Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun MFR, today commissioned a new ultra-modern automated PET bottling line at the Ijebu Ode plant of Nigerian Breweries Plc, Nigeria’s foremost brewing company.
Built at the cost of N5.1 billion, the PET line is expected to produce 24,000 bottles per hour (mostlythe Maltina Classic, Vanilla and Pineapple variants, Amstel Maltaand Hi-Malt) and is designed with the latest technology that meets world-class safety and quality standards.
On arrival, the governor was welcomed by the members of the Nigerian Breweries Plc Board of Directors and Executive Committee led by its Chairman, Chief Kola Jamodu, CFR.
In his welcome remarks, Chief Jamodu noted that the construction of the production line was conceived in order to deepen the availability of non-alcoholic product portfolio in the company and that the addition of the bottling line means that the company now has capacity to meet current demand of its customers.