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Delta to invest in new Chibuku plant
20 Feb 2015 at 03:53hrs | Views
Delta Corporation will spend about $17 million on setting up a new Chibuku Super plant at Fairbridge in Bulawayo, as the group moves to keep pace with growing demand.
The country's biggest beverages manufacturer is in the process of setting up the new plant with capacity to produce about 337 000 hectolitres a day.
Delta is currently producing Super Chibuku beer at its plant in Chitungwiza, but the two lines at the plant, with capacity of 600 000 litres per day, cannot keep pace with demand.
Chitungwiza Chibuku Super plant manager Joseph Takaindisa said Delta was in the process of procuring equipment from Germany for the plant to be set up at Fairbridge.
The plant will cost about $12 million and equipment is coming from Germany.
Chitungwiza plant manager Mark Mudimbu said the demand and volumes for Super Chibuku were growing fast, which was partly the reason a new plant was being set up.
The Chitungwiza plant, running at about 70 percent capacity produced 3,5 million hectolitres last year. Delta is making additional investments to optimise production capacity.
The country's biggest beverages manufacturer is in the process of setting up the new plant with capacity to produce about 337 000 hectolitres a day.
Delta is currently producing Super Chibuku beer at its plant in Chitungwiza, but the two lines at the plant, with capacity of 600 000 litres per day, cannot keep pace with demand.
The plant will cost about $12 million and equipment is coming from Germany.
Chitungwiza plant manager Mark Mudimbu said the demand and volumes for Super Chibuku were growing fast, which was partly the reason a new plant was being set up.
The Chitungwiza plant, running at about 70 percent capacity produced 3,5 million hectolitres last year. Delta is making additional investments to optimise production capacity.
Source - The Herald
