Bintang opens new plant

Bintang opens new plant

JAKARTA (JP): Beer producer PT Multi Bintang Indonesia opened
a new brewery plant yesterday in Sampangagung, Mojokerto, East
Java.

Company president Herman Hofhuis said the new 34-hectare plant
cost about Rp 150 billion (US$44.11 million).

The Sampangagung plant would be able to produce 80 million
liters a year, equivalent to 240 million cans and bottles, he
said.

"Most of the output will be sold domestically, and some will
be exported to Japan, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands," he
said.

Publicly listed Multi Bintang is 75.9 percent owned by Dutch
company Heineken International Beheer BV.

The company now holds a license that allows it to produce 160
million liters of beer and stout a year, and has production
permits for its factories in Tangerang, West Java, and the new
Sampangagung plant. (das)