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Jul 27 2005

Dubai to Have Beverage End-making Facility

Dubai - Crown Holdings, a leading supplier of packaging products to consumer marketing companies around the world, announced yesterday that its affiliate, Crown Bevcan Europe & Middle East, in conjunction with its long-standing regional partner, Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Bros, is installing a dedicated beverage end-making facility at its plant in Dubai.

This follows a recent investment in two beverage can lines; one in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and one in Dubai to increase beverage can capacity by 1.5 billion cans in the Middle East.

The new end facility, which will be operational in the second quarter of 2006, will have production capacity of 1.5 billion 206 diameter beverage can ends per year and will also include end printing capability.

The company also confirmed the appointment of project engineering consultants, Roeslein, to manage the installation of the two new can lines in Dubai and in Jeddah.

Ralph Lambert, vice-president Crown Middle East said: "Our recent capacity enhancements together with our new can and end lines will ensure we can continue to meet the growing needs of our customers across the Middle East for world-class cans, ends and technical support, and marks our dedication to serving a region in which we have had a major presence for over 25 years."

Rudy Roeslein, president of Roeslein, said: "Our team recently visited both locations as part of our phase one due diligence process."

Crown operates five can plants in the Middle East and North Africa: Crown Arabia Can in Saudi Arabia (Dammam, Jeddah, formerly CCSA and JBCMC), Crown Middle East Can in Jordan (Amman), Crown Emirates Company in the UAE (Dubai) and Crown Maghreb Can in Tunisia (Tunis).

All of these plants are joint ventures with its local partners, A.H. Algosaibi & Bros. The Algosaibi group is a large Saudi holding company with a broad range of business interests. Crown's partnership with the group in the Middle East dates back more than 25 years.

© Khaleej Times 2005

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