Canada“s Consumers Packaging Inc. signed a C$ 100 million joint venture with Anheuser-Busch Packaging Group, that will add up to C$ 80 million annually to the company“s coffers, Consumers president …
Canada“s Consumers Packaging Inc. signed a C$ 100 million joint venture with Anheuser-Busch Packaging Group, that will add up to C$ 80 million annually to the company“s coffers, Consumers president John Ghaznavi said. Toronto-based Consumers said it will reopen the Houston, Texas, glass manufacturing plant it purchased from Anchor Glass Container Corp. in 1997 when that company went bankrupt. Consumers will own 51% of the new operations while Anheuser-Busch will take a 49% stake, Ghaznavi said. “Every three bottles that are produced in North America, one of it is Anheuser-Busch. They are the largest purchaser of glass in North America and they“ve become our partner,” Ghaznavi said. “They“re putting 50% of the money in the deal and we“re very proud they“re hitching their wagon to our wagon.” The deal will generate an additional C$ 70 million to C$ 80 million in annual revenue for Consumers, he said. Earlier this month, the two companies signed a 10-year agreement to supply bottles to Anheuser-Busch“s Houston brewery through Consumer“s plant in Mexicali, Mexico. That will now be shifted to the Houston glass plant, which will be refitted into a state-of-the-art facility. The reopening of the plant, which had been shelved since 1997, in December will create about 150 jobs, Consumers said.