An investment of 1.2 billion yuan (US$180 million) plant located in Hanchuan City will have the capacity to make 25 billion ends a year when it opens later this year. 

Xiamen Baofeng supplies to a range of international and domestic customers, including The Coca-Cola Company, Tsingtao Beer and Red Bull.

The new facility is part of Xiamen Baofeng’s 10-year expansion plan and will be the company’s second EOE plant along with its facility in the south east coastal city of Xiamen in Fujian province. When both manufacturing plants are running, the company’s total capacity will rise to more than 60bn EOEs a year for fitting two-piece, three-piece and customised cans, it said. 

Xiamen Baofeng said the design of the Hanchuan City plant will be based on that of its Xiamen facility. The 107-hectare site, chosen because of its transport links and supply chain infrastructure, will help the manufacturer cut costs and reduce the environmental impact of meeting demand from customers based in central, south west and north west China.

Xiamen Baofeng also said it plans to increase production of 200 and 202 CDL ends at its Xiamen site. The CDL design, developed by US-based Container Development Ltd, offers a weight saving of at least 10 per cent compared with conventional B64 ends which have been commonly used worldwide.

Established in 2012, Xiamen Baofeng last year sold 34.5bn easy-open ends to more than 20 countries in Asia, North and South America, Europe and Africa.