HENRY COUNTY, Va. – Crown Holdings, Inc. an industry leader in metal packaging technology, will invest $145 million to expand its manufacturing operation in Henry County. The company will build a 355,000-square-foot aluminum beverage can production facility in the Commonwealth Crossing Business Centre.

Virginia successfully competed with North Carolina and South Carolina for the project, which will create more than 125 new jobs.

Crown makes cans for industry giants including Coke, Pepsi and Budweiser.

Jim Adams, chairman of the Henry County Board of Supervisors, said the $145 million repreesnts “the largest initial capital commitment a company has ever made in Henry County.”

Governor Ralph Northam announced the company would be expanding to the Commonwealth Crossing Centre, bringing 126 jobs that average a salary of $49,000 and a $146 million investment.

Founded in 1892 and headquartered in Yardley, Pennsylvania, Crown Holdings, Inc. is a leading global supplier of rigid packaging products to consumer marketing companies, as well as transit and protective packaging products, equipment, and services to a broad range of end markets.

Ranked 272 on the Forbes Fortune 500, Crown Holdings has operations in 47 countries employing over 33,000 people. Operating in Virginia for more than 60 years, the company has facilities in Frederick County and the City of Suffolk as well as subsidiary operations in Henry County and Pittsylvania County, employing more than 200 total employees.