Ardagh to can Kyabram emissions

Ardagh Australia's can making plant in Kyabram, Victoria,  is to undergo a major refurbishment of its production lines in order to cut its carbon emissions.

The company has joined with the federal government’s Clean Technology Investment Program to partly fund the upgrade and improvement of the site’s can manufacturing facilities.

The company said the plan will target significant reductions in carbon emissions and will eventually be rolled out across a number of Ardagh Group's other manufacturing facilities in the country.

Under the plan, Ardagh has received a $90,000 grant from the federal government to help fund the $272,000 project, which will focus on upgrading the welding lines at the Kyabram facility, where the company manufactures three-piece cans.

The project is expected to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of Ardagh’s can production line at the facility by 66 per cent.

The company says it also expects the program will result in savings of over $20,000 in energy costs per year.