Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Brewery’s new expansion project to double its production capacity

Sierra Leone Brewery Limited (SLBL), a HEINEKEN Operating Company, is investing in its production capacity to keep up with increase in demand. The investment once commissioned will double the annual capacity of the brewery to ensure that it can meet consumer demand and support the introduction of new product innovations to the Sierra Leonean market, The Patriotic Vanguard reported on May 6.

The latest expansion project includes a brew house upgrade and the installation of seven massive fermentation storage tanks.

When all of the new equipment is up and running in the upcoming months, the brewery will be able to more than double its annual production capacity. The timing of this expansion should allow the company to fulfil any potential increase in sales as a result of the implementation of the Finance Act 2016.

“Since 2015 the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited has invested approximately Le.150 billion in new equipment and additional storage space to increase capacity and improve efficiency. Last year we invested in a waste water treatment plant, and a mash filter equipment to enable us to use more sorghum in our production processes, enabling us to launch our new Salone Beer. In 2015, we invested in CO2 equipment and a cooling plant,” said Daaf van Tilburg, SLBL Managing Director.