The beverage can industry makes an important contribution to UK manufacturing output, with billions of cans shipped from Can Makers members’ plants every year. There are nine Can Makers plants across the country.
Can Makers manufacturing plants in the UK
| Company | Plant location | No. of lines | Material |
| Ball Packaging Europe | Wrexham | 4 | Aluminium |
| Ball Packaging Europe | Rugby | 2 | Steel |
| Crown Bevcan UK | Leicester | 2 | Aluminium |
| Crown Bevcan UK | Carlisle | 5 | Aluminium |
| Rexam | Milton Keynes | 3 | Aluminium |
| Rexam | Wakefield | 3 | Aluminium |
End manufacturing plants in the UK and Eire
| Company | Plant location |
| Ball Packaging Europe | Deeside |
| Crown Bevcan UK | Carlisle |
| Rexam | Waterford |
Recent performance
More than 9.4 billion cans were shipped from Can Makers’ member plants in 2010 – an increase of 687 million cans from 2009.
The industry at a glance
| Materials processed per year | Less than 150,000 tonnes of metal |
| Cans shipped 2010 | 9.4bn |
| Growth in production from 2010-2011 | 7% |
