The British arm of the world’s fourth largest brewer is expanding its Northampton site with a 7,000 sqm bottling plant, creating up to 60 new jobs. The scheme, which also includes related offices and covered car parking, will double the amount of beer that can be bottled on site and bring back manufacturing to the UK from abroad.
The new bottling plant will be in the south east corner of their site and falls within the Northampton Waterside Enterprise Zone. Announced by UK government last year, the zone aims to regenerate over 120 hectares of mostly disused land along Northampton’s river front.
Matt Callan, supply chain director at Carlsberg UK, said: “Carlsberg UK is committed to Northampton and committed to brewing in the UK. The green light on our plans to expand our brewery means we will create up to 60 new jobs in Northampton and be able to bottle double the amount of beer.
“Investing in Northampton is extremely important to us. We’re proud to be part of such a great town, and now that the UK home of beers including Carlsberg, Tuborg and San Miguel has been cemented in Northampton, we can’t wait to see that first bottle roll off the production line in early 2013!”
Source: Carlsberg
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