As part of the agreement, Ardagh Group will invest over $250m to construct two new state-of-the-art ‘Drawn and Wall-Ironed’ (DWI) can-making facilities to convert the vast majority of ConAgra Foods’ shelf-sized cans from traditional 3-piece can technology to Ardagh’s flexible DWI technology.
These facilities will also have the capability to manufacture Ardagh’s uniquely developed pressurised thin-wall DWI food cans recently launched in Europe.
Commercial supply will commence 1 January 2015.
James Willich, Ardagh Group Metal Americas CEO, said: “We are delighted that ConAgra Foods chose to partner with Ardagh to leverage its innovative metal packaging solutions. Our approach to DWI will allow ConAgra Foods to convert many lower-volume, specialty shelf sizes to this process, something that has not been feasible with the traditional DWI installations.”
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