Carlsberg builds bottling plant

An artist's impression of the planned plant

Brewer invests £20m in Northampton, UK site

Carlsberg UK is to build a new £20m bottling plant at its Northampton base.

The brewer’s supply chain director Matt Callan said the expansion “means that we will be able to brew and package millions more bottles of beer including Carlsberg, Export and San Miguel at our brewery”.

Carlsberg will kit out the new building with a combination of new and used equipment. “The wet end of the line will come from the Tetley's brewery in Leeds, and the dry end will be new, but we've yet to put out the tender for it,” said a Carlsberg spokeswoman.

If planning permission is granted, Carlsberg will begin building work in March 2012. The investment will create up to 60 jobs, the brewer added.

Last October, Carlsberg completed a £40m expansion and development programme, increasing brewing capacity from 4.5hl to 6.1hl and installing a canning line. It also introduced a programme to reduce gas and electricity consumption and cut down on waste