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Diageo and ecoSPIRITS agreed a global deal to distribute Diageo spirits brands in ecoSPIRITS' circular packaging in about 18 markets over three years, starting with Smirnoff, Captain Morgan and Gordon's.
Encirc's glassworks in Elton, Cheshire, UK will begin glass production in 2027 in a hybrid hydrogen-powered furnace, aiming to produce 200 million net zero spirits bottles for Diageo brands.
Encirc, a Vidrala company, and Diageo announced a hydrogen-powered hybrid glass furnace at Encirc's Elton plant in Cheshire, to be fully operational by 2027. It aims to produce up to 200 million net zero bottles annually by 2030.
Diageo will invest GBP 16 million at its Runcorn, England site to significantly upgrade the bottling line and expand warehousing capacity.
Diageo has begun work on a GBP 24.5 million expansion of its Belfast, Northern Ireland packaging site, converting warehouses into a canning line capable of 72,000 cans per hour, expected to be fully operational in 2023.
Diageo will invest £40.5m to expand packaging capacity at its Belfast and Runcorn sites, including a canning line producing 72,000 cans per hour in Belfast. Construction starts immediately, with capacity expected online in 2023.
Haskell converted a vacant warehouse in Plainfield, Illinois into the Lincolnway facility for Diageo, with two high-speed can lines capable of 25 million cases of RTD products per year.
Diageo opened Diageo Lincolnway, a 225,000 square-foot canning plant with two high-speed can lines in Plainfield, Illinois, with an investment of about $110 million and 50 full-time jobs.
The Caldas state liquor company ILC signed a contract manufacturing (maquila) agreement with Diageo to produce Smirnoff Lulo vodka. Around 400,000 units are expected to be produced in 2019.
Swatragh-based Crossland Tankers won an order from Diageo Ireland to supply ten 30,000-litre stainless steel bulk beer tankers for transporting beer from the Guinness brewery in Dublin. The tankers were built at Crossland's Swatragh base and enter service this month.
