South Africa: Newlands Brewery kicks off expansion plan

Newlands brewer is as well as in a process of growth as part of SAB’s national R5 billion capacity and capability expansion of its operations.

Six new storage vessels each with a capacity of 2 600hl will installed by July 2006, as well as two new bright beer tanks with a capacity of 2 400hl each which will be installed by December this year. Such an investment will allow Newlands to extend its production by 4 000hl a week, taking its weekly total to 93 000hl.

The increased production will not affect the environment as precautions regarding air, water and noise pollution have been taken. For instance:

· Its water, electricity and steam use are continuously monitored and tightly controlled to reduce their environmental impact.

· The use of glycol as a chilling agent for the brewery’s bright beer tanks has enabled Newlands to further reduce its use of ammonia.

· An electrode boiler has replaced the old coal-fired boiler reducing emissions.

· All brewery fridges have been modified to make them more energy efficient.

· All brewery trucks have had standard suspensions replaced with air suspensions and dampeners. Braking systems have been enhanced to eliminate air brake noise, and the trailers have all been light weighted to reduce their impact on residential roads.

· An anaerobic wastewater plant has been installed which processes wastewater before it goes to the municipality.

Newlands brews 11 beers - Castle Lager, Castle Milk Stout, Castle Lite, Castle Draught, Amstel Lager, Amstel Draught, Carling Black Label, Hansa Pilsener, Hansa Draught, Redd’s Cold Filtered and Redd’s Dry. Last year nearly 4 million hectoliters of beer were packaged.

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