TOKYO -- As more food and drink companies ditch plastic containers for more recyclable cans, UACJ will boost output capacity of aluminum sheets at its Thailand plant to an annual 320,00 tons by 2021.
The Tokyo-based company will invest 39 billion yen ($370 million) in the plant to increase capacity 60% from 2019. It will also boost output in Japan and the U.S. in a bid to lift total global capacity, including for automotive materials, by 40% from 2019 levels to 1.5 million tons as early as 2022.
