Name and Location
Beverage can plant project, Gauteng, South Africa.

Client
Gayatri GZI Beverage Cans, a joint venture between GZ Industries (GZI), West Africa’s largest producer of aluminium beverage cans, and Golden Era Group, South Africa’s largest independent packaging company.

Project Description
The project involves the construction of a large-scale beverage can plant in Johannesburg.

The plant, which will serve customers locally and across Southern Africa, will manufacture two-piece aluminium beverage cans in multiple sizes and feature world-class production technology and innovation capabilities to meet the evolving needs of beverage marketers in a fast-growing market.

Local South African workers will be employed and trained to operate the facility, which will boast an initial production capacity of 1.2-billion aluminium beverage cans a year.

Value
The project is valued at R1-billion.

Duration
The project is expected to start operations in the second quarter of 2016.

Latest Developments
None stated.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
GZI, email info@gzican.com.
Golden Era Group, tel +27 11 323 1900, fax +27 11 323 1901 or email gejhb@golden-era.co.za.