Serbia: Heineken invests in new production line at Novi Sad brewery

Heineken Serbia, a unit of the Dutch brewing group Heineken, said it has invested 16 million euros in a new production line for bottling and canning beer and the development of the production line for packing bottled beer at its factory in Novi Sad, which will increase the factory’s output by 50%, the Serbian Monitor reported on April 27.

At the same time, carbon dioxide emissions have been reduced by more than 1,000 tonnes annually, 20 percent more compared to the previous year, with almost 100 percent utilization of total production capacities achieved.

“Heineken has so far invested more than 220 million euros in Serbia, and in the last two years alone, capital investments made in the brewery in Novi Sad amounted to 16 million euros,” Heineken Serbia director general Nada Djokic said in a press release on April 26.

The Dutch brewing group operates two factories in Serbia — in Zajecar and Novi Sad.

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