ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 19. Carlsberg Kazakhstan has launched a new production site in Almaty city, Trend reports.
According to KAZAKH INVEST (Kazakhstan's national company), the cost of the project was $50 million. The plant increased its production capacity of non-alcoholic and alcoholic products from 2.3 million hl to 3 million hl per year.
The production site is equipped with modern appliances from leading European manufacturers of brewing equipment. The launch of production will help ensure 100 percent localization of brewing and non-alcoholic products to meet the domestic needs of the Kazakhstan market and export to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Armenia.
Carlsberg Kazakhstan will provide jobs for about 500 production employees in Almaty and over 2,000 employees of distribution companies in the regions of Kazakhstan.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Lars Lehmann, First Vice President for Central and Eastern Europe of Carlsberg Group, thanked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and KAZAKH INVEST for their support in implementing the investment project.
"As a leading international investor in the food industry, from 2008 to the present, we have invested about $213 million in the beverage industry in Kazakhstan. When implementing investment projects, we pay increased attention to the social aspect, creating jobs in our improved plant and related sectors. For one person directly employed in the brewing industry, ten people are working in agriculture and SMEs," he said.
Notably, Carlsberg Kazakhstan is the largest producer of low-alcohol beverages in the Republic of Kazakhstan and is one of the three largest brewing international giants.