Crown a leading supplier of metal packaging products worldwide is to increase its production Capacity in Slovakia by doubling its production capacity to two production lines for beverage cans. The new metal packaging products production line is expected to be in operation in the early part of 2011 and is expected to be able to produce over 850 million two-piece aluminum beverage cans of between 25cl and 33cl with the new production it will double the Kechnec plant's annual production capability to over 1.7 billion cans.

Crown holdings stated "We are extremely pleased with strong customer demand throughout the central and eastern European region. The plant is well located to supply customers in Slovakia and neighboring Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Ukraine," said Chris Homfray, President Crown Europe. "The aluminum beverage can is a perfect container for the central and eastern European markets, as it is easy to carry, chills quickly, and is 100% recyclable and sustainable. Equally important, we expect the additional line to increase both productivity and operating efficiencies at the plant, which was anticipated when the facility was first planned."