BEIJING: Budweiser Brewing Co Apac Ltd, the Hong Kong-listed brewer, will keep expanding its manufacturing facilities and adopting more green energy to maintain robust growth during the country’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, a senior executive said.
Apart from building its second craft brewery in Putian, Fujian province, to support its growth in premium and superpremium brands, Jan Craps, co-chair and CEO of Budweiser APAC, said the group will increase investment in energy conservation and environmental protection, including water, electricity and energy saving, and waste treatment, in the coming years.With a new investment worth US$24.76mil (RM102mil) in Putian, Budweiser Apac began building a craft brewery in the city and expanded its in-use brewery capacity to 20 million hectoliters in June.