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Wuhan Baosteel Can-making Opens with 480 Million Cans per Year
11/16/2011 - Wuhan Baosteel Can-making Co., Ltd. officially opened on November 8. It is the fifth Baosteel-invested domestic two-piece can factory following those in Shanghai, Hebei, Chengdu, and Foshan.
Wuhan Baosteel Can-making Co., Ltd. officially opened on November 8. It is the fifth Baosteel-invested domestic two-piece can factory following those in Shanghai, Hebei, Chengdu, and Foshan. Baosteel Metal Co., Ltd. has completed its two-piece can manufacturing and service system domestic coverage strategic layout.
While Shanghai Baoyi Can-making and Hebei Baosteel Can-making are steel two-piece can manufacturers, Wuhan Baosteel Can-making is an aluminum two-piece can factory jointly ventured by Baosteel Metal and Global Allied International Ltd. It provides aluminum cans support service to beverage companies such as Wong Lo Kat, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Tsingtao beer. The line wire-speed is 1400 cans per minute, with yearly production capacity of up to 480 million.
Baosteel Metal plans to build two aluminum can production lines in Shanghai and Foshan in the next year, and Baosteel Metal Shanghai Can-making is expected to begin operation. By then, Baosteel Metal anticipates that its two-piece can and lid annual production capacity will exceed 5 billion and the production mode of "steel and aluminum, lid and can" will be formed to better meet customer needs.
In addition, Baosteel Metal also launched a Baosteel Can-making Vietnam project this year, which marks the beginning of Baosteel metal packaging business's internalization.
