Australia: Coopers plans an AU$6 mln investment in its Regency Park brewery

The current economic slowdown is not limiting plans by Coopers Brewery to install new production equipment at its Regency Park brewery, the company posted on January, 21.

Coopers’ Managing Director, Dr Tim Cooper, said that in the next 12 months, the brewery would be installing a new multi-pack packaging machine, rebuilding the pasteuriser, adding a new filter to the brewery’s lager line and purchasing more kegs.

Dr Cooper said the new equipment and kegs in 2009 would cost around AU$6 million and will provide the brewery with additional capability in producing different styles of beer and packaging options.

According to Dr Cooper, the rebuild of the pasteuriser would incorporate the latest engineering technology to help with extending the shelf-life of lager beer, as well as produce additional water savings.

Dr Cooper said additional kegs will be ordered to help cope with keg sales volume, which has continued to grow at 4.3% overall for the first six months of this financial year and a startling 19.8% outside Coopers’ traditional stronghold of South Australia.

23 January, 2009