the Ampif On Monday (the first) he opens new packaging lines in his factory Uberlandia (MG)which requires investments worth R$ 1.3 billion and will help double the production of labels in the premium and “extra essential” segments, such as Stella Artois, Corona, Spaten, Original and Budweiser.
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With this investment, which according to the company is considered one of the largest investments in a factory the company established from scratch, the number of industrial packaging lines increased from three to five, three for bottles and two for cans. Since its opening in 2016, the unit has received R$2 billion.
The Uberlandia plant is one of the breweries with the highest production volume in the premium segment in the country and supplies nine states, according to Ambev, which did not disclose the unit’s capacity. The facility employs 520 employees and 335 associates.
At the beginning of this month Heineken Group It also opened a factory in the state of Minas Gerais, in the city of Passos, with investments amounting to 2.5 billion Brazilian reals. And two and a half years of work, as part of the strategy to improve the high-quality beer market in the country.
In the state of Minas Gerais, AMBEV has five industrial units, including a brewery, soft drink production and a can factory, located in Contagem, Guatuba, Sete Lagoas and Uberlandia. Across the country there are 35 production facilities, 24 of which are breweries.
the Ampif It says it has invested more than R$10 billion in Brazil in the past three years to expand its beer, soft drink and packaging production lines.