Uttar Pradesh marks a significant industrial milestone as Crown Packaging India Pvt. Ltd. breaks ground on its greenfield Aluminium Beverage Can Manufacturing Facility at the Integrated Manufacturing & Logistics Cluster (IMLC), Unnao.

With an investment of ₹2,078.44 crore, the project marks Crown Holdings’ first manufacturing facility in India, further strengthening Uttar Pradesh’s position as a preferred destination for global manufacturing investments.

Spread across nearly 40 acres at Plot No. 4 of IMLC Unnao, the facility will manufacture aluminium beverage cans to serve India’s growing beverage industry.

The project is expected to generate opportunities across logistics, warehousing, transportation, maintenance, supplier networks and ancillary industries, creating a wider industrial ecosystem around Unnao.

The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by senior officials including Deepak Kumar, IIDC; Alok Kumar, ACS, Infrastructure & Industrial Development; Manoj Kumar Singh, CEO, State Transformation Commission; Shashank Chaudhry, ACEO, UPEIDA & Invest UP; and Srihari Pratap Shahi, ACEO, UPEIDA, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Crown Holdings was represented by Djalma Novaes Jr., EVP & COO, and Mark Ketcheson, President, Crown Bevcan EMEA.

Crown’s investment reinforces global confidence in Uttar Pradesh’s investor-friendly policies, robust infrastructure, and rapidly expanding industrial ecosystem—creating new avenues for investment, employment and sustainable economic growth.