China’s Lanzhou Zhongshihe Packaging Co is investing in the first two-piece beverage can line in Xinjiang, in addition to a digital printing line with a view to further increasing capacity.
The canmaker held a recent investment agreement-signing ceremony in Urumqi where the plant will be built on a 7,500 sqm site at the Urumqi Green Digital Packaging Industrial Park,
The canmaking line will make 330ml, 500ml aluminium cans and other sizes, while the digital flexible production line will support traditional eight-colour printing and customisation.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Chu Qian, manager of the investment operation department of Urumqi Jingkai Industrial Investment Promotion Co, explained that there are currently no two-piece canmaking lines in Xinjiang. The packaging needs of local beer and beverage firms have mainly relied on procurement from Gansu, Shaanxi and other neighbouring provinces.
Yang Guorong, chairman of Lanzhou Xinhe Can Co, said the first batch of equipment will be installed and commissioned in August and commissioned before the end of the year, with an initial capacity of 200 million cans per year.
