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Smurfit Westrock is building a corrugated packaging plant in Cajeme, Sonora, with an initial investment of 1,138 million Mexican pesos and more than 2,800 direct and indirect jobs. The company will supply packaging to Constellation Brands, with first products due in December 2026.
Constellation Brands is near completing a $13 billion investment in a new brewery in Veracruz, Mexico, receiving most equipment in 2024, alongside capacity expansions at its Nava and Obregon breweries.
Grupo Gondi announced plans to build a new corrugated and high-graphic packaging plant near Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico, with an investment of over $44 million. The plant will create 250 permanent jobs and will supply local manufacturers including Constellation Brands' Obregón brewery.
Owens-Illinois will build a fifth glass furnace at its Nava plant in northeastern Mexico to supply beer bottles to Constellation's adjacent brewery, an expansion estimated at about $140 million, financed equally by both partners.
Owens-Illinois extended its 50-50 joint venture with Constellation Brands in Mexico by 10 years, continuing it until 2034, as reported on 1 November 2017.
