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Crown Holdings' Brazilian unit Crown Embalagens will invest about BRL 500 million (USD 97 million) to expand its beverage can plant in Ponta Grossa, Paraná. A commitment agreement with the municipality was signed on 1 September 2026, and more than 300 jobs are expected.
Crown Embalagens is building a can factory in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, with a planned investment of R$650 million and 140 direct jobs. The plant is scheduled to open in April 2022 with capacity of 2.4 billion cans per year.
Crown Embalagens Metalicas da Amazonia signed a letter of intent with the city of Uberaba, Brazil, for a new beverage can factory with about R$500 million investment. Earthworks have begun on a 360,000 square metre site, with 800 construction jobs and 140 operating jobs expected.
Crown Embalagens announced an R$300 million investment to install a second aluminum can production line at its Rio Verde unit in Goias, Brazil, expected to create 50 direct jobs by the end of 2021 and double annual output to two billion cans.
Crown's Brazilian subsidiary CROWN Embalagens plans a two-line plant in Minas Gerais to make two-piece aluminum beverage cans. At full operation the plant will add 2.4 billion cans of annual capacity, starting production in Q2 2022.
Grupo Opersan and Crown Embalagens signed a new contract for Opersan to install and operate for years a water reuse system at Crown's aluminium can plant in Cabreuva, Sao Paulo state, Brazil.
