Heineken to build new bottling line in Brno brewery

Dutch beer producer Heineken is planning to construct a new bottling line in its Starobrno brewery in the Moravian city of Brno, the Czech news agency ČTK reported on Thursday. The new line, which will increase the brewery’s bottling capacity to 1.7 million hectolitres a year, should be finished in May. The line will be manufactured by the German firm KHS, and will use plastic PET bottles. The brewery is also expected to hire some new employees.

Heineken is the third largest beer maker in the Czech Republic, with a 12 percent share of the market. Last year, Heineken-owned breweries produced 2.8 million hectolitres of beer.