Can Pack supplies tens of millions of cans to Coca Cola and Pepsi Co

Cristian Cornea, general manager of metal packaging manufacturer Can Pack in Bucharest, whose clients include big soft drinks and beer producers, says next year it will deliver up to 10% more cans to soft drinks producers and almost 25% more to beer producers.
"Amid lower consumption in outdoor establishments and restaurants (where bottles are the best-selling container i.e.), the popularity of cans is on the rise. In other words, household consumption has increased," Cristian Cornea said.
The company posted a 40 million-euro turnover last year, down from 53 million euros in 2008, and an around 197,000-euro profit with 165 employees, according to Trade Registry data. The rise in the share of beer cans in the total sales was also due to promotional campaigns conducted by brewers this year, believes Cornea. Whilst last year the share of canned beer was 14.8%, this year the head of Can Pack estimates it will reach 17-18% compared with the average of Western-European producers, of 35%-40%. Asked by ZF how many aluminium cans Can Pack supplies to soft drinks producers Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, Cornea said he could not give an exact number, but they amount to several dozen million cans per year.