India: Australian Foster’s plans expansion in India

The Australia’s beer brand Foster's, holding a brewery at Aurangabad in Maharashtra, is planning expansion of manufacturing in India through bottling alliances, according to media reports.

Negotiations are taking place with Crown Breweries, a greenfield project in Andhra Pradesh, for an exclusive bottling arrangement.

The Foster's brand is selling around 2 million cases per year.

31 January, 2006