Central Beers and Escom invest in the breweries

Central de Cervejas e a Escom, do grupo Espírito Santo, vão investir até 200 milhões de euros na construção de duas a três fábricas de cerveja em Angola, anunciou sexta-feira em Lisboa o administrador da empresa cervejeira.

Alberto da Ponte, who was speaking in Lisbon at the conference "The Internationalization of Angolan Economy: Challenges and Opportunities", said that the locations planned in the project, contratualizado between the parties in December last year, are Luanda, Malanje and Lobito / Benguela.

O principal concorrente da Central de Cervejas em Portugal, a Unicer, tem vindo a adiar sucessivamente o seu projecto de investimento em Angola, um mercado que os estudos de mercado indicam ter um grande potencial de crescimento e que deverá representar já níveis de consumo equivalentes aos de Portugal (600 million litres per year).

For Alberto da Ponte, the investment is the "second phase of a long way in Angola", which began decades with the export of Sagres and now by an unsuccessful partnership with the largest brewer Angolan, Cuca.

The factories to install in Angola will have a production capacity of between 120 thousand and 150 thousand liters annually, about 15 percent of consumption in the Angolan market.

The company responsible for the investment of Angolan law, will be held by the Central Beers and the Escom, with the remaining shares reserved Angolan partners to identify.