Ball and Crown commit USD 523m (INR 50bn) to aluminium can plants in Uttar Pradesh
Ball Corporation and Crown Holdings are investing a combined USD 523m (INR 50bn) in two aluminium beverage can projects at Uttar Pradesh's integrated manufacturing and logistics clusters. Crown has started construction of a two-line plant at Unnao costing USD 220m (INR 21bn), first announced in April 2026 and due on stream in the second half of 2027. Ball Beverage Packaging India has selected a site at Meerut for a plant with a proposed investment of USD 303m (INR 29bn), granted incentives under Uttar Pradesh's 2023 policy for FDI and Fortune-listed investors.
Why this mattersTwo can makers building in one Indian cluster, with Canpack alongside, adds domestic can supply from 2027 and cuts beverage brands' dependence on imports.
- Ball Corporation and Crown Holdings are investing a combined USD 523m (INR 50bn) in two aluminium beverage can projects in Uttar Pradesh.
- Ball Beverage Packaging India has selected a site at the Meerut cluster for a plant with a proposed investment of USD 303m (INR 29bn).
- Crown Holdings has begun construction of a two-line plant on nearly 40 acres at Unnao, investing USD 220m (INR 21bn).
- Crown's Unnao plant was announced in April 2026, is due to start in the second half of 2027 and is expected to make about 2.2 billion cans a year once fully operational.
- Crown expects the plant to create more than 200 direct and over 1,500 indirect jobs, with United Breweries, part of Heineken, among its long-term customers.
- Canpack India is building a plant of about 26 hectares at Unnao with capacity of about 1.3 billion cans a year, taking the three companies' combined commitment to about USD 685m (INR 65.66bn).