Breweries in Grudziadz and Czestochowa to start up again

Austrian Brau Union (BU), the owner of Browary Warszawskie, sold its two breweries in Grudziadz and Czestochowa. Up to now they had technically been closed down, but were sold with a clause allowing the future production of beer. Investors have designated nearly zl. 4 million to modernize them. "Beer sales will begin in the middle of February. Production capacities of BG amount to 200,000 hectolitres, but how much will be produced will depend on sales," said Zbigniew Suhak, BG's Marketing and Sales Manager. "Brau Union showed respect for tradition by selling the closed breweries to other producers. Usually big investors are unwilling to give plants away to their competitors," said Marek Jakubiak, the President of Browar Gambrynus. (Puls Biznesu, p. 3) A.C.