SABMiller to expand production capacity in India
28 Jun 2007
New
Delhi: SABMiller plans to invest around Rs500 crore
to expand production capacities at its breweries in India.
The company has earmarked an investment of Rs100 crore
every year for the next five years to expand capacity.
Under the expansion programme, production capacities of the company''s breweries in Haryana and Andhra Pradesh would be increased, for which the company has sought permission from the state governments.
The company''s brewery at Sonepat Haryana has a capacity of one million cases annually, which the company is keen to expand to meet demand from North India.
SABMiller has 10 production facilities in India with production capacity of around 42 million cases per annum. The company plans to increase the capacity by eight million cases by the end of this year.
SABMiller
has also sought permission from the Andhra Pradesh government
to expand capacity of its Hyderabad-based brewery, Charminar,
he added without specifying details.
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