Carlsberg to open production for $50 mln

Danish corporation "Carlsberg Group" is launching production of non-alcoholic products in Almaty at a cost of $50 million. The company is interested in expanding investment cooperation, World of NAN reports with reference to "Kazakh Invest".

First Vice President for Central and Eastern Europe of Carlsberg Group Lars Lehmann pointed out that the launch of the new production in Almaty will contribute to ensuring 100% localization of brewing and non-alcoholic products for the market needs of Kazakhstan, as well as create additional opportunities for exports to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Armenia.

"Over the past few years, Carlsberg Kazakhstan LLP has been consistently ranked among the top 50 largest taxpayers in Kazakhstan. Our regional hub is also located here. For the last two years the share of local raw materials used for production has increased from 30 to 65%, in the future we plan to increase this share up to 80%", - said L. Lehmann.

The Group, investing in Kazakhstan, contributes to the development of related industries of local production. In the packaging industry - the production of glass bottles, aluminum cans and packaging film. In the agro-industrial complex - grain and malt.

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