Brazil: Heineken closing its Manaus brewery

The mayor of Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state announced on his Facebook page on October 15 that Heineken intends to shut up its operations in the city, D24m.com reported.

The company does not see any more possibilities of investing into the site amid the current crisis, mayor Arthur Neto said. “I talked to Corporate Executive of Heineken Brazil Lucas Camara, but he said there wasn’t any perspective of keeping the brewery in Manaus running,” he said.

Heineken launched its Manaus site in July 2013. Its production was being shipped to the cities of Parintins (Amazonas), Boa Vista (Roraima), Santarem and Itaituba (Para), Porto Velho (Rondonia), and Rio Branco (Acre).

16 October, 2015