Published: 10 July 2013

Delta Beverages investment of over $6.5 million in its Chitungwiza-based Chibuku Super plant has paid off, the units general manager Mark Mudimbu has said.

"The investment has paid off because of the high and enthusiastic acceptance of the product. We have been operating for 3 months and the plant is contributing significantly to the volumes of the business, so much that we are looking at further investment to increase production," he said.

Mudimbu said the factory which produces 150 000 litres per day, was currently the sole producer of the polyethylene terephthalate (Pet) bottled product in the country.

The new line, designed in Germany, includes an online blow moulder, a pasteuriser and a shrink wrapping machine which will all be a first for opaque beer making not only in Zimbabwe, but across Africa
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