E-Malt.com News article: Kenya: Keroche Breweries preparing to launch new production facility next month

Kenya's second-largest beer maker Keroche Breweries is set to open a bigger factory next month, of which the construction cost is an estimated Sh.2.5 billion, The Star reported on February 23.

The Naivasha-based brewery will commence full operations on 31st of March producing over 30 brands.

According to Keroche CEO Mrs Tabitha Karanja, the plant would see their annual beer production rise from 10 mln litres to 100 mln litres.

"The new plant will have the capacity of packaging 30 different brands of beer and it should be fully operation in a couple of weeks," she said.

Karanja said that the ultra-modern and automated plant would have the capacity of producing 600,000 bottles per day.

The CEO added that the plant would have a daily production capacity of 250 hectolitres and a yearly production of up to 1 mln hectolitres.

"Currently we are producing 60,000 bottles per day from the other factory and once this plant is ready we shall be producing 600,000 bottles," she said.

Karanja noted that the liquor sector in the country was yet to meet its demand, adding Keroche Breweries was committed to offering consumers quality products.

"Once complete we expect the brewery to employ over 100 people directly and tens of others indirectly," she said.

She said that the company was now targeting the regional market in a sector that had been monopolized for years.


25 February, 2015