxi, opened June 30, 2023, with first-phase production planned before the mid-autumn season and annual capacity of 600 million cans.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-06-30
- Where: Xi'an Economic and Technological Development Zone, Shaanxi, China
- Value: $41.5M (300.0M CNY)
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 600 million empty cans per year
- Products: two-piece aluminum cans, beverage cans
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Forward-KY](https://endata.com/companies/10740.md)

## Sources

- [moneydj.com](https://www.moneydj.com/kmdj/news/newsviewer.aspx?a=158edcbd-74ca-4045-a12a-35a73119842c), 2023-07-02: "福貞-KY(8411)投資3億元(人民幣,下同)，於中國陝西省西安經濟技術開發區(經開區)，分期建置兩條二片式鋁罐生產線廠"

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