A US$90 million aluminum can manufacturing and beverage bottling plant backed by East Can Solutions is set to launch in June 2025 in the Yangi Avlod Free Economic Zone in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It will initially produce 1.1 billion cans a year and create up to 500 jobs.

Arnest Packaging Solutions, a division of Russia's Arnest Group, signed an agreement with the Uzbek government to build an aluminum beverage can plant with annual capacity above 1.5 billion cans. The investment is about $100 million and should create over 200 jobs, with production expected by next fall.

Uzbekistan's Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade signed an investment agreement with JSC Arnest Packaging Solutions to build a beverage aluminum can plant in the Navoi Industrial Development Complex. The investment is about $100 million, capacity over 1.5 billion cans per year, with launch planned for autumn 2025.