Muttiah Muralitharan-promoted Sri Lankan beverage company Ceylon Beverage Can Pvt Ltd would establish a fully operational plant in Mummigatti off Dharwad in Karnataka.

The business had previously sent the state government a proposal for the construction of a "aluminium cans and beverages filling plant" nearby.

With an investment of Rs. 440 crore, it had requested 26 acres of land. 500 jobs are anticipated to be created as a result.

The Sri Lankan company currently manufactures eight different sizes of slim, sleek and standard cans with a range of customer labels.

It is setting up a plant in India owing to huge demand from this region.

In May, Ceylon Beverage tied up with Reliance Consumer Products to manufacture the cans for Campa soft drink.