Toppan will build a 50,000 m² barrier film manufacturing facility in Most, Usti nad Labem region, Czech Republic, to produce its GL BARRIER transparent film for Europe. The ground-breaking took place in November 2023 and mass production is expected by late 2024.

Ball Corporation has started production of recyclable aluminium beverage cans at a new plant in Plzeň, Czech Republic, with an investment of over CZK 4 billion; it currently employs 150 and plans to reach 200.

Toppan is building a new factory in the Czech Republic for retort food packaging film, investing about 14 billion yen, with production of recyclable resin film packaging planned from the end of 2024.

Ball Corporation has started construction of a new aluminium beverage can plant in Pilsen, Czech Republic, investing €170 million (CZK 4.5 billion) and creating up to 200 jobs. The plant is scheduled to start operating in early 2023.

Ball Corporation plans to begin construction in spring 2021 of a €170 million aluminum beverage can plant at Pilsen Digital Park, with operations due in October 2022 and up to 200 jobs.

PaperFoam completed first test runs at its new Krupka plant in the Czech Republic and plans full production from September 2020. The plant adds a second European site and could raise global capacity by more than 30%.

Canpack has started commercial production of aluminum beverage cans at its greenfield plant in Stříbro, near Plzeň. The plant supplies Plzeňský Prazdroj and will produce about 1 billion cans a year, with an investment above EUR 100 million and over 140 jobs.

Polish group CANPACK is building an aluminium beverage can plant in Stribro with an investment of about CZK 2.5 billion, employing up to 160 people, with production planned to start in July 2020.