Carlsberg, partners inaugurate new brewery in China
The brewery has an initial capacity of 0.6 million HL beer and will ultimately reach one million HL.
01/08/05 A new brewery – a so-called green field brewery – has been inaugurated in the Qinghai province in the Western part of China. The brewery has an initial capacity of 0.6 million HL beer and will ultimately reach one million HL. The total investment amounts to USD 15 million.
Owners of the new brewery are Carlsberg (33.33 %) and its partners: Lanzhou Huanghe Enterprise Co. in the Gansu province (33.33 %), Qinghai Biological & Industrial Park Development & Construction Co. (16.67 %) and the Danish government via The Industrialisation Fund for Developing Countries (16.67 %).
In the Qinghai region - population around five mio. - the present beer-consumption is around 15 litres per capita (below national average of 22 litres per capita) and is expected to increase with the improving economy. On top of this companies in Qinghai are attracting more and more people from other provinces, which is expected to increase beer consumption.
Including the new brewery in Qinghai Carlsberg now runs 13 breweries in China – either fully owned or joint ventures.
