[size=75:1yhazb24]novinite 22 January 2010

Carlsberg to scale up Bulgarian business

Carlsberg Bulgaria, the local unit of the Danish brewery group, will acquire Blagoevgrad-based municipally-owned bread and bakery products maker Hlyab i Hlebni Izdelia, Blagoevgrad town hall said.

The news was confirmed by Carlsberg Bulgaria executive director Alexander Grancharov, who said that a part of the new facility will accommodate new production lines and warehouses, but the plans have not been finalised yet.

In a letter to mayor Kostadin Paskalev, the brewer outlined plans to close four of its production lines on the Balkans and channel investments into their Blagoevgrad facility. Grancharov declined to give further details.

Carlsberg was the only bidder for the municipal company, which was put for sale for a third time. Carlsberg paid 2.31 million leva for Hlyab i Hlebni Izdelia, which has three factories in Blagoevgrad and one in Logodash, near the border with Macedonia. It employs 55 people, according to the town hall.

[size=75:keuhyrg5]novinite 25 January 2010

Carlsberg Bulgaria Expands in Blagoevgrad

Brewing company Carlsberg Bulgaria will expand its production in the Blagoevgrad region, after it bought the municipally-owned bread and bakery products maker Hlyab I Hlebni Izdeliya in the southwestern town.

The sale price has been set at BGN 2,309,001.

In a letter to mayor Kostadin Paskalev, the company said it plans to shut down four of its facilities on the Balkans and pour investments into their Blagoevgrad capacity instead.

Carlsberg Bulgaria runs two breweries in the country, the other being in the northern city of Shumen. It controls 16% of the local market.