Heineken adds to brew

18 June 2009 - 02:00
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HEINEKEN NV will add a malting plant to its Sedibeng brewery to be completed later this year.

HEINEKEN NV will add a malting plant to its Sedibeng brewery to be completed later this year.

Heineken director for business and legal affairs Peralt van der Merwe said the company was negotiating with a major corporation to build the barley malting plant. The initial budget for the brewery was set at R7bn.

The brewery should be completed by November and will provide 225 new jobs. - Zweli Mokgata