China: Nanchang Asia Brewery Co. Ltd, the largest beer maker in Jiangxi Province of China, is to invest 150 million yuan (US$18.1 million) in an expansion project that will bring its monthly output to 480,000 tonnes, the brewery announced on November 12 in a statement, according to Asia Pulse.

The company has invested a large amount of money into technical innovation since its foundation in 1994 by Chen Yongcai, a famous Philippine overseas Chinese. It invested 120 million yuan in a 200,000-ton project in 2000 and fully implemented ISO 9001 and ISO2000 standards, making it the largest beer producer in Jiangxi Province.

Nanchang Asia Brewery now has an annual production capacity of 200,000 tonnes.

13 November, 2004