Namibian Breweries unveils US$18.76M wine packaging line | Meals Enterprise Africa

NAMIBIA – Namibian Breweries, a subsidiary of Heineken in Namibia, has taken a big step ahead with the inauguration of a brand new N$337 million (US$18.76M) wine packaging line.

 This improvement marks a serious milestone within the firm’s ongoing dedication to innovation, sustainability, and financial progress throughout the nation.

The wine packaging line was formally opened by His Excellency, Dr. Nangolo Mbumba, the President of Namibia, underscoring the significance of this initiative to the nation’s financial system.

Along with the brand new packaging line, Namibian Breweries (NBL) invested N$44 million to boost its present packaging traces.

This improve permits the corporate to domestically bundle standard ciders akin to Savanna and Hunters for the primary time, lowering reliance on imports and bolstering native manufacturing.

This transfer is predicted to have a optimistic influence on the native financial system, because it helps job creation and strengthens Namibia’s manufacturing sector.

To additional accommodate the rising demand for its merchandise, NBL additionally invested N$56 million in increasing its warehouse by an extra 4,400 sq. meters.

This enlargement not solely meets the rising shopper demand but in addition solidifies NBL’s management place within the beverage business.

The brand new warehouse area will guarantee extra environment friendly storage and distribution, whereas additionally enhancing the corporate’s operational capabilities.

The wine packaging line venture, which started in April 2023, was accomplished forward of schedule, a testomony to NBL’s dedication to excellence.

The brand new line permits the corporate to bundle wines akin to Tassenberg, Castelo, and Granada domestically, in addition to standard ciders like Savanna and Hunters.

Because of this, NBL will contribute an extra N$170 million in excise duties to the Namibia Income Company, additional supporting the nationwide financial system.

The enlargement has additionally led to job creation, with NBL using 16 new everlasting operators to supervise the wine packaging course of.

Moreover, 23 short-term workers members had been provided everlasting positions in packaging, and eight extra had been employed in Logistics and Distribution. This improvement displays NBL’s ongoing dedication to creating sustainable employment alternatives inside Namibia.

NBL’s newly appointed Board Chairman, Vetumbuavi Mungunda, emphasised the corporate’s function as one of many oldest and largest manufacturing corporations in Namibia.

He highlighted NBL’s important contributions to the nation’s financial system, significantly by way of export progress and the diversification of Namibia’s product choices.

Mungunda, who takes over from Roland Pirmez, brings intensive expertise to the function, having beforehand served because the chief govt of SBN Holdings and presently main Ombu Capital, an funding agency he based in 2021.