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Kenya Breweries Limited announced on July 21, 2004 that it is investing Ksh 600 Million into new manufacturing equipment for its brew house. The company will be investing in new vessels, which will be used in the manufacturing process. The new vessels will see improved energy utilization through heat recovery and energy storage. The new brew house equipment with increased level of automation will replace the existing ones and improve on material handling.

The new state of the art brew house equipment is currently being shipped from Germany and is due to arrive in Kenya on 23rd July 2004.

The Kenya Breweries Managing Director, Mr. James Musyoki said that the company was committed to ensuring improved product quality by continually upgrading its manufacturing process.

“It is KBL’s policy to ensure that our product quality is world class”, said Mr. Musyoki. “We are passionate about our consumers and we are committed to providing them with brands developed, produced and marketed to the highest standards of quality. The new brewhouse vessels are aimed at achieving this,” he added.

The installation of the new brew house equipment will be implemented in two phases – beginning October 2004 and to be completed in February 2005.

Kenya Breweries Limited recently invested Ksh 200 Million into a new waste water treatment plant. The treatment plant -the first of its kind in Kenya, is aimed at reducing effluent emissions by the brewery.

Last year KBL also invested Ksh 1.4 billion into a new bottling line.


23 July, 2004