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04 June, 2005



News from e-malt Denmark: Carlsberg sells Danbrew to Birch & Krogboe

Danish brewing force, Carlsberg A/S, announced on June 3 that it is selling Danbrew Ltd. A/S to Birch & Krogboe A/S with effect from 1 October 2005. At the same time Carlsberg has entered into a long-term agreement on the purchase of brewery-related services from Birch & Krogboe/Danbrew.

Danbrew was founded in 1979 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Carlsberg focusing on technical consulting and contracting services for the brewery sector. Since then the company has been involved in more than 1,500 projects in 75 countries, including turnkey projects for the construction of 40 complete new breweries. Danbrew has around 75 employees.

In recent years, as the international brewery sector has undergone rapid consolidation, Dan-brew's ownership has held back sales of services to other brewery groups. It is believed that Danbrew will be better able to develop its services for the sector - including brewery optimi-sation and process improvement projects - under new ownership.

To ensure that Carlsberg retains access to the specialist expertise built up by Danbrew, a long-term agreement on the supply of brewery related services has been concluded with new owner Birch & Krogboe.

Ingelise Bogason, Managing Director of Birch & Krogboe: "It is particularly pleasing both to win a long-term contract from Carlsberg and to take over a highly specialised and expert company like Danbrew. We look forward to working with Carlsberg and to further developing Danbrew's considerable potential together with its employees."

Erik Hovgaard, Chairman of Birch & Krogboe: "The agreement with Carlsberg and the acquisition of Danbrew are an important step in the internationalisation of Birch & Krogboe with a focus on specialist
services."

Kasper Madsen, Senior Vice President Supply Chain at Carlsberg: "The sale of Danbrew furthers Carlsberg's strategy of focusing its business. Having Birch & Krogboe as its new owner will also give Danbrew better opportunities to develop in the future. It is in Carlsberg's interests that Danbrew's skills are of the highest possible standard and are constantly enhanced. The long-term service agreement means that we have secured access to these skills going forward."

Birch & Krogboe A/S B&K is a firm of consulting engineers with 400 employees providing a broad range of engineering services spanning commercial construction, pharmaceutical production, housing, and construction in the leisure, health and education sectors. Besides traditional engineering services, B&K provides consulting services in a number of specialist fields, including fire, environment, energy, acoustics, clean technology, process equipment and IT. B&K has a strategic alliance with Arup, one of the world's leading engineering groups.

Carlsberg is one of the leading brewing groups in the world, with a large portfolio of beer and soft drinks brands. Its flagship brand, Carlsberg, is one of the fastest growing and most well-known beer brands in the world. Over 31,000 people work for Carlsberg at 91 local production sites in 47 countries, and its products are sold in more than 150 markets. In 2004, Carlsberg sold 92 million hectolitres of beer, which breaks down to roughly 74 million bottles of beer a day.





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