After investing $26 million in the expansion of its beer plant in San Pedro Sula, Cervecería Hondureña plans to increase its production from 1.6 million to 2.6 million hectoliters.
The brewing company, a member of conglomerate AB Inbev, inaugurated its modern production plant this week, with the capacity to pack 50,000 bottles per hour, and which will have a storage space of 14,000 m2.
In El Salvador, the Superintendence of Competition has asked AB InBev, owner of La Constancia, to improve the terms of the purchase proposal of the SABMiller company.
Cervecería Hondureña has announced that it will be investing $25 million in the expansion of its beer production plant in San Pedro Sula.
The company, a member of the business conglomerate AB Inbev, explained that the expansion works will be completed within 10 months, once the process to obtain the necessary permits has been completed.
The Superintendency of Competition has ruled that the merger between AB InBev and SABMiller be conditional on a divestment plan consisting of the sale of the brands Suprema and Regia Extra.
From a statement issued by the Superintendency of Competition (SC):
TheBoard of Directors of the Superintendency of Competition (CDSC)has conditioned the application for economic concentration between Anheuser-Busch InBev SA / NV(AB InBev)-purchaser- and SABMiller plc(SABMiller) -purchased-. The main conditions imposed were: (1) submit a divestment plan for approval by the CDSC;(2) formalize relationships with suppliers and refrain from anti - competitive practices, and (3) maintain labor guarantees for their employees. TheSuperintendency of Competition (SC)approved on December 7, 2016, the divestment proposal submitted byAB InBev consisting of the saleof the brands Suprema in three varieties, and Regia Extra.
The Superintendency of Competition is analyzing a merger application submitted by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA / NV, to acquire SABMiller.
From a statement issued by the Superintendency of Competition in El Salvador:
The Superintendency of Competition is analyzing a request for economic concentration by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA / NV (AB InBev) to acquire the entire share capital of SABMiller plc (SABMiller).
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