Ukraine: Carlsberg Ukraine launches new production line in Kyiv

Carlsberg Ukraine has launched a new production line at the Kyiv Brewery. This is one of the largest investments in 2023, Business Censor reports, citing the company’s press service.

The new automated line will help meet the growing demand for products in cans. It allows for making an additional 40,000 cans every hour. The expansion of the production base will increase the brewery’s production capacity of canned drinks by 80%.

"We will pack everything - beer, cider, kvass. Demand for products in cans is growing. The company decided to invest in a modern production line even before the start of a full-scale war. After the full-scale invasion of Russia, we turned to the Carlsberg Group and confirmed the investment of UAH 1.5 billion," says Oleh Khaidakin, CEO of Carlsberg Ukraine.

The works on the project started in September 2022 and were completed in June 2023.

"The project was implemented in difficult conditions. Nevertheless, we have passed this period. And now we have the most modern automated line for the production of drinks in cans. The line is built on the most modern technologies and meets the highest requirements for both the safety of the personnel serving it and the safety of the product produced on it," adds Ruslan Bortnyk, director of the Kyiv Brewery.

Carlsberg Group began operating in Ukraine in 1996. Over this time, more than EUR 1 billion has been invested. Carlsberg Ukraine includes three breweries in Kyiv, Lviv and Zaporizhzhia, providing work for more than 1,300 people and more than 20,000 jobs in related industries (hotel and restaurant business, agriculture, logistics, etc.). From year to year, the company is among the TOP-25 of the largest taxpayers and the TOP-50 of the best employers in Ukraine.

20 June, 2023