# Novelis signs anchor can sheet supply contract with Ball Corporation for Bay Minette plant

Novelis signed a long-term anchor customer contract with Ball Corporation to supply aluminum can sheet from its new Bay Minette, Alabama plant, which has secured all of the plant's beverage can capacity. The plant is expected to begin commissioning in 2025.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2023-09-11
- Where: Bay Minette, Alabama, United States
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 600,000 tonnes of finished goods initial capacity
- Products: aluminum beverage can sheet
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Ball Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/556.md) (customer)
- [Novelis](https://endata.com/companies/2475.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [investors.novelis.com](https://investors.novelis.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/20/novelis-enters-long-term-agreement-to-supply-aluminum-beverage-can-sheet-to-ball-corporation), 2023-09-11: "Novelis has secured all of the beverage can capacity from its new plant in Bay Minette, Ala., underscoring the strong demand for the company's high-recycled-content beverage can sheet."
- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/novelis-enters-long-term-agreement-to-supply-aluminum-beverage-can-sheet-to-ball-corporation-301923575.html), 2023-09-11: "Novelis will supply aluminum sheet to Ball can making plants in North America."
- [americanrecycler.com](https://americanrecycler.com/metal-recycling/novelis-enters-agreement-to-supply-aluminum-beverage-can-sheet/), 2023-10-01: "Novelis Inc. has signed a new anchor customer contract with aluminum can maker Ball Corporation in North America."

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