The Czech Republic: SABMiller’s subsidiary adds plastic-bottle filling line to answer consumers call for practical bottling solutions

Plzenský Prazdroj, a Czech brewer owned by SABMiller, has added a plastic-bottle filling line and is now testing it, Drinks Business Review communicated on August, 25.

The line, worth approximately CZK150 mln ($8.8 mln), can produce a maximum of 18000 bottles per hour, it is reported.

The Czech brewery offers Velkopopovický Kozel, Primus and Klasik brands in plastic bottles. The brewery said the plastic bottles it uses protect the beer against light and oxidation.

Before beginning the line's assembly process, the brewery conducted preparation works in the new hall of its central bottling plant.

Plzenský Prazdroj brewery general manager Doug Brodman said customers' preferences are changing and they are calling more and more often for practical bottling solutions, and that is the reason behind the brewery's huge investment in the new plastic-bottle filling line.

With export to more than 50 countries, Plzenský Prazdroj had total sales of 9.9 million hectolitres in 2010 calendar year.

26 August, 2011