Carlsberg concentrates production in Fredericia

21/02/06m Carlsberg is closing all the brewery activities in Valby, Copenhagen, with the exception of Jacobsen brewhouse, while the brewery in Fredericia is being future-proofed and expanded at a cost of DKK 800 million into one of Europe's most modern and efficient.

The headquarters of the Carlsberg Group and of Carlsberg Denmark, with a total of more than 800 employees, will remain in Valby. The protected and culturo-historical buildings will be preserved.

Carlsberg is now entering negotiations with employee representatives to bring together the production of beer at the brewery in Fredericia. DKK 800 million will be invested in building a new high-bay warehouse and modernising the brewery, which will be one of Europe's leading breweries in terms of quality and efficiency.

The production of speciality beers at the Jacobsen brewhouse will continue unchanged in Valby.

The Carlsberg Group and Carlsberg Denmark will still have their headquarters in Valby, and the famous historical buildings will not be affected by the plans. However, Carlsberg will now begin making plans for the future use of part of the 32-hectare site in Valby.

The moving of production will affect around 240 of the 1,050 employees at Carlsberg in Valby.
Production is expected to be brought together in the modernised brewery in Fredericia before the end of 2008 and will then give Carlsberg Denmark an annual efficiency gain after depreciation of around DKK 130 million with full effect from 2009.

Carlsberg will be increasing its annual production capacity in Fredericia from 2.5m hl to 4.3m hl. A new brewhouse is being built, and the bottling plant is being expanded from four to seven beer lines. The new production apparatus takes into account that in recent years there has been a fall in sales of bottled beer in favour of canned beer.