The firm ZVU Potez, a Czech-based
supplier of technology for the chemical, food and energy industries, has
completed the implementation of a brewery in Maychew, Ethiopia. The contract is
worth €27.6 million.The modern facility for Raya
Breweries will be inaugurated Feb. 15 with the participation of senior
representatives of the Czech Republic.
The brewery has a capacity of
600,000 hectoliters per year. The project included the delivery of complete
technology for the brewery plant as well as a boiler room, transformer
stations, water treatment and sewage treatment plants, and a diesel generator
serving as a reserve energy source.
The overall implementation lasted 24
months from the signing of the contract. “A first phase included the training
of local personnel, and other phases will continue after the opening of the
brewery,” Vladimir Čepelík, CEO ZVU Potez, said in a press release.
“We will acquaint them with our
modern facilities and also we also offered them our specialist for further
consultation.”
The brewery in the northern
Ethiopian town of Maychew, approximately 650 km from the capital Addis Ababa,
will create approximately 150 to 200 new jobs.
Czech master brewer Ladislav Pařízek
will remain there to oversee production.
The technologies used are among the
most advanced energy-saving solutions in the field of brewing, according to ZVU
Potez. The plant captures CO2( Carbon dioxide) during fermentation for further processing and
also includes a system for reducing energy consumption. Energy created during
the production process will be used to heat water. ZVU Potez subsidiary
DIO Hradec Králové was also involved in the project.
“The African continent is very
interesting for us. Currently we are developing additional business
opportunities there and evaluating the potential of each individual investor. …
Our extensive experience in the brewing industry … allows us to penetrate the
markets from South America to East Asia,” CEO Čepelík said. ZVU Potez is based in Hradec
Králové, East Bohemia, with around 500 staff. Since August 2014, the company
has been part of Swiss-based Safichem Group. Source ( Prague post )
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