China. Tsingtao building brewery in Jimo for $33 mln, while Carlsberg closes a plant in Bozhou.

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On May 24, 2016, at a board meeting an elective resolution was taken to close Chongqing Brewery Bozhou Co., Ltd in Anhui, with a production capacity of 40 mln liters of beer per year.

Closing the brewery in Anhui province fully complies with the optimization policy which was agreed upon at Chongqing Brewery Co., Ltd board meeting on 27 November, 2015. (more…)

Russia. Heineken to locally produce non-alcoholic Gősser

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The bottling of non-alcoholic beer under the Austrian brand was launched at Heineken’s breweries in St. Petersburg and Nizhniy Novgorod in April under a license agreement with the copyright holder — Brau Union Osterreich Aktiengesellschaft (Heineken’s subsidiary). (more…)

India. UBHL seeks a month’s time to file results due to Vijay Mallya cases

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UBHL has sought a month’s time to file last fiscal’s results citing “uncertainties” resulting from ongoing cases against its Chairman Vijay Mallya in the Supreme Court and Debt Recovery Tribunal over the Rs 9,000 crore dues owed by its defunct group firm Kingfisher Airlines to lenders. (more…)

RASTAL wins Red Dot 2016

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image86c9b1The products of the year were awarded at the end of March. With the “Craft Master Two”, RASTAL was able to score with the expert jury and outperform the international competition. The sought-after “Red Dot” award is the highly respected seal of outstanding design quality. (more…)

India. Vaiko wants 1826 TASMAC shops to be closed

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A day after Chief Minister Jayalalithaa ordered closure of 500 state-run Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) liquor outlets, MDMK leader Vaiko appealed to the government to close 1826 shops. (more…)

Vietnam. 4 enterprises occupied 88.4% of the beer industry

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In 2015, although the national beer output reached 3.4 billion liters, according to the Association of Beer – Alcohol – Beverage Vietnam (VBA), over 5 years, the growth rate of the beer sector was dwindling rapidly as in 2011 it was 8.5%, and fell to 4.7% by 2015. (more…)