Rexam secures land in India for new plants

Rexam has secured land in Sri City, Southern India and Mahindra World City, Jaipur, Northern India to build a beverage can plants.

The plant in Sri City represents an initial investment of close to £50 million and will add a total production capacity of close to 800million cans. The plant is expected to be operational by H2 2016.

Plans for the land in Jaipur will be announced once they are available.

Craig Jones, sector director Rexam AMEA, says, “These investments will support and enable us to take advantage of the continued exciting growth of the beverage can in India. Having plants in different locations across the country will ensure we have a better footprint and position to meet the needs of our customers in the region over the long term.”