German plastic canister producer AST (Erndtebrück; www.ast-kanister.de) has completed a GBP 6m (around EUR 7m) investment at its Wrexham / UK site. The work included a 4,500 m² facility, constructed alongside the company’s existing production unit on the site, to house 5 to 25 litre containers. The investment is part of a capacity expansion in Germany and the UK announced earlier in 2016 – see Plasteurope.com of 09.05.2016.

Martin Schack Staffeldt, AST managing director, said: “The opening of the new building in Wrexham and the expansion of our jerrycan production is yet another exciting step towards AST’s goal of becoming the European market leader in the segment we operate in. Once again it shows the commitment of AST to continued growth and investment in its operation in the UK.”