Carlsberg Group has invested €12 million (approx. $14 million) in a new high-speed canning line at its brewery in Lviv, Ukraine, as part of continued expansion of its local production capabilities.

The new line has a capacity of 40,000 cans per hour, or around 11 cans per second, and is expected to increase overall brewery productivity by 38%. It occupies 1,000 square metres of production space and consists of eight machines.

With the addition of the new facility, the Lviv site now operates three production lines covering kegs, PET bottles and cans.

The investment forms part of Carlsberg’s wider long-term commitment to Ukraine. Since the start of the war, the group says it has invested UAH 4.5 billion (approx. $102 million) in the country and plans to continue annual investments of UAH 1-1.5 billion (approx. $23-34 million) over the next three years.

Carlsberg Group chief executive Jacob Aarup-Andersen said Ukraine remains strategically important to the company and that continued investment is intended to strengthen economic resilience as well as maintain operations.

“Ukraine is strategically important to us and has been so long before the war,” he said. “While operating conditions have become much more difficult, we continue to see our business in Ukraine as both sound and meaningful.”

He added that ongoing investment reflects a belief in long-term commitment to the market.

Carlsberg Ukraine operates three breweries in Zaporizhzhia, Lviv and Kyiv, making it the largest Danish business presence in the country.

The company employs more than 1,400 full-time staff across production, sales and administration, and supports an estimated 20,000 additional jobs in related sectors including agriculture, logistics, trade and hospitality.