Romania: Tuborg Romania invested $16 mln in 2006

United Romania Breweries Bereprod (URBB) has invested nearly $16 mln in 2006, Catalin Ignat, URBB’s marketing vice-president said in an interview to Daily Business on January 10.

The brewing company URBB, the producer of Tuborg and Carlsberg, has invested $4 mil to set up a logistic centre with a surface of 3.5 ha and $11 mln to spread its production capacity.

Another investment has been directed to purchase a CO2 recuperation installation for environment protection, $900 thousand being spent for.

The brewery’s production capacity was of 1.4 mln hl in 2006, with an estimation of 2.3 mln hl by 2011. In 2007 the company expects 1.8 mln hl.

For the first 10 month of 2006 the company’s market share constituted 8.5 pct compared with 6.97 in the same period of 2005. The most appreciated brand is Tuborg with 50 pct of Romanian beer market.

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