Ball To Relocate Lublin, Poland, Beverage Can Manufactoring Line To Belgrade Plant

Ball Corporation announced the company will relocate a metal beverage can production line originally intended for a plant in Lublin, Poland, to Ball's Belgrade, Serbia, plant. The line will be integrated into the existing Belgrade facility and is expected to begin production by the end of the first quarter of 2011. The new production line will initially manufacture approximately 750 million aluminum beverage cans a year and can be expanded as demand warrants. It will be the second line in the Belgrade plant, which opened in 2005 and employs approximately 140 people. Ball continues to evaluate options regarding the planned Lublin facility.