Manufacturing  October 17, 2019

New Ball aluminum cup plant coming to Georgia

BROOMFIELD — Ball Corp. (NYSE: BLL) is building its first manufacturing plant dedicated to the production of aluminum cups in Rome, Georgia, adjacent to an existing Ball beverage can plant.

The company debuted the new recyclable cup product in September at a University of Colorado football game in Boulder.

Ball will invest $200 million in the Rome plant, which is expected to add about 145 new employees, according to a company news release.

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The Rome facility will begin production of cups in late 2020. Currently, the products are being produced in Ball’s Westminster plant.

BROOMFIELD — Ball Corp. (NYSE: BLL) is building its first manufacturing plant dedicated to the production of aluminum cups in Rome, Georgia, adjacent to an existing Ball beverage can plant.

The company debuted the new recyclable cup product in September at a University of Colorado football game in Boulder.

Ball will invest $200 million in the Rome plant, which is expected to add about 145 new employees, according to a company news release.

The Rome facility will begin production of cups in late 2020. Currently, the products are being produced in Ball’s Westminster plant.

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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