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Canpack has launched of a PLN 440 million (approx. $122 million) expansion project at its beverage can production facility in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

The investment aims to boost the company’s manufacturing capacity and strengthen its presence in the European packaging market.

The expanded production facility is projected to generate over 100 new jobs for professionals in the region. Currently, Canpack's Bydgoszcz plant employs more than 470 people.

Marian Miskov, member of the management board of Canpack, said: “Canpack's latest investment project...reflects the company’s ongoing commitment to the development of Poland’s packaging sector and is focused on meeting the growing demand from its European customers. The project will increase Canpack's current production capacity of aluminium beverage cans in the region by more than one billion cans annually, with further growth potential in the future."

“The planned project will involve the expansion of the plant’s infrastructure with a new production hall, the acquisition of state-of-the-art machinery and equipment, along with the upgrade of the existing production lines."

Małgorzata Podrecka, VP of Canpack, added: “The choice of Bydgoszcz as the site for Canpack's new project aligns with the group’s long-term strategy designed to deliver the highest-quality packaging products to meet the growing needs of customers in Poland and across Europe".

"The expansion and installation of advanced technologies at the Bydgoszcz plant will not only markedly strengthen the plant’s can production capabilities but also allow the company to introduce a broader range of innovative aluminium packaging solutions."

Production operations are scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2026.